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Colombia’s Rappi trials robots to deliver restaurant food to homes
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian startup Rappi is piloting deliveries by robots as a safe way of getting food to people forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pilot started this week ...
Apr 17, 2020
Majority of FCC backs Ligado plan for broadband network: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks' to deploy a low-power nationwide 5G network despite...
Apr 17, 2020
Google to waive ad serving fees for news publishers amid virus crisis
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google would waive off the fee it collects from news publishers using its ad services for the next five months, the search giant said on Friday. News publishers, especially ...
Apr 17, 2020
Netflix adds $50 million to relief fund for production workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc has increased the amount of money in its coronavirus emergency relief fund by $50 million, bringing the total for displaced production workers to $150 million, a co...
Apr 17, 2020
Imagination Tech owner tells UK the company will remain in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm Canyon Bridge, the Chinese-backed owner of Imagination Technologies, told the British government it was committed to keeping the chip designer headquartered in t...
Apr 17, 2020
Exclusive: Chinese-backed owners commit to UK HQ for Imagination Tech – source
LONDON (Reuters) - The Chinese-backed owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom, a source with knowled...
Apr 17, 2020
European coronavirus app platform gains traction with governments
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A European technology platform to support smartphone apps that can help trace people at risk of infection by the new coronavirus is gaining support from governmen...
Apr 17, 2020
U.S.’s Pompeo: Nations should rethink use of China’s Huawei amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said China's role in the global coronavirus pandemic is likely to force countries to rethink their telecommunications infrastructur...
Apr 17, 2020
Poland’s 5G auction delayed due to coronavirus
By Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's telecoms regulator has dropped a deadline for its first 5G auction due a government clampdown designed to tackle the spread of the corononavirus. Poland had i...
Apr 17, 2020
Goldman predicts 36% drop in iPhone shipment, says time to sell Apple shares
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Friday it expects iPhone shipment to drop 36% during the third quarter due to coronavirus-related lockdowns around the world and downgraded Apple Inc stock to "sell"....
Apr 17, 2020
