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Facebook to share privacy report to new board committee, FTC
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would now share the report on its privacy practices to a newly formed committee on its board following its settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commissio...
Jun 18, 2020
EU ready to go it alone on taxation of digital firms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to go it alone with taxing digital services of firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook or Apple if there is no global deal on such a tax this year, Europea...
Jun 18, 2020
UK says it still wants global digital tax as U.S. quits talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will keep pushing for a global solution on taxing international digital companies such as Google and Facebook Inc after the United States left negotiations, a spokesman for ...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. pullout from digital tax talks a ‘provocation’: France
PARIS (Reuters) - Washington's decision to pull out of negotiations on a digital services tax is a "provocation" and Paris will apply such a levy this year despite U.S. objections, France's Finance Mi...
Jun 18, 2020
Exclusive: Massive spying on users of Google’s Chrome shows new security weakness
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google's market-leading Chrome web browser, researchers at Awake...
Jun 18, 2020
Alibaba’s Ant Group appoints new chief technology officer
BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group's fintech arm Ant Group, operator of Alipay, has appointed Ning Xingjun as its new chief technology officer, the company said in a statement to Reuters. Ni is one of ...
Jun 17, 2020
Australian regulator raises concerns over Google, Fitbit deal
(Reuters) - Australia's consumer watchdog on Thursday raised initial competition concerns over Alphabet Inc-owned Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit . "Our concerns are that ...
Jun 17, 2020
Google sets 2025 goal for leadership diversity, curbs on racial profiling
b'b"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc\'s Google on Wednesday announced new goals and policies to address racial issues at its offices, as protests over police brutality against African Americans ...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. pulled out of talks on digital services taxes: Lighthizer
b'b\'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with European Union officials since no headway was being made in those ...
Jun 17, 2020
Twitter tests new voice tweeting feature
b'b\'(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice, capturing up to 140 seconds of audio in a single tweet.\\nThe feature will ...
Jun 17, 2020
