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Exclusive – Amazon extends moratorium on police use of facial recognition software
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc told Reuters on Tuesday it is extending its moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software until further notice. The company in June 2020 had issued the morator...
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Saudi Aramco to co-lead report on cyber resilience in oil industry
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco is co-leading a report on cyber resilience in the oil and gas industry with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Siemens Energy, the Saudi Arabian state oil giant wrote on...
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Univision to court advertisers with 24/7 news channel, new tools to target ads
By Sheila Dang and Helen Coster (Reuters) - Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-language media company in the United States, says advertisers have overlooked Hispanic American audiences for ...
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Payments company Square makes Ireland its first eurozone launch
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Square, the payments company led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, launched its services in Ireland on Tuesday in its first eurozone foray. The San Francisco-based Square s...
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Fisker to supply up to 700 vehicles to UK-based Onto in 2023
(Reuters) - Electric-vehicle maker Fisker Inc said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with UK-based Onto, an electric-car subscription service, to deliver up to 700 vehicles in 2023. Fisker, whose ...
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U.S. lawmakers urge Facebook to drop Instagram for kids plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged Facebook Inc to drop plans for a version of Instagram for children younger than 13, saying the social media company had fai...
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Product warranty startup Extend raises $260 million, SoftBank leads funding
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Extend, a San Francisco tech startup that makes it easier for businesses to offer product warranties, said on Tuesday it raised $260 million in a funding round led by So...
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Buyers beware as “altcoin” frenzy bruises bitcoin
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin's smaller rivals are eroding its share of the $2 trillion digital currency market. Of the dozens snapping at its heels, most have little use beyond financial t...
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French broadcasters close ranks with anti-Netflix merger
By Mathieu Rosemain and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - France's two biggest private broadcasters are closing ranks to fend off the meteoric rise of U.S. streaming platforms, hoping the desire for a ...
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Biden administration eyes cybersecurity funding after attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is intensifying its focus on cybersecurity spending after a wave of massive attacks, proposing new funding in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomwa...
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