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Most Americans cannot or will not use COVID-19 contact tracing apps: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of all Americans either do not own smartphones or would not use apps backed by Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc to trace who has been exposed to the new corona...
Apr 29, 2020
Apple, Google to release early versions of contact tracing tool to developers
(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google would release two early versions this week of their proposed technology to slow coronavirus spread to select developers for testing purposes, the compan...
Apr 29, 2020
Twitter opens up data for researchers to study COVID-19 tweets
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will grant researchers and software developers access to a real-time data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID-19, which they ca...
Apr 29, 2020
Amazon’s foreign websites named in U.S. piracy and counterfeiting report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several of Amazon.com Inc's foreign websites have been added to the U.S. trade regulator's "Notorious Markets" report on marketplaces known for counterfeiting and piracy concern...
Apr 29, 2020
Self-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to he...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. ITC to probe some Nintendo gaming systems after petition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday said it would launch an investigation into says certain portable gaming systems by Nintendo Co Ltd after privately-held Game...
Apr 29, 2020
Chip technology firm Arm to ease fees for startups, join incubator
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Arm Inc, the British firm whose chip technologies power most smart phones, said on Wednesday it was easing fees for startup companies and providing free offerings to an i...
Apr 29, 2020
Samsung’s phone fortunes wane as COVID-19 hits 5G phones in Europe and U.S.
By Hyunjoo Jin and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - When the coronavirus outbreak in China disrupted global smartphone production in February, Samsung looked set to weather the crisis better than most ...
Apr 29, 2020
TikTok, Gates pledge $20 million to help Africa tackle COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The social media platform TikTok and the philanthropic Gates Foundation donated $10 million each on Wednesday to the vaccine alliance GAVI to help fund efforts to tackle the COVID-1...
Apr 29, 2020
Spotify paid music subscribers rises to 130 million, quarterly revenue jumps 22%
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA reported a 22% jump in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday as the music streaming company beat analysts' expectations to reach 130 million paid subscribers for its pre...
Apr 29, 2020
