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Uber connects out-of-work U.S. ride-hail drivers to delivery, production jobs
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday its app will list job openings in the delivery, food production and grocery industry that can be accessed by its U.S. drivers who have b...
Apr 06, 2020
EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) called on Monday for a pan-European mobile app to track the spread of the coronavirus instead of the current hodge-p...
Apr 06, 2020
IBM taps former Bank of America CTO to oversee cloud business
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Monday named former Bank of America Corp top technology executive Howard Boville head of its cloud business, as Arvind Krishna takes over from long-...
Apr 06, 2020
Apple supplier Foxconn’s sales down 7.7% in March
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sales at Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, a key supplier of Apple Inc's products known by its trade name Foxconn, were down by 7.7% in March. The world's largest contract ele...
Apr 06, 2020
UAE agriculture tech start-up secures $120 million investment commitment
DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates agriculture technology start-up Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $20.6 million in fresh funding and secured commitments for a further $100 million, it said on...
Apr 06, 2020
Tesla engineers show ventilator prototype on YouTube
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) - Engineers at Tesla Inc showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company's YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country ...
Apr 05, 2020
Solid chip sales unlikely to cushion Samsung’s virus-hit first quarter profit
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - The coronavirus-driven global shift to working from home is set to have boosted demand for Samsung Electronics' memory chips from laptop makers and data centres, but f...
Apr 05, 2020
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
