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TikTok COO Pappas has quit – The Information
(Reuters) - TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas has quit, The Information reported, citing an email she sent to staff on Thursday. The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters reques...
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Plaintiffs lawyers in Facebook data privacy case seek $181 million in fees
By Sara Merken (Reuters) - Plaintiffs' lawyers have asked a San Francisco federal judge to award more than $181 million in legal fees as part of a $725 million data privacy settlement with Facebook pa...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
After jobs warning, Germany’s Axel Springer says AI can liberate journalists
BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior executive at German media giant Axel Springer on Thursday said artificial intelligence would free journalists to devote more time to core reporting, days after an internal ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
US-based generative AI job postings up 20% in May- data
By Chavi Mehta (Reuters) - Generative AI-related job postings in the United States jumped about 20% last month as companies look to harness a technology that has been widely touted as the next big gro...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Russia tells Amazon Web Services to set up local representation or face restrictions
(Reuters) - Russia's state communications regulator Roskomnadzor has added Amazon Web Services and 11 other foreign technology companies to a widened list of firms it wants to open local offices or fa...
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Amazon’s iRobot deal faces EU antitrust investigation, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot faces a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, people familiar with the matter said, weeks af...
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Self-driving firm Kodiak inks deal to equip 800 Loadsmith trucks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Autonomous truck technology firm Kodiak Robotics will equip its self-driving software in 800 trucks for logistics platform Loadsmith, the companies said in a statement on Thu...
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Meta’s Oversight Board asks Facebook owner to evaluate election integrity efforts
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Oversight Board has asked the social media firm to evaluate efforts to prevent promotion of political violence on its platforms, after it allowed a video calling for violen...
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Ford, SK joint venture set to receive $9.2 billion US government loan for battery plants
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department on Thursday said it intends to loan a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korean battery maker SK On up to $9.2 billion to help f...
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Applied Materials to invest $400 million in India for new engineering center
(Reuters) -U.S. semiconductor toolmaker Applied Materials will invest $400 million over four years in a new engineering center in India, the company said on Thursday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mo...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023

