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FILE PHOTO: People look at their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration MUNICH (Reuters) – European regulators have imposed 114 million euros ($126 million) in fines for data breaches since tougher privacy rules came into force in mid-2018, with

PARIS/MUNICH (Reuters) – European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout, weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by China’s Huawei. FILE PHOTO: A logo of the upcoming mobile standard 5G is pictured in Hanover,

BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) – In April 2019, Tile.com, which helps users find lost or misplaced items, suddenly found itself competing with Apple Inc, after years of enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship with the iPhone maker. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in

PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. television streaming company Netflix has opened a new Paris office and plans to develop more than 20 original French-language productions in 2020, it said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Gamers and visitors take a rest at the booth of Netflix during Europe’s leading digital games fair Gamescom, Germany, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla Inc vehicles over sudden unintended acceleration reports. FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model S steering wheel is on display at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s BT and Vodafone are considering urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to risk the rollout of next generation mobile networks by banning China’s Huawei [HWT.UL], sources said, confirming a Sky News report on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a badge strip with the logo of Huawei and a sign for

FILE PHOTO: TomTom logo is seen on a vehicle in Eindhoven, Netherlands, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom on Friday said it has closed a deal with China’s Huawei Technologies for the use of its maps and services in smartphone apps. Huawei was forced to

MILAN (Reuters) – Automaker Fiat Chrysler plans to set up a joint venture with the parent of iPhone assembler Foxconn to build electric cars and develop internet-connected vehicles in China, as it looks to make up ground in electric mobility. FILE PHOTO: The logo of car manufacturer Fiat is seen in Zurich, Switzerland October 30,

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) – In the 1980’s Brazil’s first indigenous Congressman, Xavante chief Juruna, went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white man’s word was not to be trusted. Indigenous men film a performance during a four-day pow wow in Piaracu village, in Xingu Indigenous

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comcast Corp-owned NBCUniversal’s new Peacock service will offer free and $5-per-month options that include advertising to try to win customers for its belated entry into the streaming video wars, the company announced on Thursday. Customers who want to avoid all advertising can pay $10 per month, NBCUniversal said in a statement

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) hasn’t done India any big favours by announcing a new $1 billion investment, its trade minister said on Thursday, laying bare tensions with the U.S. online retail giant during a visit to the country by its CEO Jeff Bezos. FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, attends a company

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. electric car maker Tesla plans to open a design and research center in China to make “Chinese-style” vehicles, the company said in a recruitment notice on

TORONTO (Reuters) – Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO) said on Wednesday it has started rolling out the fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Canada’s select cities, becoming the country’s first cellphone provider to offer the super-fast telecom services. FILE PHOTO: Rogers Communications logos are seen above a booth during the media day at the Canadian International AutoShow

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Trade relations between China and the Netherlands would be damaged if Dutch semiconductor equipment supplier ASML (ASML.AS) is not allowed to ship its newest machines to China, Beijing’s ambassador to the Netherlands was quoted as saying on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: ASML Holding logo is seen at company’s headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Januari

FILE PHOTO: The Banco Sabadell logo can be seen behind leaves on top of a building outside Madrid, Spain, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Andrea Comas MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Banco Sabadell (SABE.MC) has hired IBM (IBM.N) for a 1 billion euro ($1.11 billion) overhaul of its IT systems over the next ten years, the companies said

FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is shown atop an Apple store at a shopping mall in La Jolla, California, U.S., December 17, 2019, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has refused to unlock phones used by criminals, in a tweet a day after Trump’s attorney

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk is coming close to earning the first $346 million tranche of options in a record-breaking pay package, after the electric vehicle maker’s stock more than doubled in the last three months. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk dances onstage during a delivery event for

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China is working to finalize its first rules to cover online-only banking operations in a push to minimize risk in the financial sector and attract players including foreign lenders, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. A man stands on the Bund in front of Shanghai’s financial district of

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement in a further crackdown on fakes listed on its e-commerce sites, a person familiar with the program

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India ordered an investigation of Amazon.com Inc and Walmart’s Flipkart on Monday over alleged violations of competition law in the latest setback for U.S. e-commerce giants operating in the country. FILE PHOTO: People move past a hoarding of Amazon India outside a metro rail station in New Delhi, India, October 23,

SEOUL (Reuters) – In cram school-obsessed South Korea, students fork out for classes in everything from K-pop auditions to real estate deals. Now, top Korean firms are rolling out artificial intelligence in hiring – and jobseekers want to learn how to beat the bots. Kim Seok-wu, a university senior majoring in management, demonstrates an AI

LONDON (Reuters) – A delegation of U.S. officials will arrive in Britain on Monday to try to persuade Britain not to use Huawei equipment in the upgrade of its telecoms network, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a badge strip with the logo of Huawei and

FILE PHOTO: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo, who has been chosen as the first private passenger by SpaceX, attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa’s search for a

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s new Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Friday gained the opportunity to reshape the leadership of Google’s parent with the exit of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, whose outsized strategic role was overshadowed by employee concerns about his personal relationship with a subordinate. FILE PHOTO: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) and David

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Apple Inc APPL.O is trying to change the way electronics are recycled with a robot that disassembles its iconic iPhone so that minerals can be recovered and reused, but rising global demand for electronics means new mines will still be needed by manufacturers. FILE PHOTO: Aluminum iPhone cases after they’ve completed

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Futuristic sex toys that allow the user to control a vibrator from across the country or achieve “blended orgasms” got some visitors at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show hot under the collar this week. The blueMotion Nex3 vibrator by OhMiBod debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas,

FILE PHOTO: Huawei’s Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson TORONTO (Reuters) – Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s conduct amounts to fraud under Canadian law and the court need not consider U.S. sanctions law, Canadian federal prosecutors argued in a court filing released on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is seen on a screen in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shares of Facebook (FB.O), which have been doggedly crawling their way back from a historic slump after lapses in users’ privacy sparked fears of lower profits, on Friday struck an intra-day

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has to connect with hundreds of millions of gamers worldwide if the Olympic body is to remain relevant with the younger generation, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) speaks as he opens the 135th Session

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Innovation Co Ltd plans to build a second electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the United States and is considering expanding another factory in Hungary to meet soaring demand for EV cells, its chief executive told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SK Innovation is seen in front