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China’s Megvii says U.S. move ‘groundless’, will not impact daily operations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence firm Megvii said on Friday it opposed a decision by the U.S. Treasury to add it to a list of entities suspected of having Chinese military links, d...
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Oracle in talks to buy Cerner – WSJ
(Reuters) - Cloud computing company Oracle said it is in talks to buy electronic medical records company Cerner, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. T...
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Dutch town of Zeewolde agrees to permit for major Facebook data centre
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The town of Zeewolde, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Amsterdam, on Thursday voted to grant a permit to Meta to build the largest data centre in the Netherlands. Facebook, Insta...
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Cruise CEO Ammann leaving GM self-driving unit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co's self-driving technology unit Cruise's Chief Executive Officer Dan Ammann is leaving the company, the U.S. automaker said Thursday. GM said Kyle Vogt, Cruise ...
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EV startup Rivian to build $5 billion plant in Georgia, posts quarterly loss
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -Amazon-backed electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc on Thursday said it will build a $5 billion plant in Georgia, its second U.S. assembly plant, as it looks...
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Facebook exposes mercenary spy firms that targeted 50,000 people
By Raphael Satter and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc is calling out half a dozen private surveillance companies for hacking or other abuses, accusing them...
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Major tech companies struggle to plug holes in logging software
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some of the world's largest technology companies are still struggling to make their products safe from a gaping vulnerability in common logging software a week...
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U.S. CFPB asks ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies for data on products, practices
By Hannah Lang and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday asked five "buy-now, pay-later" companies for information on their business p...
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U.S. adds 8 Chinese firms to investment restrictions list -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday added eight Chinese technology firms, including drone maker DJI Technology Co Ltd, to an investment blacklist, according to the departme...
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Russian businessman on U.S. sanctions list claims court win over Google
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian businessman on a U.S. sanctions list claimed victory over Google in a court case on Thursday and said the U.S. tech giant now faced a potentially heavy...
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