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Lithuania dabbles in crypto-coin as central banks look for ways to fend off Facebook
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania is about to issue the first central bank-produced digital coin in the euro zone, part of a project to trial state-backed digital currencies and blockchai...
Jul 02, 2020
Tesla beats vehicle delivery estimates for second quarter
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter vehicle deliveries, as lockdowns imposed globally to combat the spread of the coronavirus begin to ease. The electric-ca...
Jul 02, 2020
Musk says Tesla is building ‘RNA microfactories’ for CureVac
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc is building "RNA microfactories" for coronavirus vaccine developer CureVac in Germany, the electric carmaker's chief executive officer, Elon Musk, tweeted on Wednesday. CureVac, ...
Jul 02, 2020
India’s Prime Minister Modi shuts Weibo account after app ban
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, said it has deleted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's account at the request of the Indian embassy, as tensions between the t...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S., EU advocacy groups warn against Google’s purchase of Fitbit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google's $2.1 billion bid for fit...
Jul 01, 2020
Twitter removes image tweet by Trump over copyright complaint
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc has taken down an image tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump on June 30, in response to a report from a copyright holder. Twitter now displays the message "This image has b...
Jul 01, 2020
SoftBank-backed Lemonade raises $319 million in IPO
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Insurance startup Lemonade Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, raised $329 million in its U.S. initial public offering, a person familiar with the matter said on Wedn...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S. tech chief executives expected to testify before House panel in late July: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of the four U.S. tech giants -- Amazon.com, Facebook, Alphabet's Google and Apple -- will testify before the U.S. Congress in late July as part of an ongoin...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S. senator to change anti-child porn bill over Google, Facebook encryption concerns: draft
By Nandita Bose (Reuters) - U.S. legislation aimed at stopping online child sexual abuse material is likely to be amended to address concerns of platforms like Google and Facebook that the proposed la...
Jul 01, 2020
UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The payments by Alphabet Inc's Google to Apple Inc to be the default search engine on Apple's Safari web browser create "a significant barrier to entry and expansion" for...
Jul 01, 2020
