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Twitter restricts Trump’s campaign account from tweeting
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday temporarily restricted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign account from tweeting, saying a video from the account about Democratic presidential candidat...
Oct 15, 2020
YouTube bans conspiracy theory content targeting individuals or groups
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Thursday it was banning content that targets an individual or a group using conspiracy theories such as QAnon or Pizzagate. (Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Be...
Oct 15, 2020
Online used-car seller Shift’s shares fall in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Shift Technologies Inc fell 6.7% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday after the online used-car seller went public through a reverse-merger deal with blank check firm Insurance Acqu...
Oct 15, 2020
Renault adds to electric car range with sportier model
MEUDON, France (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault unveiled on Thursday a new electric car concept with a larger, sportier design, as it bets on medium-size family vehicles to try to turn itself aroun...
Oct 15, 2020
JLR to launch electric Jaguar I-PACE in India in early 2021
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plans to launch its electric Jaguar I-PACE sedan in India early next year, the automaker's country head told Reuters on Thursday, as governm...
Oct 15, 2020
Silicon Valley payments firm Stripe buys Nigerian startup Paystack
LAGOS (Reuters) - U.S. payments company Stripe has bought Nigerian fintech startup Paystack to expand into the fast-growing online market in Africa, the companies said on Thursday. The acquisition, wh...
Oct 15, 2020
Kickboxer throws down challenge to Pakistan’s TikTok ban
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A mixed martial arts specialist is challenging a Pakistani ban on TikTok, the video sharing app on which he was pinning his hopes of gaining a mass audience and he...
Oct 15, 2020
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project appoints ex-HSBC exec as CFO of payments unit
LONDON (Reuters) - The Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency project has appointed a former HSBC executive as chief financial officer of a unit tasked with managing the planned digital currency's payme...
Oct 15, 2020
Nokia’s COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19 symptoms and is wearing a mask, part of effor...
Oct 15, 2020
France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants
By Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - France and the Netherlands called on Thursday for the creation of a European Union authority to regulate large tech companies such as G...
Oct 15, 2020
