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Dell beats revenue estimates as remote working lifts workstation demand

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 21:50
Dell Technologies Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, boosted by demand for its workstations from companies moving more employees to work from home due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Salesforce cuts annual sales estimates on COVID-19 hit

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 21:32
Salesforce.com Inc cut its annual revenue forecast on Thursday, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Exclusive: TikTok owner ByteDance moves to shift power out of China - sources

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 21:22
TikTok's poaching of Disney's Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said.
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Trump directs AG to boost enforcement of state laws on social media companies

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 21:11
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is directing Attorney General William Barr to work with states to enforce their own laws against what he described as deceptive business practices by social media companies.
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Zuckerberg says Facebook stronger than other tech companies on free speech

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 20:27
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday his company was more committed to free speech than other tech firms, as Twitter faced blowback from the White House for fact-checking tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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CVS, Nuro to test driverless prescription delivery in Houston area

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 20:08
CVS Health Corp and unmanned vehicle delivery Nuro in June will start testing a service that drops prescriptions and other essentials free of charge to some customers in the Houston area, the companies said on Thursday.
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Trump could sign order on social media companies later on Thursday: White House

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:41
U.S. President Donald Trump could sign an executive order on social media companies later on Thursday, but the timing could change, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh MacEnany said, after Twitter urged readers to check facts in tweets sent by Trump earlier this week for the first time.
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Facebook German privacy case referred to European Court

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:21
The German Federal Court on Thursday referred a lawsuit filed by a consumer protection watchdog alleging privacy violations by Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union to seek clarification on the applicable law.
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U.S. state of Arizona files consumer fraud lawsuit against Google

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:19
Arizona filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday, alleging that the U.S. tech giant used "deceptive" and "unfair" practices to obtain the location data of users.
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Democrats urge probe of allegations regarding TikTok and children's privacy

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:18
Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTok for "blatant disregard" of a consent decree related to children's privacy.
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Explainer: What's in the law protecting internet companies - and can Trump change it?

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:11
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a federal law known as Section 230, which protects internet companies like Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google from being responsible for the material posted by users.
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Trump set to order review of law that protects social media companies

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 19:04
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
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Explainer: What is Section 230 - and can Trump change it?

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 18:59
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a federal law known as Section 230, which protects internet companies like Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google from being responsible for the material posted by users.
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If Trump kicks out Twitter, there's always Germany

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 18:51
If U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to close Twitter, the micro-blogging site can always relocate to Germany.
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French COVID-19 tracing app to be available from June 2: PM

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 18:24
The French government's contact-tracing app to curb the new coronavirus outbreak spread will be available from June 2, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a news conference on Thursday.
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Amazon to offer permanent roles to 70% of 175,000 new U.S. hires

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 18:00
Amazon.com Inc plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters on Thursday.
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Google says use existing EU laws, not new ones to govern AI

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 17:56
Google has called on the European Union to use current EU laws to govern the use of artificial intelligence rather than draft new ones and cautioned against a one size fits all regulatory framework because of AI's diverse applications.
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Volkswagen becomes biggest shareholder of China's EV battery maker Guoxuan

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 17:09
German automaker Volkswagen AG has become the biggest shareholder of China's electric vehicle battery maker Guoxuan High-Tech Co Ltd with a 26.5% stake, Guoxuan said in stock exchange filings on Thursday.
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DoorDash to create websites for restaurants' online food ordering

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:23
Food delivery company DoorDash will announce on Thursday a service to help restaurants build their own websites for online ordering so they do not have to pay marketing commissions to the platform itself.
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Electric vehicle maker Nio eyes listing of new China entity

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:15
Electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc's chief executive said it may list its new Nio China entity, as the cash-strapped company eyed a rebound after selling fewer vehicles during the coronavirus outbreak.
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