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South Korea prosecutors raid crypto exchanges, offices for Luna investigation
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors carried out search and seizure operations at local crypto-currency exchanges and related offices, looking for evidence of illegal practice involved in the co...
Jul 20, 2022
Southeast Asian crypto exchange Zipmex suspends withdrawals amid crypto turmoil
(Reuters) - Southeast Asia-focused cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has suspended withdrawals, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday, the latest sign of stress in the embattled crypto sector. Zipmex ...
Jul 20, 2022
Baidu unveils autonomous vehicle without steering wheel
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's search engine giant Baidu Inc on Thursday unveiled its new autonomous vehicle (AV) with a detachable steering wheel, with plans to put it to use for its robotaxi service in...
Jul 20, 2022
Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it was investigating an outage where users were unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features on the app. Microsoft's Teams app was down for more...
Jul 20, 2022
GM, Ford seek U.S. OK to deploy self-driving vehicles without steering wheels
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - General Motors and Ford Motor have asked U.S. auto safety regulators to grant exemptions to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without human controls like...
Jul 20, 2022
Australian BNPL Zip may take charges on US, Europe units, ‘deprioritise’ crypto offer
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian buy-now-pay-later company Zip Co Ltd said on Thursday it may take an impairment charge on its new U.S. and European businesses, exit Singapore and "deprioritise" a crypto...
Jul 20, 2022
UK teens shun traditional news for TikTok, Instagram – regulator
LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers in Britain are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for news and are moving away from traditional outlets, media regulator ...
Jul 20, 2022
Limits on personal data gathering by Google, Facebook, others advance in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved on Wednesday a bill to create the first U.S. privacy law limiting personal information collected online by companies like Alph...
Jul 20, 2022
Bitcoin falls after Tesla says it converted 75% of bitcoin purchases into fiat currency
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell late on Wednesday after Tesla Inc. said it has converted about 75% of its purchases of the virtual token into fiat currency. The world's largest cryptocurrency slid 0...
Jul 20, 2022
Mexico’s Alfa Q2 net profit more than doubles on Alpek success
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican conglomerate Alfa on Wednesday reported that its second quarter net profit more than doubled to 4.86 billion pesos ($241.51 million) compared to year-ago quarter, citin...
Jul 20, 2022
