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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $676 million, valued at over $5 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - SambaNova Systems, a Silicon Valley startup that makes semiconductors for artificial intelligence related computation work, said on Tuesday it raised $676 million in a f...
Apr 13, 2021
Blockchain firm ConsenSys raises $65 million from J.P. Morgan, others
(Reuters) - Blockchain technology firm ConsenSys said on Tuesday it had raised $65 million from major banks and financial services firms including J.P. Morgan, Mastercard Inc and UBS Group AG to fund ...
Apr 13, 2021
Exclusive: Italy to spend 60% more of EU funds on better broadband, sources say
By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) - Italy aims to spend almost 7 billion euros ($8.33 billion) in European recovery funds on ultra-fast networks, up 60% from a previous goal, as mini...
Apr 13, 2021
Facebook oversight board widens scope to rule on content left up on platform
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook users will now be able to ask the company's independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, as well as what was taken ...
Apr 13, 2021
PC shipments notch fastest quarterly growth in 20 years – Gartner
(Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers rose at their fastest pace in two decades in the first quarter as people bought computers to help them work and study remotely during the COVID-19 cr...
Apr 13, 2021
Japan’s delivery giant Sagawa teams with startup to develop first EV
TOKYO (Reuters) - SG Holdings Co's delivery firm Sagawa Express Co on Tuesday revealed a prototype of its first jointly-developed electric vehicle (EV) with Tokyo startup ASF, as part of its plan to e...
Apr 13, 2021
Biden’s chip dreams face reality check of supply chain complexity
By Hyunjoo Jin and Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To understand President Joe Biden's challenge in taming a semiconductor shortage bedeviling automakers and other industries, consider a chip...
Apr 13, 2021
Renault to partly idle Spanish plants until end September over chip shortage
MADRID (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault has started negotiations with unions to extend the partial idling of three of its four factories in Spain until the end of September as a preemptive measure ...
Apr 13, 2021
Hey Siri, when is Apple’s next event? April 20
(Reuters) - Siri, Apple Inc's virtual assistant, might have spilled the beans by telling users on Tuesday that the iPhone maker is going to host a special event on April 20. Siri, who is proficient at...
Apr 13, 2021
South Korean ‘phone maniac’ won’t give up his LG smartphones
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean Ryu Hyun-soo describes himself as an "LG phone maniac" and says he won't give up his LG smartphones even though the company that makes them is getting out of the busines...
Apr 13, 2021
