Amazon India to weed out single-use plastic packaging by June 2020
Amazon.com Inc’s India unit said on Wednesday it would replace all single use plastic in its packaging by June 2020 with paper cushions, the latest...
Indonesia plans tax overhaul to make tech firms pay VAT – finance minister
Indonesia is preparing a bill that will make tech firms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google and Amazon pay value added tax (VAT), Finance Minister Sri...
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold will go on sale on September 6 in South Korea: source
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will go on sale on Friday in South Korea, a source with direct knowledge of...
DoorDash spreads beyond North America with Australia launch
Meal delivery service DoorDash Inc said it will begin taking orders in the Australian city of Melbourne on Wednesday, its first foray outside North America,...
Israel’s Cortica teams with Toyota, BMW in autonomous AI car tech
Israeli high-tech firm Cortica has partnered with some leading players in the automotive industry to form an artificial intelligence venture for autonomous driving, the company...
Amazon fined 4 million euros in France over competition issues – report
Online retail giant Amazon was fined 4 million euros ($4.5 million) by the Paris commercial court on Monday for introducing abusive clauses in its contracts...
VanEck SolidX bitcoin trust to sell shares to institutional buyers
Investment firm VanEck and financial technology company SolidX Management LLC will sell shares in their bitcoin trust to “qualified institutional buyers,” the companies said on...
Coupa Software revenue beats as subscriptions rise
Payment management software firm Coupa Software Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as more firms signed up to its business spend...
Huawei says U.S. enticing, coercing staff to provide company info
China’s Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said the U.S. government had instructed law enforcement to “coerce” and “entice” its employees to turn against the company, as...
Congressional antitrust panel to discuss Big Tech competition
The Senate’s antitrust panel will meet later this month to discuss concerns that tech giants, such as Google or Amazon, seek to buy smaller rivals...