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Europe’s data laws sit between lax USA and tight China models – Macron

May 25, 2018 News Centre 0

PARIS (Reuters) – Europe should set global standards for tougher regulation of digital technology, finding a way between an excessively lax USA and an over-restrictive China, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Addressing the Read more…

Go-Jek, Indonesian ride-hailing firm, plans overseas expansion

May 25, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment firm Go-Jek on Thursday said it would enter Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines in the next few months, investing $500 million in its international push. The Read more…

Elon Musk does a Trump – starts Twitter storm attacking media

May 24, 2018 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk gained the support on Thursday of more than half a million people on Twitter for plans to create a website evaluating journalists’ credibility, spurred by his frustration Read more…

Cash still king in SE Asia despite mobile payment attempts to dethrone it

May 24, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) – Bui Mai Phuong is an avid online shopper, ordering anything from clothing to personal-care products from her smartphone. But she prefers to pay with cash. She is among hundreds of millions of Read more…

SoftBank flips Flipkart stake to Walmart after short stint

May 24, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday it is selling its roughly 20 percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart to Walmart Inc, the first public divestment by its Vision Fund. Walmart said Read more…

“There is no free lunch” for big tech firms says French President

May 24, 2018 News Centre 0

PARIS (Reuters) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, told executives from the world’s biggest technology firms on Wednesday that he wanted innovation to be a driving force for the French economy, but also that they needed Read more…

Trump proposes ZTE management changes instead of ban

May 23, 2018 News Centre 0

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated a plan to fine ZTE and shake up its management as his administration considered rolling back more severe penalties that have crippled the Chinese telecommunications Read more…

Uber sets sights on Japan with legit taxi-hailing pilot service

May 23, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies plans to launch its first taxi-hailing pilot service in Japan that will connect passengers to other taxi providers, as it seeks to expand in the country where the US firm Read more…

AI is turning mobile phones into disruptive healthcare tools

May 22, 2018 News Centre 0

One device will feature in the ‘tech for good’ projects of every humanitarian organization. The mobile phone – now in the hands of the vast majority of the world’s people – is fast becoming a Read more…

HMD Global raises $100 million to continue Nokia phone revival

May 22, 2018 News Centre 0

HELSINKI (Reuters) – HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the right to use the Nokia brand on phones, has raised $100 million of funding intended to boost growth, it said on Monday. Having sold Read more…