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Google wants to use AI to time traffic lights more efficiently
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google cut fuel use and traffic delays by 10% to 20% at four locations in Israel by using artificial intelligence to optimize signal lights and it next plans ...
Oct 06, 2021
Blue Prism defends Vista takeover bid after investor opposition
(Reuters) -British software company Blue Prism on Wednesday defended Vista Equity's $1.5 billion takeover offer, saying it is better than remaining a standalone firm, days after activist investor Coas...
Oct 06, 2021
French satellite firm Eutelsat raises stake in UK company OneWeb
PARIS (Reuters) - French satellite company Eutelsat, which rejected a takeover proposal from billionaire Patrick Drahi, said it had raised its stake in London-headquartered communications network comp...
Oct 06, 2021
GN Store Nord buys gaming company Steelseries in $1.25 billion deal
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish hearing aid and headset maker GN Store Nord said on Wednesday it would acquire gaming gear company Steelseries from Nordic private equity company Axcel in a deal worth 8 b...
Oct 06, 2021
YouTube drops R&B singer R. Kelly’s official channels
By Jahnavi Nidumolu and Aakriti Bhalla (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said it has removed R&B singer R. Kelly's channels from its video platform, distancing itself from the singer who was convicte...
Oct 06, 2021
France’s Thales partners with Google on secure cloud services
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Defence company Thales and Google are partnering to offer state-vetted cloud computing services for the storage of some of France's most sensitive data, the compa...
Oct 06, 2021
UK regulator demands video platforms do more to protect users
LONDON (Reuters) - Online video sharing platforms (VSPs), such as TikTok, Snapchat and OnlyFans, need to provide clear rules on content, allow users to flag harmful videos, and restrict access to porn...
Oct 05, 2021
Samsung Electronics likely to report best quarterly profit in 3 years
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to turn in its best quarterly profit in three years and a record revenue, on rising memory chip prices and brisk sales of its new fo...
Oct 05, 2021
Bitcoin rises 5% to $51,711
(Reuters) - Bitcoin rose 5.01% to $51,711.21 at 22:01 GMT on Tuesday, adding $2,469.07 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's best-known cryptocurrency, is up 86.4% from the year's low of $27,734...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook says maintenance error caused Monday’s 6-hour outage
(Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday that routine maintenance on the company's network stitching together its data centers triggered the collapse of its global system for more than six hours on Monday...
Oct 05, 2021
