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U.S., UK sign agreement on artificial intelligence
(Reuters) - The Trump administration announced on Friday that the United States and the United Kingdom had signed a new agreement to cooperate on research and development of artificial intelligence. "...
Sep 25, 2020
FAA chief set to conduct 737 MAX evaluation flight next week
(Reuters) - Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson is set to conduct an evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX next week, a milestone as the U.S. planemaker works to win ap...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. FTC moves for rehearing of Qualcomm antitrust defeat
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a motion to rehear an antitrust lawsuit that it lost on appeal against chip firm Qualcomm Inc . The regulator asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. tells judge it opposes TikTok effort to halt app store ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will oppose a request from TikTok to delay an ban on U.S. app stores Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google set for late Sunday. The govern...
Sep 25, 2020
India unlikely to revoke PUBG ban despite Tencent license withdrawal – source
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Heekyong Yang NEW DELHI/SEOUL (Reuters) - India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw the mobile game'...
Sep 25, 2020
Google to block election ads after Election Day – Axios
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google informed its advertisers on Friday that it will broadly block U.S. election ads after polls close on Nov. 3, Axios reported citing an email it had obtained. In the em...
Sep 25, 2020
Leonardo sees one billion euro industry boost from Italy’s alliance with U.S. on space
MILAN (Reuters) - An agreement between Italy and the United States over space exploration can generate around 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) for the Italian space industry, the CEO of aerospace and d...
Sep 25, 2020
Alphabet to set up council to oversee diversity, equity efforts
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc said on Friday it was setting up a new advisory council to oversee its efforts on enforcing workplace policies related to diversity, sexual harassment and misconduct. The Goog...
Sep 25, 2020
Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of state-affiliated accounts worldwide, even as he defended its...
Sep 25, 2020
Facebook events service gets temporary exemption from Apple App Store fees: blog post
By Katie Paul and Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday that businesses running paid online events on its iOS app would not need to pay a 30% fee to Apple for the remain...
Sep 25, 2020
