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Apple, AT&T ask for tough protection for data in Google lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and AT&T asked the judge hearing the Justice Department's lawsuit against Alphabet's Google on Friday to allow them to designate certain data in the complaint "highly ...
Nov 20, 2020
Blind man, ‘born to run,’ completes solo marathon with trial app to guide him
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blind man completed a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) run in New York's Central Park without a guide dog or human help this week. His navigation aid? Artificial intelligence through head...
Nov 20, 2020
Bitcoin rises to three-year peak, all-time high in sight
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose to a three-year high of $18,600 on Friday, up 4.5% on the day and close to its all-time high of just under $20,000. Bitcoin has gained over 16% so far this week - its b...
Nov 20, 2020
Amazon pilot lifts stock exchanges into the cloud
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A pilot by online giant Amazon and two stock exchanges showed how moving share trading from costly physical servers to cloud computing could save money and reduce the p...
Nov 20, 2020
Luminar to supply lidar sensors for Mobileye’s self-driving fleet
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Luminar Technologies, the self-driving sensor startup that is about to go public, said on Friday that it will supply laser-based lidar sensors to Intel Corp's Mobileye subs...
Nov 20, 2020
Daimler, Geely mull China as production hub for hybrid powertrains
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler AG and Geely Holding on Friday said China could emerge as a manufacturing and export hub for hybrid powertrains jointly developed for Volvo and Mercedes-Benz cars. Earlie...
Nov 20, 2020
How Airbnb’s CEO succumbed to an IPO he resisted
By Joshua Franklin and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky resisted calls from his investors for years to follow the lead of other Silicon Valley unicorns and take the home rental startup ...
Nov 20, 2020
In pandemic Christmas, U.S. rivals aim to challenge Amazon under the tree
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Walmart Inc, Best Buy Co Inc and hundreds of smaller retailers are bolstering their online gift features, hoping to challenge Amazon.com Inc's dominance as a...
Nov 20, 2020
EU digital chief, tech giants call on new rules rescheduled to Dec. 2
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A video call between the European Union's digital chief and Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Facebook to discuss draft rules to curb their powers has been postponed until Dec. 2, an EU...
Nov 20, 2020
Canada court expected to hear from more police witnesses in Huawei CFO’s U.S. extradition case
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian court is expected to hear from additional police witnesses on Friday as the second week of witness testimony wraps up in the case to extradite the chie...
Nov 20, 2020
