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Exclusive: Top Huawei executives had close ties to company at center of U.S. criminal case
By Steve Stecklow and Marcelo Rochabrun LONDON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An obscure Hong Kong-registered company stands at the center of the U.S. criminal case against China's Huawei Technologies and its ...
Sep 16, 2020
Nasdaq makes push into anti-money laundering tech with new AI-based system
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Exchange group Nasdaq said on Wednesday that it is launching AI technology to help retail and commercial banks automate anti-money laundering (AML)investigations, as ...
Sep 16, 2020
Telefonica partners with Japan’s Rakuten to develop open 5G network
By Supantha Mukherjee and Isla Binnie STOCKHOLM/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica has signed a pact with Japan's Rakuten to develop a 5G radio network system that uses an open platform and artific...
Sep 16, 2020
Mitra the robot helps COVID patients in India speak to loved ones
By Adnan Abidi and Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives. Mitra, me...
Sep 16, 2020
EU antitrust rules need to keep pace with changes: EU Commission head
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust rules need to keep up with global changes, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, underscoring pressure from Germany ...
Sep 16, 2020
Gaming group Embracer expands in VR with Vertigo Games acquisition
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish game developer Embracer has agreed to buy Netherlands-based virtual reality (VR) games maker Vertigo Games for 50 million euros ($59.25 million) upfront and a possible ad...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba, China Mobile weigh $443 million investment in blacklisted Dahua – sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd [CHNMC.UL] are considering investing 3 billion yuan ($443 million) in Zhejiang Dahua Technolog...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump plans to nominate Simington for FCC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to nominate Nathan Simington, a senior adviser at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to be a member of the Federal Comm...
Sep 15, 2020
Exclusive: AT&T considers cellphone plans subsidized by ads
By Sheila Dang, Helen Coster, Krystal Hu and Kenneth Li (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, Chief Executiv...
Sep 15, 2020
Back-up driver in Arizona 2018 fatal Uber self-driving car crash charged in death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The back-up safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies self-driving car that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 was charged with neglig...
Sep 15, 2020
