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U.S. government appeals order blocking TikTok ban from taking effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had appealed a Pennsylvania judge's Oct. 30 order that blocked the government from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned TikTok ...
Nov 12, 2020
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the com...
Nov 12, 2020
Fired Amazon worker files discrimination lawsuit over pandemic conditions
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Amazon.com Inc worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination fo...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. senator urges FTC to interview Facebook ex-officials
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and a tough critic of the big tech companies, urged the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to interview some former emplo...
Nov 12, 2020
Daimler will shrink with shift to electric, autonomous cars: CEO
By Edward Taylor FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler will be a smaller company five years from now, focused on capturing recurring revenues with software-based services as Mercedes-Benz seeks to redefine lu...
Nov 12, 2020
Amazon shifts some voice assistant, face recognition computing to its own chips
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it shifted part of the computing for its Alexa voice assistant to its own custom-designed chips, aiming to make the work faster and cheape...
Nov 12, 2020
Ferrari lifts the lid on convertible version of SF90 Stradale hybrid
MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrari unveiled the SF90 Spider on Thursday, a convertible version of its SF90 Stradale hybrid and part of the Italian luxury carmaker's drive to make 60% of sales from hybrid techn...
Nov 12, 2020
Ford targets leading share in EV commercial market that it has with gas engines
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is aiming to grab a significant share of the emerging electric vehicle market with products like the new E-Transit cargo van to match the hold it alrea...
Nov 12, 2020
Brazilian duo glide through Sao Paulo streets with broomsticks for Muggles
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In the famously traffic-choked streets of Brazilian megalopolis Sao Paulo, two men have invented a novel way of getting from point A to B - and they are raising a lot of eyebrows...
Nov 12, 2020
Waste not, want not: Dutch students build electric car from recycled material
EINDHOVEN (Reuters) - Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage. The...
Nov 12, 2020
