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Explainer: Why is Alibaba listing in Hong Kong?
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is set to price its first share sale in Hong Kong next week, raising up to $13.4 billion in what will be the largest de...
China orders ByteDance’s Toutiao to fix search, saying national hero smeared
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s internet regulator ordered ByteDance news app Jinri Toutiao to clean up its search engine, saying the search function threw up “slande...
‘Digital revolution’ excluding the most vulnerable, world leaders told
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From tackling diseases to improving transport, technology like data and artificial intelligence has unleashed a wave of opportunities, b...
Huawei, ZTE ‘cannot be trusted’ and pose security threat – U.S. attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp “cannot be trusted,” U.S. Attorney General William Barr said, labelling the Chinese firms a security th...
Amazon challenges Pentagon’s $10-billion cloud award to Microsoft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it is contesting the Pentagon’s award of an up to $10 billion cloud computing deal to Microsoft Corp, expressing ...
Google antitrust probe to expand into Android – CNBC
(Reuters) – The several dozen attorneys general investigating advertising practices at Alphabet Inc’s Google are planning to expand their antitrust probe into the unit&...
Focus on people as well as profit, business leaders told
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Consumers have the power to make companies behave better and look beyond the bottom line, business leaders and activists said on Wednesd...
Where U.S. presidential candidates stand on breaking up Big Tech
(Reuters) – In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, America’s big tech companies are being challenged on many fronts from across the political spectrum, from a...
Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok – sources
NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1 billion acquisi...
Revolut plans to raise $500 million next year to fund global expansion
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – British-based digital banking app Revolut is in talks with investors to raise at least $500 million next year to fund a global hiring spree as it expand...
Samsung, UAE funds lead $55 million investment in quantum computing startup
(Reuters) – U.S. quantum computing startup IonQ said on Tuesday it raised $55 million in a funding round that was led by venture funds backed by Samsung Electronics and the g...
Getting better? More women in tech but not at the top
LISBON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Technology firms are hiring more women and narrowing the gender gap, a poll by Europe’s largest technology conference found on Wed...
Twitter wants your feedback on its deepfake policy plans
(Reuters) – Social media platform Twitter on Monday unveiled its plan for handling deepfake videos and other manipulated media, and called for feedback from the public.
Be more transparent about algorithms, Berners-Lee tells tech giants
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tech companies should be more transparent about how computer algorithms make decisions that affect people’s lives, the inventor of...
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