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Intel chip executive Jim Keller departs company
(Reuters) - Jim Keller, a prominent chip executive who helped design chips at Apple Inc and Tesla Inc before joining Intel Corp two years ago, left the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker effectiv...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. senators introduce new bill to punish Chinese technology theft
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S...
Jun 11, 2020
Zuckerberg’s former aide Chris Cox returns to Facebook as product head
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's former chief product officer, Chris Cox, is returning to his role, according to his post https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10105509261342903&set=a.692319249513&type=3&...
Jun 11, 2020
Google to ban targeting housing ads based on gender, age
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it would stop allowing housing, employment and credit ads to be targeted to users based on their postal code, gender, ...
Jun 11, 2020
Snap launches new shows, games, developer tools in bid to grow audience
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Snap Inc on Thursday announced a slate of new features for its photo messaging app Snapchat, such as new original shows and ways for outside developers to create products th...
Jun 11, 2020
Comcast, media mogul Byron Allen reach carriage deal
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp said on Thursday it reached a content carriage deal with comedian-turned media mogul Byron Allen, who withdrew a lawsuit about racial bias against channels owned by African Am...
Jun 11, 2020
Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks: source
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon may face EU antitrust charges in the coming weeks over its use of data from merchants with whom it competes on its platform, a person familiar with the matt...
Jun 11, 2020
Apple will increase spending with black-owned suppliers as part of $100 million racial justice effort
(Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Thursday the iPhone maker will increase spending with black-owned partners in its supply chain and seek to increase minority representation among...
Jun 11, 2020
Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police: Washington Post
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will not sell its facial-recognition technology to police departments until there is a federal law regulating the tech, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing the ...
Jun 11, 2020
Instacart valued at nearly $14 billion in latest funding amid online sales boom
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Instacart said on Thursday it had raised $225 million in a new funding round, valuing it at $13.7 billion, as the grocery delivery company cashes in on a surge in onl...
Jun 11, 2020
