NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tech and entertainment companies are seeking to capitalize on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese-owned apps, including the popular TikTok, with a rival video app that it says has added 22 million of users in 48 hours. India this week banned 59 …
Read More »Tencent Launches New Game Studio in the US
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings, China’s largest video game and social media company, launched a new California-based studio this week as it seeks to further expand its presence abroad. FILE PHOTO: A Tencent poster is seen at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China on October 20, …
Read More »Exclusive: JPMorgan removes the terms ‘master’, ‘slave’ from the internal technical and material code
NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is removing terms such as “blacklist”, “master” and “slave” from its materials and internal technology code, as it seeks to address racism within the company, two sources with knowledge of the measure said. FILE PHOTO: The Dow Jones Industrial Average logo, …
Read More »Exclusive: Hong Kong activists discuss ‘parliament in exile’ after China’s crackdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament in exile to keep the flame of democracy alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed, he told Reuters on activist Simon Cheng. Simon Cheng, a former British Consulate employee, …
Read More »Twitter removes Trump’s image tweet about NYT copyright complaint
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc withdrew an image tweeted by United States President Donald Trump from his platform after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. FILE PHOTO: President of the United States, Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, January 3, 2020. REUTERS / Tom Brenner Trump’s …
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