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Rubio wants Biden to block TikTok after Chinese government takes stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to block short-form video app TikTok in the United States after China took an ownership stake in a key su...
Aug 17, 2021
YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify...
Aug 17, 2021
Boston Dynamics’ backflipping robot shows off new ‘parkour’ routine
(Reuters) - Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, Atlas, has been showing off its new skill, parkour or free running atop and over obstacles. A new video released on Tuesday shows Atlas leaping over obstac...
Aug 17, 2021
Russia fines Google for not deleting banned content
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc's Google 4 million roubles ($54,444) for violating Russian rules on banned content. The penalty comes amid a wider stand-off between Rus...
Aug 17, 2021
Shanghai cracks down on ‘black mouth’ online stock manipulators
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Internet and securities watchdogs in China's financial hub Shanghai have waged a campaign against "black mouths", commentators who try to manipulate stock prices with online posts...
Aug 17, 2021
Cryptocurrency broker Bitpanda raises $263 million at $4.1 billion valuation
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Austrian cryptocurrency broker Bitpanda said on Tuesday it had raised $263 million at a valuation of $4.1 billion in a funding round led by Valar Ventures, ...
Aug 17, 2021
BT names Crozier as next chairman
LONDON (Reuters) - BT named Adam Crozier as its next chairman on Tuesday, saying the experienced operator would take over the roll on December 1 to see the group through one of the most important peri...
Aug 17, 2021
EV startups hunt for low-cost roads to mass production
By Nick Carey and Ben Klayman BICESTER, England (Reuters) - Electric car and van startups racing to become the next Tesla Inc all want to avoid Elon Musk's journey through "manufacturing hell." But el...
Aug 17, 2021
Tesla expands legal, external relations workforce in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is hiring managers for legal and external relations teams in China, according to a job post on the its Wechat account, as the electric-car maker faces public scrutiny in ...
Aug 17, 2021
Takeaway.com reports 1H operating loss of $224 million
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Just Eat Takeaway.com, the food ordering service, on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected operating loss of 190 million euros ($224 million) for the first half of 2021. Analys...
Aug 17, 2021
