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Payments startup Marqeta raises $150 million, hits $4.3 billion valuation
By Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Payment card issuing startup Marqeta has raised $150 million from a U.S. institutional investor, doubling its valuation to $4.3 billion, the company said on Thursda...
May 28, 2020
Amazon to offer permanent roles to 70% of 175,000 new U.S. hires
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the comp...
May 28, 2020
Amid lockdown, Kenyan medical startup brings clinic to your home
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - Nathalie Maikere sat at her dining table, her two children playing video games a few feet away, as a doctor in a lab coat unpacked her medical bag and took her tem...
May 28, 2020
Facebook German privacy case referred to European Court
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German Federal Court on Thursday referred a lawsuit filed by a consumer protection watchdog alleging privacy violations by Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union...
May 28, 2020
From bikes to blockchain: Shipping industry goes digital in lockdown
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The coronavirus lockdown has accelerated a digitalisation drive in a global shipping and logistics sector that still routinely delivers many documents by bike messenger in some ...
May 28, 2020
Alibaba extends its reach in China as coronavirus outbreak opens doors
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is emerging as one of China's biggest corporate winners of the coronavirus crisis, gaining the opportunity to expand its businesses and s...
May 28, 2020
Trump’s executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google from bein...
May 28, 2020
Democrats urge probe of allegations regarding TikTok and children’s privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTo...
May 27, 2020
Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Security experts at Alphabet Inc's Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing a...
May 27, 2020
Apple secures deal for Scorsese’s next film starring DiCaprio, De Niro: media
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has secured a deal for Hollywood veteran Martin Scorsese's next film, "Killers of the Flower Moon," U.S. media reported on Wednesday, citing sources. "Killers of the Flower Moon"...
May 27, 2020
