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Uber extends mask selfie verification feature to riders
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday said it will roll out a global selfie feature to verify its ride-hail customers wear a mask, modeled after a similar feature introduced for ...
Sep 01, 2020
Data firm InfoSum raises $15 million, adds former AT&T leader as executive chairman
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Data platform company InfoSum announced on Tuesday it has raised $15.1 million in its Series A funding round, and that Brian Lesser, former chief executive of AT&T Inc's adv...
Sep 01, 2020
Tesla to raise $5 billion through share offering
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it plans to raise up to $5 billion through a share sale program to be conducted by Wall Street's main brokerages. The sales agents include major banks such as Gol...
Sep 01, 2020
Apple preparing to build 75 million 5G iPhones later this year: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, along with new Watch models, a new iPad Air and a smaller HomePod, Bloomberg News reported on Tue...
Sep 01, 2020
South Korean prosecutors indict Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee on stock manipulation charge: official
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors indicted Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee on charges of manipulating stock prices and breach of trust in order to cement control of the group, a prosecution o...
Sep 01, 2020
South Korea prosecutors to announce on Tuesday if Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee will be indicted
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors will announce on Tuesday whether they will indict Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee on charges of manipulating stock prices and violating accounting rules to c...
Sep 01, 2020
Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar’s 2020 election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar's 2020 election scheduled for November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violenc...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing ‘enforcement error’
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling t...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook threatens to stop publishers in Australia share local news if regulation becomes law
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Monday said it would stop allowing news publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposed regulation on n...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook partners with external researchers to study its impact during U.S. election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company sai...
Aug 31, 2020
