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Google parent Alphabet tops sales estimates despite virus hammering economy
By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc on Tuesday beat analysts' estimate for quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slo...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. appeals court asks why Facebook encryption order should stay sealed
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspec...
Apr 28, 2020
Huawei, InterDigital enter licensing pact, end patent litigation; InterDigital surges
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc, a developer of digital mobile and video technology, said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with China's Huawei Technolo...
Apr 28, 2020
French contact-tracing app not ready yet, raises liberty issues: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers will be allowed to debate and vote on the government's contact-tracing app once the government is confident it can prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, ...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. senator urges criminal probe of Amazon.com ‘predatory data practices’
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon.com Inc, saying the online retailer was building a monopoly using "...
Apr 28, 2020
Special Report: Cyber-intel firms pitch governments on spy tools to trace coronavirus
By Joel Schectman, Christopher Bing and Jack Stubbs WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone, they often turn to hacking software from the I...
Apr 28, 2020
French parliament will not discuss COVID-19 contact-tracing app at Tuesday’s debate
PARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament will not discuss government plans for a coronavirus contact-tracing app during Tuesday's debate about the end of the lockdown period, presidential party LREM sp...
Apr 28, 2020
Payment service provider Checkout.com to join Facebook’s Libra Association
(Reuters) - Global payment service provider Checkout.com said on Tuesday it would join Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra. "The Libra...
Apr 28, 2020
Oracle wins cloud computing deal with Zoom as video calls surge
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Tuesday it has started using Oracle Corp's cloud computing service to help handle the surge in online video call volumes brought on ...
Apr 28, 2020
Remote work revenue could help Microsoft offset coronavirus impacts, analysts say
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - When Microsoft Corp reports earnings on Wednesday, analysts expect some areas of its business to take a hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic, with lower-than-expected ...
Apr 28, 2020
