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Airbnb in advanced talks about new $1 billion loan: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airbnb is in advanced talks for a new $1 billion debt deal just weeks after it closed a $1 billion investment from private equity firms, according to two sources. One source famil...
Apr 14, 2020
Washington AG sues Facebook over political ads
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Washington state's attorney general filed a second lawsuit against Facebook Inc over political ads on Tuesday, saying the social media giant once again failed t...
Apr 14, 2020
Comcast’s Peacock to launch with limited original shows amid coronavirus
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - NBCUniversal's long awaited streaming service Peacock will launch free to some Comcast Corp customers on Wednesday with a limited slate of new content, as productions for it...
Apr 14, 2020
Exclusive: Stay off Zoom, Google Hangouts, Standard Chartered chief tells staff
By Anshuman Daga and Imani Moise SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video Communications Inc during the coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters) - Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has be...
Apr 14, 2020
Apple launches tool to track people movement to curb virus spread
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has released a tool based on Apple Maps that will help governments fight the spread of coronavirus by showing the change in volume of people driving, walking o...
Apr 14, 2020
Explainer: How smartphone apps can help ‘contact trace’ the new coronavirus
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A global race is on to develop smartphone apps and other types of mobile phone surveillance systems to track and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus....
Apr 14, 2020
Lightspeed raises over $4 billion to support entrepreneurs amid coronavirus threat
(Reuters) - Lightspeed Venture Partners said on Tuesday it raised more than $4 billion for three new funds to support early and growth stage entrepreneurs even as the coronavirus outbreak threatens th...
Apr 14, 2020
German tech startups plead for European approach to corona tracing app
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German develo...
Apr 14, 2020
AutoDesk invests in public infrastructure software firm
(Reuters) - Autodesk Inc on Tuesday said it would take a minority stake in a Texas company that makes software for planning and building infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges. San Rafael, ...
Apr 14, 2020
