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Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba-backed Daraz cuts workforce by 11%
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, PAKISTAN (Reuters) - Alibaba Group subsidiary, Daraz Group, an e-commerce platform, is reducing its workforce by 11% to prepare for the 'current market reality', the group's C...
Feb 07, 2023
U.S. judge orders fresh review for part of Lithium Americas’ Nevada permit
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered regulators to reconsider part of the permit approving Lithium Americas Corp's Thacker Pass lithium mine project in Nevada, though the mixed ruling rejected c...
Feb 06, 2023
Big Tech not doing enough to remove fake news, activist NGO Avaaz says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter, Google's YouTube, Meta Platform's Facebook, Microsoft's LinkedIn and TikTok are not doing enough to remove fake news from their platforms, raising doubts ...
Feb 06, 2023
China’s Baidu to finish testing ChatGPT-style project ‘Ernie Bot’ in March
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc on Tuesday said it would complete internal testing of ChatGPT-style project "Ernie Bot" in March. Baidu plans to launch an artificial intellig...
Feb 06, 2023
Exclusive-Record-breaking 2022 for North Korea crypto theft – UN report
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea stole more cryptocurrency assets in 2022 than in any other year and targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies, accordi...
Feb 06, 2023
U.S. senators question Meta on Chinese, other developers’ access to sensitive data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, chair and vice chair of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Monday about documents...
Feb 06, 2023
Biden says he is not sure whether U.S. would ban TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he was not sure if Washington would ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok. "I'm not sure. I know I don't have it on my phone," Biden s...
Feb 06, 2023
U.S. senators question Meta over Chinese, Russian access to Facebook data -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators said on Monday they had sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg questioning the company about documents that they say reveal that Facebook d...
Feb 06, 2023
Pinterest misses quarterly revenue estimates on lower ad spends
(Reuters) -Pinterest Inc missed quarterly revenue estimates on Monday as user growth slowed on the image-sharing platform and businesses cut advertising spending in a turbulent economy. Shares of the ...
Feb 06, 2023
Take-Two lowers annual adjusted sales forecast
(Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc lowered its annual bookings forecast on Monday, a sign that it is struggling to keep gamers glued amid a weakening economy and broader slowdown in the gam...
Feb 06, 2023
