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Japan anti-trust regulator accepts Amazon Japan improvement plan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said on Thursday it has accepted Amazon Japan's plan to improve business practices suspected of violating anti-trust rules. The unit of Amazon.co...
Sep 10, 2020
Wall Street sees a bright side in ‘healthy’ tech selloff
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of Wall Street's biggest players are viewing the stock market's recent tech-led selloff as a bout of turbulence rather than the start of a longer slide -- ...
Sep 10, 2020
Exclusive: Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm – sources
By Joel Schectman, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's main election campaign a...
Sep 10, 2020
Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder...
Sep 10, 2020
Battery-powered face mask seeks to fight COVID and foggy glasses
By Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean company has invented a battery-powered filtered face mask designed to reduce annoying problems associated with conventional designs, such as breathing ...
Sep 10, 2020
Portland votes for first-ever U.S. ban on corporate use of facial recognition
(Reuters) - Portland on Wednesday voted in favor of the first-ever ban in the United States on private entities, such as restaurants and retail stores, from using facial recognition technology in publ...
Sep 09, 2020
South Korea’s Kakao Games shares debut at 48,000 won, double IPO price
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of South Korean game developer Kakao Games Corp debuted at double its IPO price on Thursday, boosted by investors betting on companies expected to benefit from people staying ...
Sep 09, 2020
Ex-NSA chief Keith Alexander joins Amazon board
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday former National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander has joined the e-commerce giant's board. Alexander, who is the co-chief executive officer of IronNet ...
Sep 09, 2020
France says U.S. blocking global digital tax talks
PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. government is blocking international talks on cross-border taxation of digital giants and Europe should prepare to go ahead with a European tax if there is no global deal by...
Sep 09, 2020
Fortnite says gamers can no longer sign in using Apple ID
(Reuters) - "Fortnite" users will not be able to sign in to the game using their Apple Inc ID as soon as Sept. 11, the video game maker said on Wednesday. (This story corrects typographical error) (Re...
Sep 09, 2020
