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German battery market growth driven by on lithium-ion demand: ZVEI
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's electronics industry saw a strong increase in the battery market last year, spurred by demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars in a wider roll-out aimed at c...
Jun 23, 2020
Data center chip startup Ampere to release more powerful processor
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Ampere, the data center chip startup led by former Intel Corp executives and backed by Oracle Corp, on Tuesday announced a more powerful processor in its efforts to court...
Jun 23, 2020
Mastercard to buy technology firm Finicity in $825 million deal
(Reuters) - Mastercard Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Finicity in a deal valued at $825 million, adding a fintech firm that helps banks share customer data with other financial firms. The world's se...
Jun 23, 2020
Brazilian motor maker WEG acquires stake in startup Mvisia
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian motor maker WEG has reached a deal to acquire a 51% stake in the artificial intelligence startup Mvisia, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. WEG has been acquir...
Jun 23, 2020
China’s Didi aims for 1 million robotaxis on its platform by 2030
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing aims to operate more than 1 million self-driving cars through its platform by 2030, an executive said on Tuesday. Didi is developing autonom...
Jun 23, 2020
AI chatbot firm Rasa raises funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel
(Reuters) - Rasa, a small artificial intelligence-backed chatbot company, said on Tuesday it had raised $26 million from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Accel Partners to fund more machine l...
Jun 23, 2020
Exclusive: German finance minister says regulators did not work effectively on Wirecard
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said it appeared that regulators did not work effectively in regards to payments provider Wirecard, whose chief executive has been arrested on su...
Jun 23, 2020
Amazon to launch $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in clean energy: WSJ
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will launch a $2 billion internal venture capital fund that will focus on technology investments to reduce the impact of climate change, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Jun 23, 2020
Siemens, Salesforce aim to sell products for COVID-19 back-to-work plans
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens and U.S. software developer Salesforce will work together on products to help companies' employees get back to work while following rules to prevent the spread of the new co...
Jun 23, 2020
French StopCovid app led to 1.8 million activations as of June 22
PARIS (Reuters) - France's state-supported "StopCovid" contact-tracing app has been downloaded by 1.9 million people, roughly 2% of the population, leading to 1.8 million activations as of June 22, di...
Jun 23, 2020
