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Social media users lack control over data used by AI, US FTC says
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Amazon adds chatbot for its sellers, boosting automation
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) - Amazon.com announced on Thursday a new artificial intelligence application that it says will help its independent sellers with sales metrics, inventory maintenance and pr...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Dutch competition regulator wants more power after EU drops probe of Microsoft's Inflection takeover
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch market regulator said on Thursday it needed more powers to investigate deals at its own level, a day after the European Union antitrust regulators said they would not t...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Intel says it has no plans to divest majority stake in Mobileye
(Reuters) -Struggling chipmaker Intel said on Thursday it had no plans to divest a majority stake in Mobileye, sparking an 8% rise in the self-driving tech firm's shares in premarket trading. Shares o...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Samsung sues Indian labour union over strike as dispute escalates
By Praveen Paramasivam, Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil CHENNAI (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics' Indian unit has sued members of a labour union that has led a strike for 11 days at its only India hom...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
DCM Ventures to exit China's Kuaishou via $479 million placement
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) - DCM Ventures is seeking to sell all its remaining shares in Chinese short video platform Kuaisohu Technology to raise up to $479 million, a term sheet seen by Reut...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Booking.com's price curbs on hotels may hinder competition, EU top court says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Booking.com's restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites are unnecessary and could reduce competition, Europe's top court...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
New iPhone 16 unveiled in Russia as retailers skirt Apple's export ban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian retailers have launched pre-sales of Apple's latest iPhone, circumventing the company's export ban to Russia and giving consumers the chance to pre-order devices hundreds of...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
EU antitrust regulators tell Apple how to comply with tech rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on Thursday launched proceedings to ensure that Apple complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals. Under the so-cal...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024
Google buys carbon removal credits from Brazil startup, joining Microsoft
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google has agreed for the first time ever to purchase nature-based carbon removal credits from a Brazilian startup, its first engagement with carb...
Thomson Reuters Sep 19, 2024

