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Senators demand documents from Meta on social media harm to children
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has written to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding documents about its research into the harm to children from its social media platforms. A wh...
Nov 15, 2023
Barclays flags Treasuries central clearing cybersecurity risks after ICBC hack
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - A key reform proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to boost the use of central clearing for U.S. Treasuries could leave the market more expos...
Nov 15, 2023
Exclusive-Adobe open to remedy discussions with EU on Figma deal, says chief counsel
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Photoshop maker Adobe expects to get an EU antitrust warning on its $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma and is open to proposing remedies to res...
Nov 15, 2023
Meta appeals against EU gatekeeper status for Messenger, Marketplace
By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta on Wednesday appealed against "gatekeeper" designations for its Messenger and Marketplace platforms, the first Big Tech compa...
Nov 15, 2023
Ocado to provide technology to McKesson Canada in first deal outside grocery retail
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Ocado Group said on Wednesday it had secured its first deal outside of grocery retail, providing its robotic warehouse technology to a site of drug distributor McKesson Co...
Nov 15, 2023
Apple’s iPhone 14 users get another year of free satellite SOS access
(Reuters) - Apple said on Wednesday iPhone 14 users would get free access to its emergency SOS feature for another year. Introduced a year earlier, the feature allows users to share their location thr...
Nov 15, 2023
Microsoft introduces its own chips for AI, with eye on cost
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that - faced with the high cost of delivering artificial intellige...
Nov 15, 2023
US senators seek Meta documents over platforms’ alleged mental, physical harms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have asked Meta to "provide documents related to senior executives' knowledge of the mental and physical health harms associated with its pla...
Nov 15, 2023
IMF chief urges more proactive push for central bank digital currencies
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged countries to make a more proactive push to develop central bank digital currencies (CBDC). Eleven countries, incl...
Nov 15, 2023
Musk’s Starlink secures $90 million contract to offer free internet in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Starlink, the satellite internet service of billionaire Elon Musk, has secured a 1.56 billion peso ($89.80 million) contract to offer free internet in Mexico until the end of 2...
Nov 15, 2023
