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Twitter wants feedback on new plan for ‘verification’ check marks
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday released plans for its new policy on how people are "verified" on the site, an area the company has long promised to revamp to address confusi...
Nov 24, 2020
U.S. senators urge Facebook, Twitter for tighter checks before Georgia runoff election
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday called on the heads of Facebook and Twitter for information on steps the social media firms are taking to prevent the spread of misinformation ah...
Nov 24, 2020
EU says it could be self-sufficient in electric vehicle batteries by 2025
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union could produce enough batteries by 2025 to power its fast-growing fleet of electric vehicles without relying on imported cells, European Commissio...
Nov 24, 2020
Defense grilling of Canada police witness in Huawei CFO’s U.S. extradition case continues
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A police officer who denied asking Canadian border agents for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's phone and laptop passcodes on the day of her arrest tw...
Nov 24, 2020
Bitcoin hits $19,000 for first time in three years
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit $19,000 on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three years and was just shy touching an all-time high of just under $20,000. The world's most popular cryptocurrency has...
Nov 24, 2020
Suited avatars and digital offices: traders and bankers embrace VR
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Once the preserve of gamers, virtual reality (VR) has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lone...
Nov 24, 2020
Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100,000 ...
Nov 24, 2020
Britain’s telcos face fines if they use suppliers deemed high-risk, like Huawei
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's telecoms companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 100,000 pounds ($133,140) a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies ...
Nov 23, 2020
Cannae, Senator mount fresh challenge against CoreLogic board
(Reuters) - Cannae Holdings and Senator Investment Group on Monday mounted a fresh challenge against CoreLogic Inc's board, just a week after the investment firms won three board seats at the U.S. pro...
Nov 23, 2020
Apple’s security chief accused of bribery in California gun-permit probe
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc's security chief on Monday was indicted on bribery charges as prosecutors alleged he promised a donation of 200 iPads to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office...
Nov 23, 2020
