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Zoom hits political turbulence in Washington, Beijing; lobbyists ready
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications, whose remote meeting app made the obscure California company a hub for global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, now finds...
Jun 12, 2020
California examines Amazon’s business practices: WSJ
(Reuters) - California investigators are examining Amazon.com Inc's business practices as part of an inquiry into the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with t...
Jun 12, 2020
U.S., Brazil in talks on funding to buy 5G gear from Ericsson, Nokia: paper
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifth-generation gear produced by Ericsson and Nokia, U.S. amba...
Jun 12, 2020
Japan aims to launch coronavirus contact tracking app next week
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to launch a smartphone app based on technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google next week to help curb the spread of coronavirus by tracking cl...
Jun 12, 2020
China’s Tencent Music reports passive stake in Warner Music
(Reuters) - China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2% passive stake in Warner Music Group Corp, about a week after the world's third-largest recording label's debut on the Na...
Jun 12, 2020
Tesla at $1,000: too much too soon for some analysts
(Reuters) - Top Wall Street brokerages Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley downgraded their ratings on Tesla Inc saying the electric carmaker's shares were overpriced, two days after the high-flying stoc...
Jun 12, 2020
Chinese users saw Zoom as a window through the ‘Great Firewall’
By Huizhong Wu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications has gained a following in China in recent months from users ranging from underground churches to feminists who saw it as a r...
Jun 12, 2020
Facebook’s deal for Giphy to be probed by UK watchdog
(Reuters) - Facebook's deal for popular GIF website Giphy has caught the eye of UK's competition watchdog, which said on Friday it had begun a probe into the deal for possibly reducing competition in ...
Jun 12, 2020
China says Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday said Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China if it wants to fight disinformation, arguing that the country is the biggest victim of disinformation. Chine...
Jun 12, 2020
Exclusive: Netflix in talks to source local Indian content from Reliance affiliate Viacom18 – sources
By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries' media unit Network18, about a ...
Jun 12, 2020
