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Civil groups want EU lawmakers to boost privacy rights in planned WhatsApp, Skype rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amnesty International, Privacy International and 28 other civil and human rights groups on Wednesday urged EU lawmakers to take a strong stand on privacy rights in...
Apr 14, 2021
KKR-backed pizza platform Slice raises $40 million in latest funding round
(Reuters) - Slice, an online ordering platform which helps small pizzerias compete with large chains, said on Wednesday it raised $40 million in its latest funding round led by Cross Creek, with parti...
Apr 14, 2021
Europeans want digital euro to be private, safe and cheap: ECB survey
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone citizens expect the European Central Bank's proposed digital euro to be private, safe and cheap, an ECB survey showed on Wednesday. "What the respondents want most from...
Apr 14, 2021
Buying diamonds in lockdown? WhatsApp can be your best friend
By Claudia Cristoferi and Silvia Aloisi MILAN (Reuters) - As Italy entered a new coronavirus lockdown and shut shops in March, Genoa-based jeweller Gismondi 1754 turned to messaging service WhatsApp t...
Apr 14, 2021
Coinbase listing marks latest step in crypto’s march to the mainstream
By Tom Wilson and Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will list on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the journey of virtual curr...
Apr 14, 2021
Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak raises $234 million: document
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak raised $234 million in capital in a funding round led by Microsoft, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, and local media ...
Apr 14, 2021
Taiwan says its chip firms will adhere to new U.S. rules blacklisting China supercomputing entities
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Wednesday its chip companies will adhere to U.S. rules after Washington added seven Chinese supercomputing entities last week to an economic blacklist and after a Tai...
Apr 13, 2021
Tesla data collected in China is kept in China, exec says
BEIJING (Reuters) - Data collected from Tesla Inc's electric cars in China is stored in China, the U.S. automaker's vice president said, after reports that China's military has banned Teslas from its ...
Apr 13, 2021
ByteDance’s gaming unit Nuverse acquires C4games
BEIJING (Reuters) - TikTok-owner, China's ByteDance, said on Wednesday that its gaming unit Nuverse has acquired C4games. (Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Tony Munroe; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
Apr 13, 2021
Chinese Internet firms pledge to avoid anti-competitive behaviors
BEIJING (Reuters) - A dozen Chinese Internet platform companies pledged to avoid anti-competitive behaviors such as forcing vendors to use their platform exclusively, according to a statement on Wedne...
Apr 13, 2021
