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Kickboxer throws down challenge to Pakistan’s TikTok ban
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A mixed martial arts specialist is challenging a Pakistani ban on TikTok, the video sharing app on which he was pinning his hopes of gaining a mass audience and he...
Oct 15, 2020
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency taps ex-HSBC exec as CFO of payments unit
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Another former HSBC executive is heading to the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency project, joining as chief financial officer of a unit tasked with managing the pla...
Oct 15, 2020
Nokia’s COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19 symptoms and is wearing a mask, part of effor...
Oct 15, 2020
France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants
By Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - France and the Netherlands called on Thursday for the creation of a European Union authority to regulate large tech companies such as G...
Oct 15, 2020
Innoviz sees lower lidar costs accelerating autonomous car development
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli lidar maker Innoviz Technologies said price reductions for the laser-based sensors will be key to enabling automakers to reach the next level of autonomous driving on a la...
Oct 15, 2020
Dutch telecom KPN picks Ericsson over Huawei for 5G network
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KPN has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to build core elements of its new 5G mobile network following a decision last year not to select China's Huawei, the Dutch telecoms company said ...
Oct 15, 2020
Uber launches medicines delivery service in South Africa
By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Uber Eats' South African unit on Thursday expanded delivery offerings, launching an app-based over-the-counter medicines service as it seeks to claw market s...
Oct 15, 2020
Analysis: Stepped up Chinese scrutiny increases investment risk of ‘Beast’ Ant
By Cheng Leng and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Ant Group was working in August towards its giant IPO, at least two smaller Chinese banks with existing ties to the fintech firm decided to...
Oct 15, 2020
Standard Chartered backs passwordless tech startup Secret Double Octopus
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc's venture capital arm SC Ventures has made a strategic investment in Secret Double Octopus, a Tel Aviv-based startup providing authentication t...
Oct 15, 2020
Trump slams Facebook, Twitter for taking down Biden story in NY Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized a decision by Facebook and Twitter to limit the distribution of a story in the New York Post about Democratic presidential candida...
Oct 14, 2020
