Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sidewalk Labs CEO battles deadly disease; Alphabet folds unit into Google
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc is shutting down Sidewalk Labs after the founder and chief executive of the unit developing smart-city technology disclosed that doctors say he may have the amy...
Dec 16, 2021
Exclusive: WTO chief says vaccine answer close, but facing effort to block it
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" ...
Dec 16, 2021
Soccer-Premier League postpones four more weekend matches due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The Premier League postponed four more matches scheduled for this weekend due to COVID-19 outbreaks at Brentford, Watford, Norwich City and Leicester City, it announced on Thursday. The le...
Dec 16, 2021
Major tech companies struggle to plug holes in logging software
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some of the world's largest technology companies are still struggling to make their products safe from a gaping vulnerability in common logging software a week...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. CFPB asks ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies for data on products, practices
By Hannah Lang and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday asked five "buy-now, pay-later" companies for information on their business p...
Dec 16, 2021
Cycling-Dyer to leave British Cycling coaching role after 21 years
LONDON (Reuters) - Iain Dyer, one of the coaches at the heart of Britain's rise to become a track cycling superpower, is leaving his post after 21 years, British Cycling announced on Thursday. Dyer, w...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. adds 8 Chinese firms to investment restrictions list -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday added eight Chinese technology firms, including drone maker DJI Technology Co Ltd, to an investment blacklist, according to the departme...
Dec 16, 2021
Kentucky survivors vow to rebuild ‘junkyard’ left by tornado
By Rod Nickel and Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - Six days after a monstrous tornado descended on Mayfield, the devastated Kentucky city is still without power, its streets dark and dangerous whe...
Dec 16, 2021
Paris city council tightens rules on tourist rentals
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris city council has voted to tighten the rules on transforming commercial space into tourist rentals in a bid to curb the influence of home sharing sites in the French capital...
Dec 16, 2021
Russian envoy says Germany’s delay to Nord Stream 2 ‘political’ – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's representative to the European Union said on Thursday that the delay in certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline by German authorities was political, TASS news agenc...
Dec 16, 2021
