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From left: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft, CEO Satya Nadella and SAP CEO Bill McDermott introduced the Open Data Initiative at the Microsoft Ignite conference

SAP, Microsoft and Adobe form alliance to share data

September 25, 2018 News Centre 0

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Business software companies SAP, Microsoft and Adobe said on Monday they were forming a data alliance that will make it easier for clients running their applications to get a better overview of Read more…

Singapore fines Grab and Uber $9.5 million over merger

September 25, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s anti-trust watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber a combined S$13 million ($9.5 million) over their merger deal, and ordered Uber to sell vehicles from its local leasing business to any Read more…

Google Pay tweaks privacy policy after Paytm complaint

September 24, 2018 News Centre 2

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for Read more…

AI algorithm generates paintings, but is it art?

September 24, 2018 News Centre 0

PARIS (Reuters) – Robots can do many of the jobs previously performed by humans, but could they ever replace artists? A team of French entrepreneurs who believe so have written a computer algorithm that can Read more…

Vodafone makes hologram call to promote 5G roadmap

September 21, 2018 News Centre 0

NEWBURY, England (Reuters) – Vodafone said it would have 1,000 5G-enabled network sites in Britain by 2020, delivering blisteringly fast speeds and near-instant response times that it demonstrated by making Britain’s first holographic mobile call Read more…

Cryptocurrency prices bottom out, Bitcoin to bounce back

September 21, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Novogratz, former macro hedge fund manager and founder of cryptocurrency asset management firm Galaxy Digital Capital Management, on Thursday said that the bottom in cryptocurrency prices has been reached and Read more…

Banks back blockchain-based commodities platform

September 20, 2018 News Centre 0

LONDON (Reuters) – Global banks and trading firms are launching the first blockchain-based platform for financing the trading of commodities from oil to wheat, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The platform will Read more…

Beijing clears 11 more roads for self-driving car tests

September 20, 2018 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s capital city has designated 11 more roads for self-driving vehicle testing, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, to try to speed up the technology’s development. The 11 roads are Read more…

AI may be how US tech firms finally crack China market

September 19, 2018 News Centre 0

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – US technology giants, facing tighter content rules in China and the threat of a trade war, are targeting an easier way into the world’s second largest economy – artificial intelligence (AI). Google, Read more…

Renault-Nissan adopts Android for car infotainment system

September 19, 2018 News Centre 0

PARIS (Reuters) – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Tuesday it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the US tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the Read more…

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