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Israel’s Bezeq to convert pay phones into defibrillator stations
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's main phone company said on Wednesday it would collaborate with the country's ambulance service in replacing thousands of public phone booths with defibrillator stations....
Jun 10, 2020
China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's internet regulator on Wednesday ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what it said was interference...
Jun 10, 2020
Dutch study shows hyperloop may be substitute to short-haul flights
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Passenger-packed pods speeding through vacuum tubes linking Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to European cities could prove a viable low-carbon alternative to short-hau...
Jun 10, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight, EU says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Rus...
Jun 10, 2020
Angry Birds maker Rovio looks to women to solve growth puzzle
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio Entertainment launched "Small Town Murders", a new puzzle game aimed at women over 35, on Wednesday in its latest attempt to reduce its reliance on "Angry Birds". The Finnis...
Jun 10, 2020
NATO chief says on Huawei: UK review of 5G security is important
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the NATO military alliance said on Wednesday that the West could not ignore the rise of China and so it was important that the United Kingdom had a review of the role of...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. student’s app offers roadmap to Singapore contact tracing tech
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Singapore kicked off a global rush to develop contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus when the city-state launched an apparently new system in March. ...
Jun 09, 2020
SoftBank’s Arm says China joint venture replaces CEO
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp-owned chip technology firm Arm Ltd said on Wednesday the chief executive officer of its China joint venture, Allen Wu, has stepped down and been replaced. Arm ...
Jun 09, 2020
Vodafone says UK’s desire to lead in 5G will suffer a blow if Huawei is ripped out
By Kanishka Singh and Vishal Vivek (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc, the world's second-biggest mobile operator, has warned that Britain's desire to lead the world in 5G technology will face a big blow ...
Jun 09, 2020
TikTok’s Mayer pledges fake news fight in call with EU’s Breton, EU official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Chinese video app TikTok's new Chief Executive Kevin Mayer has told EU digital chief Thierry Breton he intends to play an active role fighting disinformation, an EU official said ...
Jun 09, 2020
