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BERLIN (Reuters) – A European technology platform to support smartphone apps that can help trace people at risk of infection by the new coronavirus is gaining support from governments, one of its prime movers said on Friday. Seven countries have…
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s telecoms regulator has dropped a deadline for its first 5G auction due a government clampdown designed to tackle the spread of the corononavirus. Poland had initially sought preliminary offers from telecom companies interested in acquiring spectrum…
BOSTON (Reuters) – Activist investors say telecommunications pioneer AT&T Inc won’t take their calls for its upcoming annual meeting, reinforcing their concerns that the shift of the gatherings to cyberspace due to the COVID-19 pandemic would restrict shareholder input. The…
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Friday it expects iPhone shipment to drop 36% during the third quarter due to coronavirus-related lockdowns around the world and downgraded Apple Inc stock to “sell”. The brokerage noted that average selling prices for…
Ukrainian fintech journalist and publisher Kate Shcheglova-Goldfinch used to live between Kyiv and London. But as the countries closed their borders to curb the spread of COVID-19, Shcheglova had to adjust to a more settled life in her native Kyiv.…
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday it expects an impairment charge of up to $2.2 billion in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak and revenue to decline by $17 million to $22 million in the quarter.…
PARIS (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) does not know when its warehouses in France might reopen but hopes it can be soon, the head of its French business said on Friday. Frederic Duval also told BFM TV that an appeal procedure…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies, researchers said. Corporate security teams…
(Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard on Thursday ended its proxy fight at eBay (EBAY.O) by withdrawing its four director nominees four days after the ecommerce company named a new chief executive. EBay said it plans to name another independent director…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Toyota-backed self driving company Pony.ai said on Friday it would provide an autonomous delivery service to residents of Irvine, California, as demand for online orders surges because of the coronavirus lockdown. As some 90% of U.S. shoppers…