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Square joins Twitter in letting employees work from home permanently
(Reuters) - Jack Dorsey-led Square Inc said on Monday that most of its employees can continue to work from home permanently even after offices reopen, following a similar announcement from Twitter Inc...
May 18, 2020
EU’s Breton tells Facebook’s Zuckerberg the fake news buck stops with him
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Monday warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his social media firm and other tech giants may be subjected to tough rules if ...
May 18, 2020
Chipmaker Dialog seeks to make Bluetooth coronavirus apps more accurate
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Chipmaker Dialog Semiconductor Plc on Monday introduced software to improve the accuracy of wristbands and other Bluetooth-based devices businesses are a...
May 18, 2020
SoftBank’s Son hopes ‘winged unicorns’ can save crumbling tech empire
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday pinned his hopes on a small group of "winged unicorns" to save the performance of his $100 billion Vision Fund - althoug...
May 18, 2020
Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,000 jobs, in addition to the 3,700 it had announced earlier this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions sap demand for ride-hailing services, Chief E...
May 18, 2020
Amazon’s French warehouses to resume work with 30% of staff on Tuesday: unions
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon's French warehouses are set to re-open on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, following an agreement with staff representatives last week. The e-c...
May 18, 2020
Automated delivery cashes in on pandemic-driven demand
By Paul Lienert and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis is accelerating a shift in the world of autonomous cars toward delivering packages instead of people, as big players open up a le...
May 18, 2020
Irish drone operator bins fast food for medical drops
By Padraic Halpin and Jason Cairnduff Moneygall, IRELAND (Reuters) - Ireland's Manna Aero should have been dropping off its first takeaway orders around a Dublin university campus by drone in March bu...
May 18, 2020
Texas prepares for a pandemic first: a jury trial by Zoom
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - With jury trials on hold throughout the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, court officials in Texas are preparing to try something new: let jurors hear a ca...
May 18, 2020
Tech firms sweeten deals for U.S. banks cutting costs in crisis
By Anirban Sen BENGALURU (Reuters) - Top technology services firms are offering payment deferrals, discounts of up to 20% and other sweeteners to some U.S. banks to keep their business as the pandemic...
May 18, 2020
