(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) new content oversight board will include a former head of state, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and several constitutional law experts and rights advocates in its first 20 members, the company announced on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Facebook symbol is seen on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken April 24,
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s government will take back management of the country’s two state-owned mobile phone networks after the latest contracts expired, and plans to prepare a new tender within three months. Lebanon has only two service providers, Alfa and Touch, which bring in a huge chunk of revenues for the heavily-indebted state. The networks
FILE PHOTO: Adam Neumann, chief executive officer of U.S. co-working firm WeWork, speaks during a signing ceremony in Shanghai, China April 12, 2018. Picture taken April 12, 2018. Jackal Pan via REUTERS/File Photo (Reuters) – WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann filed a lawsuit against Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) and its Vision Fund on Monday for
FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday launched an updated version of its MacBook Pro with modified keyboards, as the laptop line had faced criticism for typing-related
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s state-supported “StopCOVID” contact-tracing app should enter its testing phase in the week of May 11 when the country starts to unwind its lockdown, a government minister said on Sunday. Golden Statues at the Trocadero square near the Eiffel tower wear protective masks during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in
FILE PHOTO: U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp’s logo is seen on their “smart building” in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, Israel December 15, 2019. Picture taken December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Chipmaker Intel Corp is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for $1 billion, financial news
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tesla is seen at a branch office in Bern, Switzerland March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc has applied for a licence to supply electricity in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The purpose of the licence may be to introduce the
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has mandated that all public and private sector employees use a government-backed Bluetooth tracing app and maintain social distancing in offices as New Delhi begins easing some of its lockdown measures in lower-risk areas. FILE PHOTO: Employees wearing protective masks work inside a call centre run by Uttar Pradesh state
FILE PHOTO: People visit Tencent’s booth at the World 5G Exhibition in Beijing, China, Nov. 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo (Reuters) – Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings has bought a 5% stake in Afterpay Ltd, the Australian buy-now-pay-later firm said on Friday. Tencent’s shareholding in the Australian firm was worth A$418.5 million
(Reuters) – NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House’s accelerated deadline under the space agency’s moon-to-Mars campaign. The three companies, which include firms of tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, will share $967
BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of leading German travel start-ups appealed to U.S. tech giant Google on Thursday to offer them easier terms on paying for advertising to help them ride out the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated their business. FILE PHOTO: A coach of German mobility platform FlixBus that runs bus and train services,
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) in the year ending March on the portion of its WeWork investment held
SEOUL (Reuters) – When the coronavirus outbreak in China disrupted global smartphone production in February, Samsung looked set to weather the crisis better than most thanks to its limited exposure there and launches of pricey 5G phones. Its fortunes are reversing. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in
FILE PHOTO: People wears masks in front a Samsung Store at a main shopping area as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus in downtown Shanghai, China February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said its operating profit rose 3% in the January to March period,
(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) said on Tuesday it has started using Oracle Corp’s (ORCL.N) cloud computing service to help handle the surge in online video call volumes brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and AT&T Inc (T.N), the two largest U.S. wireless carriers, as well as cable giant Comcast Corp (CCZ.N) said on Monday they will extend a commitment through June 30 not to cancel service or charge late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. FILE