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France launches AI voice assistant to help coronavirus patients
PARIS (Reuters) - French researchers on Monday launched a voice assistant that can help callers suffering from potential coronavirus symptoms and direct them towards emergency services or their doctor...
Apr 27, 2020
Microsoft wins five-year deal with Coca-Cola to supply business software
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Monday said it had won a five-year deal with Coca-Cola Co to supply business software, including its Teams chat app and tools for customer service agents. The companies d...
Apr 27, 2020
French lawmakers cry foul as government redraws coronavirus app debate
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Lawmakers from France's ruling party accused their own government on Monday of withdrawing a vote on a planned coronavirus tracing app, saying they had been robbed of ...
Apr 27, 2020
Apple to delay mass production of 2020 flagship iPhones: WSJ
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is delaying the production ramp-up of its flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month as the coronavirus pandemic has weakened global consumer demand and disrupted m...
Apr 27, 2020
Broadcom offers to settle EU antitrust probe into exclusivity deals
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Broadcom has offered to settle an EU antitrust investigation into its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers, EU antitrust regulators said on Monday. Broadcom, ...
Apr 27, 2020
Companies bet on AI cameras to track social distancing, limit liability
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can t...
Apr 27, 2020
Cevian Capital trims Ericsson stake by 34 million B-shares: SEC filing
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Activist investor Cevian Capital has trimmed its holding in telecom equipment maker Ericsson according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The...
Apr 27, 2020
Greencoat UK Wind to buy £320 million wind UK wind project from Vattenfall
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Infrastructure fund Greencoat UK Wind PLC has agreed to buy the South Kyle wind farm in Scotland from developer Vattenfall for 320 million pounds ($397.66 million...
Apr 27, 2020
Starbucks says in partnership with Sequoia Capital China for investments
BEIJING (Reuters) - Starbucks on Monday said it has entered a strategic partnership with investment firm Sequoia Capital China that will see the two companies make strategic co-investments in China's ...
Apr 26, 2020
Amazon tests screening new merchants for fraud via video calls in pandemic
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is piloting the use of video conference calls to verify the identity of merchants who wish to sell goods on its websites, in a new plan to counter fraud without in-person me...
Apr 26, 2020
