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Facebook’s Zuckerberg embraces more permanent remote work
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will shift toward more permanently embracing remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a publicly broa...
May 21, 2020
Irish regulator questions Apple over recordings
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), Apple's main regulator in the European Union, on Thursday said it was in contact with the company after a whistleblower called for acti...
May 21, 2020
UK test and trace system is on course for June 1: health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister said the health service's COVID-19 smartphone app was working on the Isle of Wight, where it is being trialled, and the country's test and trace operation ...
May 21, 2020
U.S. House Republicans press TikTok on use of kids’ data, ties to Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two leading Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the founder of the popular video sharing app TikTok on Thursday, asking about potentially illegal ...
May 21, 2020
Shopify to let employees work from home permanently
(Reuters) - Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc would keep its offices closed till 2021 and allow most employees to work remotely on a permanent basis after that, Chief Executive Officer Tobi Lutke s...
May 21, 2020
Uber has spent $19 million on coronavirus financial assistance for drivers
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday for the first time detailed how much it has spent to support its ride-hail drivers and food delivery workers during the coronavirus crisis,...
May 21, 2020
Amazon pushes Prime Day to September as it returns to normalcy – WSJ
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is scheduling its annual Prime Day shopping event for September and allowing unlimited shipments of non-essential goods to warehouses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Th...
May 21, 2020
Exclusive: Baidu considers leaving the Nasdaq to boost its valuation – sources
By Julie Zhu and Zhang Yan HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc is considering delisting from the U.S. Nasdaq and moving to an exchange closer to home to boost its valua...
May 21, 2020
Amazon taps into food delivery services in India
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is rolling out services to deliver food in India, pitting it against established players Swiggy and Zomato in a market that has seen explosive growth in the last f...
May 21, 2020
Tech firms deploy Bluetooth chips for coronavirus contact tracing in office
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Technology companies are developing their own contact tracing systems to help prevent coronavirus outbreaks in their offices as countries begin to ease lockd...
May 21, 2020
