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Coinbase offers severance package to employees unhappy with its new apolitical stance
(Reuters) - Coinbase Inc Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong has offered a severance package to employees unwilling to cope with the cryptocurrency exchange's new policy of not entertaining discus...
Sep 30, 2020
Jaguar, NTT team up with tech group on remote access software
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berlin-based technology group IOTA said on Wednesday it has teamed up with several large corporations around the world such as Jaguar Land Rover and NT...
Sep 30, 2020
Alphabet Inc’s Google launches Google TV, new Chromecast
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday launched Google TV, which would show content from popular streaming services including Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co's Disney+. The tech giant also unve...
Sep 30, 2020
Palantir surges 38% in New York debut, valuation at nearly $22 billion
(Reuters) - Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc , the U.S. data analytics firm known for its work with the Central Intelligence Agency and other government bodies, jumped 38% in their market debut on ...
Sep 30, 2020
Meet the lawyers behind the upcoming U.S./Google antitrust showdown
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Inc's Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behind-the-scenes counseling: Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores, who is...
Sep 30, 2020
TikTok will be shut down if Oracle deal meeting U.S. security needs can’t be closed: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said if Oracle's deal for TikTok cannot be closed with terms that meet U.S. security requirements, including holding code in the United St...
Sep 30, 2020
Revamped EU data transfer tool may be ready by Christmas
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A revised mechanism allowing companies to transfer Europeans' data around the world may be ready before Christmas, the EU's digital chief said on Wednesday, in a m...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. tech giants face curbs on data sharing, digital marketplaces, under draft EU rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favouring their services or forcing users to sign up to a bundle of s...
Sep 30, 2020
Facebook overhauls Instagram messaging, enabling cross-app chats with Messenger
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would start replacing the direct messaging service within Instagram with a version of its Messenger app, the first major step ...
Sep 30, 2020
Tesla to roll out China-made Model 3 cars with cobalt-free LFP batteries: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc is poised to start selling some Model 3 vehicles made in China equipped with cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, two people fa...
Sep 30, 2020
