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France to go ahead with digital tax this year regardless of possible international deal
PARIS (Reuters) - France will go ahead with its tax on big digital businesses this year whether there is progress or not towards an international deal on the issue, its finance minister said on Thursd...
May 14, 2020
Nvidia turns to driver-assistance market as robo-taxis stall
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp, whose semiconductors power data centers, autonomous cars and robots, said on Thursday it plans to enter the market for technology that he...
May 14, 2020
Zoom to expand in U.S. with engineering centers in Phoenix, Pittsburgh
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc said Thursday it plans to hire 500 software engineers for research and development locations in Phoenix and Pittsburgh over the next two yea...
May 14, 2020
Palestinians look to a digital future to connect with their past
By Rami Ayyub and Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Virtual reality tours have replaced flag-waving rallies as Palestinians facing coronavirus restrictions create digital spaces to lament the loss...
May 14, 2020
Exclusive: Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it ...
May 14, 2020
Virus-tracing apps must not be used for mass surveillance: EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - COVID-19 contact-tracing apps must only be used during the pandemic and will need to be automatically de-activated once the crisis is over, EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders...
May 14, 2020
Tesla starts building Long Range Model 3 cars at China plant
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Thursday it had started producing Long Range Model 3 vehicles in its Shanghai factory and aimed to deliver them to customers soon. The...
May 14, 2020
Sony aims to make image sensors smarter to expand beyond smartphones
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp on Thursday said it would make its cash-cow image sensors smarter to broaden their application, as the Japanese electronics maker seeks to reduce reliance on a saturated sm...
May 14, 2020
India follows China’s lead to widen use of coronavirus tracing app
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world's second-most populous nation ...
May 14, 2020
Finland’s Nokia buys back 150 million euros of notes
(Reuters) - Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said on Thursday it would buy back 150 million euros ($162 million) of its March 2021 notes as it restructures its finances. "We are pleased to have p...
May 14, 2020
