Amazon, Target, Instacart workers protest on May Day
Some workers at Amazon.com Inc, Target Corp and Instacart Inc are staging protests and sick-outs on Friday to demand a safer work environment and better...
Facebook warned it may lose a key seal of approval for ad measurement: WSJ
Facebook Inc is at risk of losing a key seal of approval that gives companies confidence they are getting what they pay for when it...
Call center AI firm ASAPP unveils funding as COVID-19 boosts business
ASAPP Inc an artificial intelligence software that helps call center agents work better and faster, on Friday announced a $185 million series B funding round...
U.S. House panel calls on Amazon’s Bezos to testify on third-party sellers
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon.com < AMZN.O> founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about allegations that...
U.S. tech company Vonage bets on digital health care in Uganda
U.S. cloud services company Vonage is partnering with social enterprise CTI Africa to pioneer video-linked healthcare in Uganda, where good hospitals and qualified medical personnel...
Tencent buys 5% stake in Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay
Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings has bought a 5% stake in Afterpay Ltd, the Australian buy-now-pay-later firm said on Friday....
Swiss soldiers pick up smartphones to fight COVID-19
In the battle against coronavirus, Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracing application that could prevent infections while also protecting users’...
Chinese startup Rokid sees opportunity with COVID-fighting smart glasses
A Chinese startup that develops augmented-reality products for use in manufacturing and gaming has found a promising growth area in the midst of a global...
Tesla cuts price for China-made Model 3 cars by 10% to qualify for subsidies
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said in Friday it has cut the starting price for China-made Model 3 sedans by 10% to qualify for...
SpaceX, Blue Origin get contracts to build NASA’s astronaut moon lander
NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024,...
