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Amazon-backed Rivian in talks with ministers over UK factory -Sky News
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc-backed electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive is in talks with ministers about building a factory in the UK that could include a big state support package, Sky News rep...
Jul 31, 2021
Fed’s Brainard: Can’t wrap head around not having U.S. central bank digital currency
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard on Friday laid out a range of reasons for "urgency" around the issue of developing a U.S. central bank digital currency, including the ...
Jul 30, 2021
Twitter launches competition to find biases in its image-cropping algorithm
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Friday it will launch a competition for computer researchers and hackers to identify biases in its image-cropping algorithm, after a group of researchers...
Jul 30, 2021
Musk says “Epic is right,” takes sides in battle with Apple
(Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Friday showed his support for "Fortnite" maker Epic Games that has challenged Apple Inc's fees on its App Store. "Apple app store fees are a d...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. agency denies Blue Origin protest over NASA lunar lander contract
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. agency on Friday rejected a protest by Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc over NASA's decision to pick a single lunar lander provider. The...
Jul 30, 2021
‘Don’t want to miss it’: Robinhood IPO loyalists stay the course
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Rick Ornelas got into Robinhood Markets Inc's initial public offering (IPO) every way he could. As a user of the trading app, the Houston-based author of life-coaching books ...
Jul 30, 2021
Russia opens case against WhatsApp for violating personal data law
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it said was a failure to localise data of Russian users on Russian territory, the Interfax ...
Jul 30, 2021
S.Africa’s Transnet to lift force majeure at container terminals from Monday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African state logistics firm Transnet on Friday said it would lift the force majeure it declared at its container terminals from Monday, after a cyber attack hampered op...
Jul 30, 2021
Delivery startup Gopuff valued at $15 billion after latest fundraising
(Reuters) -U.S. delivery startup Gopuff said on Friday it raised $1 billion in a funding round that included Guggenheim Investments, Hedosophia and SoftBank Vision Fund 1, valuing the company at aroun...
Jul 30, 2021
Amazon hit with $886 million EU data privacy fine
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been hit with an $886.55 million (746 million euro) European Union fine for processing personal data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ...
Jul 30, 2021
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