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TikTok quits Hong Kong as U.S. giants suspend processing data requests
By Echo Wang and Pei Li NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok announced on Tuesday it would pull out of Hong Kong within days, as global tech giants struggle to fig...
Jul 07, 2020
Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on Amazon, Google, Netflix and Spotify
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia imposed a 10% value-added tax on sales by technology firms including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google on Tuesday, as spending patterns shift with increased remote work...
Jul 07, 2020
In Hong Kong national security law, echoes of China’s own cyber crackdown
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - Hong Kong's new National Security Law will shake up digital surveillance in the city, with strict new company compliance measures that echo the mainland's years-long...
Jul 07, 2020
Deutsche Bank CEO says still evaluating Wirecard Bank support
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank's chief executive said on Tuesday it was premature to say how the lender might aid the banking unit of collapsed payments service provider Wirecard . Germany's larg...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. firms in India not ready to pay digital tax, lobby group says
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lobby group representing U.S. technology giants has said its members are not yet ready to make the first payment of the country's digital tax due this week...
Jul 07, 2020
On Huawei row, minister says UK can defend values and get investment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain can welcome foreign investment while also standing up for its values, business minister Alok Sharma said on Tuesday after China warned that a dispute over tech firm Huawei c...
Jul 07, 2020
Nokia to add open interfaces to its telecom equipment
(Reuters) - Finland's Nokia on Tuesday became the first major telecom equipment maker to commit to adding open interfaces in its products that will allow mobile operators to build networks that are no...
Jul 07, 2020
Deutsche Bank and Google agree multi-year, strategic partnership
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday it has agreed a strategic, multi-year partnership with Google to give the German lender access to cloud services and drive innovation in technology-...
Jul 07, 2020
Deutsche Telekom intensifies partnership with Huawei: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has intensified its business relationship with China's Huawei despite security authorities' warnings, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing internal do...
Jul 07, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok: Fox
(Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok. "I don't want to get out in front o...
Jul 06, 2020
