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TikTok to open first European data centre in Ireland
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Popular short-video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it plans to open its first European data centre in Ireland with an investment of about 420 million eu...
Aug 06, 2020
Exclusive: Italy ups the ante in its plan to create a single broadband network – sources
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy is positioning to become an influential shareholder in a tightly regulated broadband operator it plans to create by brokering a merger of Telecom Italia's (TIM...
Aug 06, 2020
Uber pulls Latin American U-turn by joining taxi ranks
By Julia Love and Aislinn Laing MEXICO CITY/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin America's coronavirus crisis is forcing Uber to adopt the taxi model it was meant to drive off the streets of cities from Santiag...
Aug 06, 2020
Credit Agricole seeks to reclaim technology it developed with Wirecard
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Credit Agricole said on Thursday it will seek to reclaim the payments technology it was working on with Wirecard as part of their partnership. German payments firm Wireca...
Aug 06, 2020
Two U.S. senators seek ban on collecting customer biometric data without consent
(Reuters) - Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation to prohibit private companies from collecting biometric data without consumers and employees' consent. Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon...
Aug 05, 2020
Facebook purges ads for illegal wildlife in Southeast Asia as online trade surges
By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) - An ad showing a civet cat cowering in a cage being offered for sale on Facebook was just one of hundreds that the social media giant has removed in a crackdown on So...
Aug 05, 2020
China’s major state banks start internal testing of digital wallet application: media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's major state-run commercial banks are conducting large-scale internal testing of a digital wallet application, moving a step closer to the official launch of a home-grown d...
Aug 05, 2020
Australia to spend $1.2 billion on cyber security for private sector after rise in attacks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will spend A$1.66 billion ($1.19 billion) over the next 10 years to strengthen the cyber defences of private companies and households following a rise in cyber attacks, Pr...
Aug 05, 2020
Uber to buy UK taxi tech firm Autocab
LONDON (Reuters) - Uber said on Thursday it was buying the British tech company Autocab, which sells booking and dispatch software to private hire firms, in a move that will allow the taxi app to reac...
Aug 05, 2020
Google pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the videosharing platform. The Alphabet-owne...
Aug 05, 2020
