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Big Tech CEOs ready defenses for U.S. Congress hearing into their growing power
By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of ...
Jul 23, 2020
France considers moratorium on new e-commerce warehouses, says minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France's newly-appointed Environment Minister Barbara Pompili said on Thursday she would push to pause the development of warehouses used by online businesses such as Amazon, in a po...
Jul 23, 2020
Volkswagen sees Amazon-built ‘industrial cloud’ as future B2B marketplace
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG , Europe's largest automaker, is expanding its cloud-based software and data portal, aiming to develop it into an industry-wide marketplace where business cus...
Jul 23, 2020
China to launch new campaign to regulate social media news sites
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top internet watchdog will launch a new campaign to crack down on the social media accounts of independent news providers, it said Thursday. The Cyberspace Administration...
Jul 23, 2020
Amazon to offer auto insurance in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Indian unit on Thursday said it will begin offering auto insurance, making India the e-commerce giant's first market for the service. Amazon Pay, the India unit'...
Jul 23, 2020
Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens is rolling out its Comfy mobile phone app to hundreds of its offices around the world to help staff safely return to the office after the coronavirus shutdown. More than 100...
Jul 23, 2020
‘Please mine more nickel,’ Musk urges as Tesla boosts production
By Yilei Sun and Melanie Burton BEIJING/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk urged miners to produce more nickel, a key ingredient in the batteries that power the company's electric cars, wa...
Jul 23, 2020
Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official
By Joseph Menn (Reuters) - Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official ...
Jul 22, 2020
U.S. appeals court won’t unseal papers in Facebook encryption fight
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to unseal a ruling that let Facebook avoid wiretapping a criminal suspect who was using one of the company's encr...
Jul 22, 2020
Tesla quarterly revenue beats estimates
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Wednesday beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter revenue, helped by better-than-expected vehicle deliveries despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis. Revenue ...
Jul 22, 2020
