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Stay home and karaoke: Tencent’s JOOX sees usage spike in Southeast Asia
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lockdowns and travel retrictions prompted by the new coronavirus have been a boon to JOOX, Chinese tech giant Tencent's international music streaming platform, driving ...
Apr 05, 2020
5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is dangerous fake nonsense, UK says
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely f...
Apr 04, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers as it plans pandemic response
By Jeffrey Dastin and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its staff and reduce the risk of infection at...
Apr 04, 2020
Tesla cuts contractors from California, Nevada factories: CNBC
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc is cutting contractors from its U.S. car and battery plants, CNBC reported on Friday, citing workers and a contract staffing agency. The electric carmaker is axing contractors at...
Apr 03, 2020
Three VOIP companies may lose providers if coronavirus robocalls continue, U.S. agencies say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three voice over internet providers may lose access to the U.S. telecom network if they do not stop allowing their service to be used by robocallers touting coronavirus and othe...
Apr 03, 2020
Cisco’s Webex draws record 324 million users in March
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc's video-conferencing app Webex registered a record 324 million attendees in March, with usage more than doubling in the Americas, as the coronavirus...
Apr 03, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon to delay marketing event Prime Day due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is postponing its major summer shopping event Prime Day at least until August and expects potentially a $100 million hit from excess devices it may now have to sell at a dis...
Apr 03, 2020
Two U.S. state attorneys general seek info on Zoom’s privacy practices
(Reuters) - At least two U.S. state attorneys have sought information from Zoom Video Communications Inc following multiple reports that questioned the privacy and security of the videoconferencing ap...
Apr 03, 2020
Poland works on smartphone app to help stop coronavirus outbreak
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is working on a smartphone application to help trace people who have come in contact with those infected with the coronavirus and warn them about the possible risk, the Digit...
Apr 03, 2020
Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Swe...
Apr 03, 2020
