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FILE PHOTO: An Amazon Fresh delivery truck sits parked outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Cyber Monday in Tracy, California, U.S. November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Berger/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Post DHL (DPWGn.DE) will no longer deliver fresh food in Germany for Amazon (AMZN.O) as demand for the service launched in 2017 has been

(Reuters) – Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N) forecast third-quarter and full-year revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as it benefits from acquisitions and more companies opting for its cloud-based services, sending its shares up 7% in extended trading. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Salesforce.com is displayed on the Salesforce Tower in New York City, U.S.,

FILE PHOTO: Swiss telecom company Sunrise’s logo is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) – German telecoms group Freenet, the largest shareholder in Switzerland’s Sunrise Communications, said it remains open for talks after it criticized Sunrise’s planned takeover of Liberty Global’s Swiss UPC business. “Despite Sunrise’s

(Reuters) – Fitbit Inc (FIT.N) said on Wednesday it signed a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services in a health program it said could reach up to one million users. FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk past an advertising billboard for Fitbit Ionic watches at the IFA Electronics Show in Berlin, Germany,

(Reuters) – Kiva, a San Francisco-based tech charity, is using blockchain to create an online ID database in Sierra Leone allowing people who struggle to get loans to prove their credit history. Schan Duff, Vice President of Strategy for Kiva, a San Francisco-based tech charity that is using blockchain to create an online ID database

FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk past an advertising billboard for Fitbit Ionic watches at the IFA Electronics Show in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (Reuters) – Fitbit Inc has won a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services to up to one million of the country’s citizens as part of

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) posted its slowest revenue growth as a public company, missing analysts’ estimates, as it lost market share to Huawei and customers held on to their phones before a 5G refresh. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Xiaomi is seen outside the brand’s store in central Kiev, Ukraine

ASPEN, Colo./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is working with a group of more than a dozen state attorneys general as it moves forward with a broad investigation into major technology companies, the department’s antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department

FILE PHOTO: Computer chip maker Intel’s logo is shown on a gaming computer display during the opening day of E3, the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Intel Corp on Tuesday launched its latest processor that

(Reuters) – Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc beat quarterly earnings estimates on Monday after signing more people up to its video streaming service, sending its shares higher in a relief rally. FILE PHOTO: Baidu’s logo is pictured at the 2018 Baidu World conference and exhibit to showcase its latest AI technology in Beijing, China,

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration photo, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s plan to integrate Instagram and WhatsApp more closely could hinder any attempts to break up the social media giant, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons told the

FILE PHOTO: A child plays video game Minecraft at the Minecon convention in London July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday it will use chipmaker Nvidia Corp’s (NVDA.O) real-time ray tracing technology to provide the software company’s Minecraft video game players more realistic graphics on personal computers. Real-time ray

FILE PHOTO – A sign is seen at a Shell facility near the Houston Ship Channel in Galena Park, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is launching electric vehicle chargers at petrol stations in Singapore, its first such foray in Southeast Asia, the company said on Monday. The

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s political unrest is posing a dilemma for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) on the timing of its planned $15 billion listing in the city, with sources saying China’s biggest e-commerce company is now considering several timetables. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Alibaba Group is seen at an exhibition during

FILE PHOTO: The Airbnb logo is seen on a little mini pyramid under the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, France, March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo (Reuters) – Airbnb Inc recorded $9.4 billion in total booking value in the first quarter, up 31% from the year-ago quarter, a source familiar with the

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was having dinner on Friday with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of Apple Inc, a company the president has criticized for not manufacturing more of its products in the United States. FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook laughs with U.S. President Donald Trump as the

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a $1.5 billion dispute over its tax treatment of transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary. FILE PHOTO: An Amazon package is seen after being delivered in London, Britain February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files In

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Car rental company Nextmove has walked away from a 5 million euros ($5.55 million) order for 85 Tesla (TSLA.O) Model 3 electric vehicles following a dispute over how to fix quality issues, the German company said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Philip Floyd, senior engineering technician for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,

(Reuters) – A technical glitch delayed the start of trading on Friday on the UK blue chip FTSE 100 and midcap stock indexes for almost two hours in what was the longest outage at one of the world’s top bourses in eight years. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside the entrance of the London Stock

KAMPALA (Reuters) – A forest of slender white poles topped with dark, unblinking eyes is quietly sprouting on the rubbish-strewn, potholed street corners of the Ugandan capital. Traffic flows under the surveillance closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) system along Bakuli street in Kampala, Uganda August 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akrena Police say the new $126 million closed-circuit

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp’s quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, benefiting from a better-than-expected performance of its gaming and automotive chips business, sending shares up 6% in

LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales unexpectedly edged up in July, helped by the strongest growth in online spending in three years, as consumers continued to support the economy before the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. FILE PHOTO – Shoppers during the Boxing Day sales on Oxford Street in central London, Britain December 26 2018. REUTERS/Henry

(Reuters) – China’s Lenovo Group, the world’s largest PC maker, warned it will have to raise product prices if U.S. tariffs increase, sending its shares tumbling 6.5% to two-month lows. FILE PHOTO: A man uses his laptop next to Lenovo’s logos during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea Lenovo’s

FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Facebook logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s data regulator is seeking information from Facebook over the handling of data during the manual transcription of users’ audio recordings. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Facebook Inc has been paying

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Meituan Dianping, a Chinese online food delivery-to-ticketing firm, has started building a mapping service, aiming to enter an area currently dominated by Alibaba’s AutoNavi and Baidu Maps. FILE PHOTO: A company logo of China’s Meituan Dianping, an online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform, is displayed at a news conference on its IPO

FILE PHOTO: Apple company logos are seen as two MacBooks stand next to each other in an office in Vienna, Austria January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned certain models of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) MacBook Pro laptops on flights, after the company recalled select units which had batteries

FILE PHOTO: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joe Simons announces that Facebook Inc has agreed to a settlement of allegations it mishandled user privacy during a news conference at FTC Headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Trade Commission is prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary

BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google’s fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and job boards starving for candidates, but several rival job-finding services contend anti-competitive behavior has fueled its rise and cost them users and profits. FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Google logo in this

FILE PHOTO: A sign for a T-Mobile store is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) – Oregon has joined a multistate lawsuit to block the merger of U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N), the New York attorney general’s office, which is leading the lawsuit

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s commerce regulator said on Monday it would fine ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) more than $629,000 for obstructing a regulatory visit in 2017. FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc. on the day of it’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New