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U.S. Defense Department looks to bolster domestic chip manufacture with new program
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department will soon start soliciting proposals for a program to provide incentives to boost semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in th...
Dec 17, 2020
Unilever to resume advertising on Facebook, Twitter in U.S.
(Reuters) - Unilever Plc said it would resume advertising on Facebook Inc, Instagram and Twitter Inc in the United States after pausing in June due to divisiveness and hate speech on the platforms dur...
Dec 17, 2020
Alibaba says it won’t allow its tech to target, identify ethnic groups
(Reuters) - Alibaba Group said it will not allow its technology to be used for targeting and identifying specific ethnic groups, following a report that its facial recognition technology can pick out ...
Dec 17, 2020
Spotify to launch its service in South Korea in first half of 2021
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA said on Thursday it will launch its service in South Korea in the first half of 2021. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
Dec 17, 2020
Toshiba corrects AGM results, support rate for CEO revised to 57.20%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp on Friday revised the support rate for the reelection of Chief Executive Officer Nobuaki Kurumatani at its shareholder meeting in July to 57.20% from 57.96%. The Japanes...
Dec 17, 2020
Exclusive-Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds -sources
By Joseph Menn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft was hacked as part of the suspected Russian campaign that has hit multiple U.S. government agencies by taking advantage of the widespread use of softwar...
Dec 17, 2020
Twitter planning to create label for automated ‘bot’ accounts
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is planning to create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post on Thursday finaliz...
Dec 17, 2020
Islamic fintech Wahed Invest to buy UK digital banking app Niyah
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Wahed Inc, a U.S.-based Islamic-finance fintech startup backed by Saudi Aramco, will acquire Niyah Ltd, a British company that runs a digital banking app designed for...
Dec 17, 2020
NLRB investigation finds Amazon illegally discharged warehouse worker
(Reuters) - A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) investigation has found merit to a complaint that said Amazon.com Inc illegally discharged a protesting warehouse worker in New York City, according...
Dec 17, 2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase files with regulators to go public
(Reuters) - Coinbase Global Inc has confidentially applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, the company said on Thursday, making it the first major U.S. cryptocurrency ex...
Dec 17, 2020
