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News highlights for 21 September 2017 Facebook to overhaul political adverts SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook In on Thursday launched an overhaul of how it handles paid political advertisements, giving a concession to U.S. lawmakers who have threatened to regulate the world’s largest social network over secretive ads that run during election campaigns. Read more… […]
News highlights – 20 August 2017 Elon Musk among AI, robotics company founders warning against killer machines Time is running out to put a ban in place against the development of killer robots, warns an open letter signed by 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies, including Elon Musk. Read more… BlackBerry rally derailed […]
News highlights for 27 June Huge fine is least of Google’s worries, faces unprecedented scrutiny BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Beyond a headline-grabbing 2.4 billion euro ($2.7 billion) fine EU antitrust regulators have leveled against Google, the internet giant is likely to be shackled for years by Tuesday’s precedent-setting decision defining the company as a monopoly. Read […]
News highlights for 23 May Blackberry shares rise on security, auto software hopes TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd’s Toronto-listed shares surged 8.5 percent on Tuesday as investors raised expectations that the technology company’s cyber security and automotive software will post strong growth, an analyst said. Read more… Altice looking at US Wireless market NEW YORK […]
News highlights for 1 May Social media in the dock for not filtering content LONDON(Reuters) – Social media were heavily criticized by a committee of British lawmakers on Monday for failing to do enough to remove illegal and extremist material posted on their sites, and for not preventing it appearing in the first place. Read […]
News highlights for 28 March Blackberry starts to reinvent itself as a software company TORONTO (Reuters) – Although BlackBerry Ltd has extricated itself from the smartphone handsets that weighed on its recent fortunes, the Canadian firm faces a tough slog to convince skeptics it can return to its glory days through an enlarged software business. […]
News highlights for 20 December Southwest Airlines website back up after outage (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co’s website was back up after being unavailable for few hours on Tuesday, just a few days ahead of the busy Christmas weekend. Read more… EU accuses Facebook of misleading it in WhatsApp takeover probe BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The […]
News highlights for 31 October Why did women executives leave Yahoo faster than men after deal announcement? (Reuters) – Women executives left Yahoo Inc at an unusually high rate after the U.S. technology company announced plans to sell itself earlier this year, but it was not immediately clear why, according to the company’s 2016 diversity […]
News highlights – 25 October Ericsson appoints Investor AB veteran Borje Ekholm as new CEO STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish mobile telecoms gear maker Ericsson appointed Borje Ekholm to take over as chief executive on Wednesday as the firm grapples with tough cost cuts and deteriorating market conditions. Read more… EU to investigate Czech telecoms operators’ […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd will outsource the development and design of its smartphones, a product category it helped pioneer and popularize, as the Canadian company bets on software and managing rival devices, it said on Wednesday. Shares of BlackBerry rose about 6 percent in early trading, even as it reported a sharper-than-expected drop in […]
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