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September 29, 2021 By Stephen Jewkes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Young activists on Wednesday tabled a slate of proposals for inclusion in the COP26 climate agenda, a day before Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi meets Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The proposals will be vetted by climate and energy ministers gathering at a meeting […]

TikTok is expanding its investment in e-commerce. Earlier this year, the video platform began piloting TikTok Shopping in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, in partnership with Shopify. The deal allowed Shopify merchants with a TikTok For Business account to add a Shopping tab to their TikTok profiles and sync their product catalogs to the app […]

General Motors is rolling out a new software platform in vehicles starting in 2023 that executives say will usher in a sweeping set of capabilities including giving drivers access to subscription services and using over-the-air updates to offer new apps. The software platform can be used to give owners greater access to all the functions […]

Investible, the Sydney-based early-stage venture firm known for investments in Canva and other top Australian startups, announced today it is raising a $100 million AUD (about $72.3 million USD) Climate Tech Fund. This is the first time Investible has launched a sector-focused fund. It’s first two funds, including a $50 million AUD one closed earlier […]

September 29, 2021 By Jason Lange, Megan Davies and David Randall WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A standoff in Washington between President Joe Biden’s Democrats and Republicans is threatening to trigger a financial and economic meltdown if Congress fails to act by about Oct. 18, when the Treasury Department expects to run out of cash to cover […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) -Shares of Warby Parker Inc jumped 35% in their U.S. market debut on Wednesday, notching up a valuation of over $6 billion for the eyewear company. The company’s stock, which went public through a direct listing, opened at $54.05 per share compared with the reference price of $40 per share. A […]

September 29, 2021 BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior official in the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah told the judge investigating the disastrous Beirut port blast that it would remove him from the probe, according to a journalist who says she conveyed the message and a judicial source. Judge Tarek Bitar described the message in a letter […]

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Twitch announced today that it will add new channel-level security features to help curb harassment on the platform. Now, creators and moderators can enable verified chat, requiring chatters to validate their phone and/or email before they can send messages. These settings can be toggled to enable verified chat for all accounts, first-time chatters, those under […]

Google today introduced new ways to shop through its platform, including both online and via its Google Search mobile app. In an update coming soon to the Google Search app for iPhone, the company will begin to leverage a new machine learning model using on-device processing to recognize the products found in images on a […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space. Night School Studio, the company’s first gaming studio purchase, is best […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Sergio Garcia may not have got much sleep after Europe’s Ryder Cup letdown but the Spaniard said on Wednesday his energy level is good ahead of his title defense this week at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Garcia, who is the lone participant from last week’s Ryder Cup […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry said his only focus for the next two years is to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup when the biennial competition is held at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy in 2023. Padraig Harrington’s European team were overwhelmed as the United States reclaimed the Ryder Cup […]

September 29, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – A German toymaker is producing a batch of commemorative teddy bears to mark the end of Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor, and they have sold out before she has even left office. The handmade bears come complete with their hands resting in the “Merkel rhombus”, the chancellor’s trademark pose […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said on Wednesday it would require its union-represented employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering their work location, following a similar mandate for its management employees last month. The U.S wireless carrier, one the largest employers of union-represented workers, said the Communications Workers of America (CWA)-linked employees […]

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September 29, 2021 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The slim-but-growing possibility of a fiscal crisis if Congress doesn’t act on the debt ceiling is getting increasing attention from U.S. investors and is filtering into certain asset prices, though few believe the nation will ultimately default. Warnings have been rung from policymakers to Wall […]

September 29, 2021 By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled search features coming soon that will put images rather than text at the heart of queries and potentially expand its role in e-commerce and its dominance in online video. Google had said in May that advances in artificial intelligence software would […]

September 29, 2021 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The German state of Brandenburg said on Wednesday no decision has been taken on Tesla’s request to build a factory near Berlin, following a media report that regulators had agreed on the terms of a conditional approval. The Business Insider website had cited Brandenburg government sources saying environmental authorities […]

September 29, 2021 By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) -The first phase of a multi-year research project the Boston Federal Reserve is doing with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the technology that could be used for a digital dollar is nearly done and could be released over the next month or so, a Boston Fed official […]