Tag Archives: technology
Competition, chips, AI on table at first U.S.-EU trade and tech meet
By Nandita Bose and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union hope to discuss chip shortages, artificial intelligence and tech competition issues during the first Tr...
Sep 27, 2021
U.S. to open program to replace Huawei equipment in U.S. networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers for removing network equipme...
Sep 27, 2021
Most Telecom Italia staff to work from home until end of year – document
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) will keep some of its offices closed as nearly 60% of the employees at Italy's biggest phone company plan to continue working from home until Dec. 31, a union do...
Sep 27, 2021
Facebook invests $50 million to build the ‘metaverse’ in responsible manner
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Facebook Inc will invest $50 million to partner with organizations to responsibly build the so-called metaverse https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-sets-up-new-team-w...
Sep 27, 2021
Pandemic pushes Chinese tech giants to roll out more courier robots
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than a thousand robots are set to join the delivery personnel ranks of Chinese behemoths Alibaba, Meituan and JD.com over the next year as the pandemic fuels demand for contac...
Sep 27, 2021
India antitrust body accepts Google’s confidentiality request – judge
By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust watchdog has agreed to Google's request to keep confidential some information the company provided during an investigation into ...
Sep 27, 2021
TikTok hits 1 billion monthly active users globally – company
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - TikTok hit 1 billion monthly active users globally this summer, the company told Reuters, marking a 45% jump since July 2020. The United States, Europe, Brazil and So...
Sep 27, 2021
Video chat BlueJeans aims to bring virtual watercooler talk to remote workers
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Companies are struggling to recreate the serendipity of office interactions as many teams continue to work remotely due to the pandemic, but they could soon have a new optio...
Sep 27, 2021
Facebook puts Instagram Kids app on hold
(Reuters) -Instagram has hit pause on a new app that it is creating for kids, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app said on Monday, in a move that comes amid growing opposition for the project. Instagr...
Sep 27, 2021
Apple’s new iPhone to take longer to reach customers – analysts
By Aniruddha Ghosh and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Apple Inc's customers will have to wait for a few more weeks to lay their hands on the new iPhone 13 as supply chain delays and strong demand lead to o...
Sep 27, 2021
