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Tesla tumbles after tweet from Musk account saying stock too high
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of Tesla Inc tumbled 10% on Friday following a tweet from Chief Executive Elon Musk's Twitter account that the electric car maker's recently high-flying stock is o...
May 01, 2020
U.S. House panel calls on Amazon’s Bezos to testify on company practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about "competition concerns" related to the company's...
May 01, 2020
U.S. tech company Vonage bets on digital health care in Uganda
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - U.S. cloud services company Vonage is partnering with social enterprise CTI Africa to pioneer video-linked healthcare in Uganda, where good hospitals and quali...
May 01, 2020
Call center AI firm ASAPP unveils funding as COVID-19 boosts business
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - ASAPP Inc an artificial intelligence software that helps call center agents work better and faster, on Friday announced a $185 million series B funding round as the coro...
May 01, 2020
For cloud giants, usage soars but tech investment delays hobble revenue growth
By Paresh Dave and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - As lockdown orders force billions of people to work, learn and play from home during the novel coronavirus outbreak, usage has surged for the cloud comput...
May 01, 2020
Tencent buys 5% stake in Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay
(Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings has bought a 5% stake in Afterpay Ltd, the Australian buy-now-pay-later firm said on Friday. Tencent's shareholding in the Australian...
May 01, 2020
Swiss soldiers pick up smartphones to fight COVID-19
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHAMBLON, Switzerland (Reuters) - In the battle against coronavirus, Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracing application that could p...
May 01, 2020
Chinese startup Rokid sees opportunity with COVID-fighting smart glasses
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - A Chinese startup that develops augmented-reality products for use in manufacturing and gaming has found a promising growth area in the midst of a global pandemic - wearabl...
May 01, 2020
Tesla cuts price for China-made Model 3 cars by 10% to qualify for subsidies
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said in Friday it has cut the starting price for China-made Model 3 sedans by 10% to qualify for subsidies in the world's biggest auto market....
Apr 30, 2020
Apple, Huawei boost market share, as first-quarter China smartphone shipments fall: Canalys
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] each captured a higher share of China's smartphone market in the first quarter, according to data from research firm Canalys released on...
Apr 30, 2020
