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Air taxi startup Lilium’s first U.S. hub to be in Florida
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Flying taxi startup Lilium will set up its first U.S. hub near Orlando, putting more than 20 million Floridians within range of the winged electric aircraft that ...
Nov 11, 2020
Facebook extends ban on U.S. political ads for another month
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc expects that its post-election ban on political ads will last another month, according to an email the social media company sent to advertisers on Wedne...
Nov 11, 2020
BMW unveils electric SUV to challenge Tesla, plans U.S. launch in early 2022
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Germany luxury automaker BMW AG on Wednesday unveiled an electric sport utility vehicle called the BMW iX, planned to go on sale in early 2022 to compete with Tesla...
Nov 11, 2020
COVID-19 ‘war games’: the computer program that could help save your job
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane has signed up to judge the winner of a 'war game' designed to help firms find alternatives to mass layoffs in the face ...
Nov 11, 2020
Dish enlists Qualcomm as partner to build out 5G network
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - U.S. satellite TV provider Dish Network has signed up Qualcomm as its latest partner in efforts to build its 5G network using open and cloud-based platforms by 2023, it said on W...
Nov 11, 2020
India’s broadcasting ministry to regulate steaming services, online content
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal government will regulate content on video streaming platforms including global services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Walt Disney's Hotstar as part of n...
Nov 11, 2020
Japanese town deploys ‘Monster Wolf’ robots to deter wild bears
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in an effort to scare away bears that have become an increasingly dangerous nuisance in the countryside. The town of Takikawa on the norther...
Nov 11, 2020
TikTok to increase Irish staff to 1,100 in rapid expansion
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - TikTok will increase its number of employees in Ireland to 1,100 by early 2021 from just 20 in January, the Chinese-owned video app said on Wednesday, a pace of ex...
Nov 11, 2020
Exclusive: TikTok-owner ByteDance to rake in $27 billion in ad revenue by year-end – sources
By Julie Zhu and Yingzhi Yang HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - TikTok-owner ByteDance is on track to generate at least 180 billion yuan ($27.2 billion) in advertising revenue in China this year, which wi...
Nov 11, 2020
Dutch government orders further anti-spying measures for telecoms
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered a raft of new security regulations for telecommunications providers, including rules on equipment and software suppliers and a requireme...
Nov 11, 2020
