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Facebook releases first data on hate speech prevalence on its platform
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the ...
Nov 19, 2020
Exclusive: EU Commission to intervene in tech, carmakers’ patent dispute – document
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to step into the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers and may set up a system to check whether some patents are essent...
Nov 19, 2020
Chinese social media firm JOYY calls Muddy Waters’ report erroneous
(Reuters) - Chinese social networking platform JOYY Inc said on Thursday that a report by short seller Muddy Waters contained numerous errors and that it was open to cash verification conducted by com...
Nov 19, 2020
Inflation-hedge, risk-on bet: What’s behind bitcoin’s 2020 rally?
By Tom Wilson and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Is it an inflation hedge? A currency? Or just another niche asset to take a punt on? Bitcoin is in the headlines, re-kindling a debate over its tru...
Nov 19, 2020
U.S. agency opens regulatory proceeding to ensure self-driving car safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Thursday they are opening a formal regulatory proceeding that could eventually result in the adoption of new safety standards for autonomous veh...
Nov 19, 2020
Twitter faces renewed heat in India over inaction against anti-court posts
By Nigam Prusty and Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Social media giant Twitter Inc faced censure from Indian legislators for a second time in weeks for failing to take down posts critical of I...
Nov 19, 2020
Model Y drags down Tesla’s ranking in annual reliability survey by Consumer Reports
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's newly introduced Model Y crossover, which has had body-hardware and paint issues, dragged down the electric-car maker's standing in Consumer Reports maga...
Nov 19, 2020
Google signs copyright agreement with six French newspapers
PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines, including dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro, the U.S. tech company said in a post on its blog...
Nov 19, 2020
EU digital chief to talk to tech giants over rules to curb their power
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's digital chief has invited companies including Alphabet , Apple , Amazon and Facebook to video talks next week to discuss draft rules to curb t...
Nov 19, 2020
Nvidia, Epic to bring ‘Fortnite’ back to iPhones in ‘near future’
By Stephen Nellis and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp and Epic Games on Thursday said they are working together to put video game "Fortnite" back on Apple Inc's iPhones in the "near future"...
Nov 19, 2020
