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Microsoft says Bytedance won’t sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to it
(Reuters) - Microsoft said on Sunday it was informed by Bytedance that it would not be selling TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft. "We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok's u...
Sep 13, 2020
SoftBank to sell chip designer Arm to Nvidia in $40 billion deal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Softbank Group Corp on Monday said it has agreed to sell chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as $40 billion. (Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
Sep 13, 2020
Exclusive: Canada looks set for a fight over C$1 billion compensation for Huawei gear
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by China's Huawei from 5G networks, s...
Sep 13, 2020
Facebook removes posts linking Oregon wildfires to activist groups
(Reuters) - Facebook has started removing false claims that the deadly wildfires in Oregon were started by various left-wing and right-wing groups, a spokesman for the social media company said on Sat...
Sep 12, 2020
SEC charges rapper Clifford Harris Jr., others, over cryptocurrency offering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it has charged five Atlanta-based people, including rapper and actor Clifford Harris, Jr., known as T.I. or Tip, and f...
Sep 11, 2020
Xerox CFO William Osbourn resigns, Xavier Heiss named interim replacement
(Reuters) - U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp said on Friday Chief Financial Officer William Osbourn will step down effective Sept. 30. Xavier Heiss, who has been at the company for over 30 years...
Sep 11, 2020
Progressive Democrats urge action on tech as potential Google lawsuit looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With expectations of a U.S. government lawsuit against Alphabet's Google within weeks, two progressive Democrats tweeted support for legal action against tech giants who break t...
Sep 11, 2020
Apple revises App Store guidelines, loosening some in-app payment rules
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Friday published a revision of some of its App Store review guidelines https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines, loosening some restrictions o...
Sep 11, 2020
Exclusive: China would rather see TikTok U.S. close than a forced sale
By Keith Zhai, Yingzhi Yang and Julie Zhu (Reuters) - Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in...
Sep 11, 2020
Spain aims to tax services like Whatsapp based on revenue
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is proposing to tax companies providing calls and instant messaging services, such as Whatsapp, based on their revenue, a senior government official said on Friday. Levies wou...
Sep 11, 2020
