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U.S. lawmaker urges delay in spectrum auction citing aviation safety risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. House lawmaker on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay the auction of portions of a key spectrum band, warning it could impact a nearb...
Dec 07, 2020
FCC awards $9.2 billion to deploy broadband to 5.2 million U.S. homes, businesses
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said that it was awarding $9.2 billion to provide high-speed broadband internet service to 5.22 million unserved h...
Dec 07, 2020
Palantir wins $44 million FDA contract, boosting shares 21%
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc was awarded a $44.4 million contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a Palantir spokeswoman said, sending its s...
Dec 07, 2020
After talk with Google’s Sundar, EU’s Jourova says seeks more transparency on fake news
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google needs to be more transparent about how it is fighting the spread of "fake news," European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said on Monda...
Dec 07, 2020
Crypto fund inflows hit second highest on record, assets managed surge: Coinshares
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutional investors pumped $429 million into cryptocurrency funds and products for the week ended Dec. 7, the second highest on record, pushing the...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. Congress heads to defense bill showdown with Trump over Big Tech
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Republican lawmaker said on Monday he hoped Congress would pass a $740 billion defense bill this week by a margin large enough to ward off Pre...
Dec 07, 2020
California becomes biggest U.S. state to launch virus contact-tracing app
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California on Monday announced an app to help people track their exposure to the coronavirus, becoming the biggest U.S. state to take advantage of new techno...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. National Security Agency warns of Russian hacking against VMware products
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - A new cybersecurity alert from the U.S. National Security Agency warns that Russian "state-sponsored" hackers are actively exploiting a software vulnerability in multip...
Dec 07, 2020
EU sets out search ranking guidelines for Google, Microsoft, platforms
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google, Microsoft and other tech giants will have to be more transparent in how they rank online search results, under European Commission guidelines...
Dec 07, 2020
Interactive Brokers says expects ‘prompt recovery’ from outage
(Reuters) - Retail brokerage Interactive Brokers Group Inc said on Monday it experienced "a significant failure" in a data storage system that left its users unable to use its trading platform, but th...
Dec 07, 2020
