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UK’s BII to invest in new Mahindra EV unit at $9.1 billion valuation
(Reuters) - India's Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd said on Thursday that the automaker and British International Investment (BII) would each invest up to $250 million in a new electric vehicle subsidiary a...
Jul 07, 2022
U.S. opens new probe into fatal Tesla pedestrian crash in California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Thursday they had opened a new special investigation into a fatal pedestrian crash in California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3. The National Hi...
Jul 07, 2022
Disney says Disneyland’s Facebook, Instagram accounts hacked
(Reuters) - Disneyland Resort's Facebook and Instagram accounts were hacked earlier on Thursday with a series of inappropriate posts that were subsequently taken down, Walt Disney Co said. "We worked ...
Jul 07, 2022
U.S. FTC settles with Weber grills over ‘right to repair’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weber-Stephen Products LLC, the maker of Weber grills, has agreed to scrap some warranty rules as part of a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over consumer...
Jul 07, 2022
Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators probing tech group AOM’s video licensing policy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are investigating the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), whose members include Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta, the ...
Jul 07, 2022
FDIC probing Voyager’s marketing on deposit accounts safety – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is looking into Voyager Digital Ltd's marketing of deposit accounts for cryptocurrency purchases, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people ...
Jul 07, 2022
Russia’s Sberbank re-uses bank card chips to combat shortage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top lender Sberbank on Thursday said it had started removing chips from un-activated bank cards to combat a shortage sparked by European suppliers halting deliveries, as sa...
Jul 07, 2022
Facebook owner Meta announces new virtual reality login system
By Katie Paul (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc is modifying how users log onto its virtual reality headsets, backtracking on an earlier change to require accounts from the company's flagship Facebook ap...
Jul 07, 2022
Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day
(Reuters) - Twitter removes over 1 million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, as it reinforced its efforts to battle automated bots. The briefing comes as bil...
Jul 07, 2022
Flutterwave’s accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims
ABUJA (Reuters) - A court in Kenya has frozen more than $40 million in accounts belonging to Africa-focused payments giant Flutterwave under the country's anti-money laundering laws, court documents s...
Jul 07, 2022
