By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates...
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China delivery giant Meituan raises $10 billion – a warchest for drones, self-driving cars
By Scott Murdoch and Yingzhi Yang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Food delivery behemoth Meituan has raised $10 billion in a stock and convertible bonds sale, underscoring strong investor faith in the growth prospects of some Chinese tech...
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EU seeks greater Taiwanese investment as chip shortage bites
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The European Union is seeking to encourage greater investment from Taiwan especially its semiconductor firms, the bloc’s top diplomat in Taipei said on Tuesday, amid a global chip shortage that has impacted...
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Japan’s Subaru to suspend production in Indiana on chip shortage
(Corrects number of vehicles affected to 15,000 from 150,000 in third paragraph) TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Subaru Corp said on Tuesday that it was suspending production at its plant in Indiana through the end of April due to a...
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China’s market regulator investigates Alibaba-Minmetals JV
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s market regulator is investigating a joint venture between e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and Minmetals Development, Minmetals said on Monday, amid a broad antitrust clampdown on internet firms. Minmetals...
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Texas police to demand Tesla crash data as Musk denies Autopilot use
By David Shepardson and Hyunjoo Jin WASHINGTON/BERKELEY (Reuters) -Texas police will serve search warrants on Tesla Inc on Tuesday to secure data from a fatal vehicle crash, a senior officer told Reuters on Monday, after CEO Elon Musk...
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