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U.S. tells judge it opposes TikTok effort to halt app store ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will oppose a request from TikTok to delay an ban on U.S. app stores Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google set for late Sunday. The govern...
Sep 25, 2020
India unlikely to revoke PUBG ban despite Tencent license withdrawal – source
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Heekyong Yang NEW DELHI/SEOUL (Reuters) - India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw the mobile game'...
Sep 25, 2020
Google to block election ads after November 3
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will block election ads on its platform after the U.S. election on Nov. 3, a company spokeswoman said on Friday. Axios, which first reported the news, said Google mai...
Sep 25, 2020
Leonardo sees one billion euro industry boost from Italy’s alliance with U.S. on space
MILAN (Reuters) - An agreement between Italy and the United States over space exploration can generate around 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) for the Italian space industry, the CEO of aerospace and d...
Sep 25, 2020
Alphabet to set up council to oversee diversity, equity efforts
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc said on Friday it was setting up a new advisory council to oversee its efforts on enforcing workplace policies related to diversity, sexual harassment and misconduct. The Goog...
Sep 25, 2020
Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of state-affiliated accounts worldwide, even as he defended its...
Sep 25, 2020
Facebook events service gets temporary exemption from Apple App Store fees: blog post
By Katie Paul and Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday that businesses running paid online events on its iOS app would not need to pay a 30% fee to Apple for the remain...
Sep 25, 2020
Epic Games buys kid-tech firm SuperAwesome
(Reuters) - Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game "Fortnite", said on Friday it acquired UK-based SuperAwesome, a platform for developers to include kid-safety tools in their products. Mic...
Sep 25, 2020
Social media deal earns advertisers’ ‘likes’, but not yet all their dollars
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Advertisers who boycotted social media are not all rushing back, despite an agreement by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on how to curb harmful content online. Unil...
Sep 25, 2020
Facebook critics launch rival oversight board
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Critics of Facebook Inc, including the architects of an advertising boycott against the company, on Friday launched a rival oversight board to review the compan...
Sep 25, 2020
