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Nokia shuts plant in south India after 42 test positive for coronavirus
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nokia last week suspended operations at a telecoms gear manufacturing plant in southern India, the company said on Tuesday, after some employees tested positive for COVID-19. Nok...
May 26, 2020
Infineon to raise 1 billion euros with capital increase
BERLIN (Reuters) - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies aims to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) by issuing new shares to partially finance its $10 billion acquisition of U.S.-based Cypres...
May 26, 2020
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises $346 million ahead of debut astronaut mission
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station. The private...
May 26, 2020
Lithium producers must wait as pandemic slows electric vehicle revolution
By Helen Reid and Ernest Scheyder JOHANNESBURG/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing producers of battery metal lithium into survival mode wi...
May 26, 2020
Softbank’s Arm releases chip tech for high-end Android devices
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Arm Ltd, the semiconductor firm owned by Japan's Softbank Group Corp, on Tuesday released new technology aimed at helping Android devices catch up to Apple Inc's iPhones ...
May 26, 2020
Tech companies target temperature-monitoring patches for COVID-19
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - A group of tech companies is working on a patch about the size of small bandage that could be worn to monitor for the elevated body temperatures that can sometimes signal...
May 26, 2020
As Chinese authorities expand use of health tracking apps, privacy concerns grow
By Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's health tracking QR codes, which have played a key part in the country's successful containment of the coronavirus, now look set to play a mu...
May 26, 2020
Vivendi’s Dailymotion forms partnership with Huawei Video
PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi's Dailymotion video platform and China's Huawei Video on Tuesday announced a partnership to offer international and local video content, as Huawei continues its plans to incr...
May 26, 2020
Tencent to invest $70 billion in ‘new infrastructure’
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will invest 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) over the next five years in technology infrastructure including cloud computing, artifici...
May 26, 2020
Uber India cuts 600 jobs amid coronavirus outbreak
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Ride hailing company Uber Technologies Inc's Indian arm will cut 600 jobs across functions, as it navigates a strict coronavirus lockdown that has brought businesses to a grindin...
May 26, 2020
