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Cummins, Daimler Truck, PACCAR pick Mississippi for battery cell production
(Reuters) - Accelera, a zero-emissions business unit of Cummins, Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding, and PACCAR, on Thursday picked Marshall County, Mississippi as the site for advanced battery cell ma...
Jan 18, 2024
Amazon lays off about 5% of workforce at Buy with Prime unit
(Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Thursday it is laying off fewer than 5% of employees at its Buy with Prime unit. Launched in 2022, Buy with Prime gives retailers, who are not Amazon merchants, fulfillm...
Jan 18, 2024
Spanish court rules Facebook moderator suffered work-related mental trauma
By Joan Faus and Catarina Demony BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish court has ruled a former Facebook moderator's mental health was damaged by his work reviewing graphic content such as beheadings,...
Jan 18, 2024
Google to invest $1 billion in UK data centre
(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would invest $1 billion in a data centre in the United Kingdom, which would expand the company's presence in the key market. The data centre will b...
Jan 18, 2024
Robinhood settles Massachusetts 'gamification' case for $7.5 million
BOSTON (Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its practices to resolve allegations by Massachusetts' securities regulators that it encouraged...
Jan 18, 2024
Olympics-Google Maps and other apps asked to restrict route options during Paris Games
PARIS (Reuters) - Navigation applications, such as Google Maps, have been asked by Paris's public transport authority to restrict suggested routes to the ones prepared for travellers during the 2024 O...
Jan 18, 2024
Low-cost spot bitcoin ETFs threaten to erode Coinbase margin, trading volume
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Coinbase Global, the largest listed cryptocurrency exchange, could take a hit to its trading volume and margin, analysts said, if more investors dabble in bitcoin from the s...
Jan 18, 2024
Dutch to use Europe's AI Act 'immediately,' invest $222 million in sector
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Thursday said it would begin adhering to the essence of Europe's landmark AI Act "immediately" and that the Netherlands has set aside 204.5 million euros ...
Jan 18, 2024
French data watchdog: imposes 10 million eur fine on Yahoo! over cookie policy
PARIS (Reuters) - French data watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it imposed a 10 million euro ($10.86 million) fine on U.S. web services provider Yahoo! for failings linked to the company's cookie policy....
Jan 18, 2024
ChatGPT effect: Coursera sees signups for AI courses every minute in 2023
By Divya Chowdhury, Savio Shetty and Chavi Mehta DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. edutech platform Coursera added a new user every minute on average for its artificial intelligence courses in 2023,...
Jan 18, 2024
