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S.Korea weighs monetary fines to rein in app store operators (Reuters)

South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to impose a fine on dominant app store operators such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google if they force...

Schumer push to add China tech bill to U.S. defense bill faces hurdles (David Shepardson, Reuters)

U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's plan to attach a measure to boost U.S. competitiveness with China to a massive defense policy bill...

U.S. Senate confirms Google critic Kanter to head Justice Dept Antitrust Division (Reuters)

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Google critic Jonathan Kanter, who was backed by progressives, to head the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. In...

U.S. aviation regulator in talks with telecom industry over 5G dispute (David Shepardson, Reuters)

 The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it is in direct talks with the telecom industry about its aviation safety concerns involving the planned...

Musk, Brazilian govt discuss deal to provide rural Internet, monitor Amazon (Gram Slattery, Reuters)

Elon Musk and Brazilian Communications Minister Fabio Faria met in Austin on Tuesday to discuss a potential partnership that would leverage SpaceX technology to...

Google Cloud, Snap, Spotify back up after brief outage (Reuters)

Multiple social media apps such as Snapchat (SNAP.N), Spotify (SPOT.N) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud appeared to be coming back online after a brief global outage on Tuesday. Google said...

PE firm Permira invests $150 mln in hiking app AllTrails (Krystal Hu, Reuters)

AllTrails, which operates a popular digital guide app for hikers, has raised $150 million in fresh capital from the growth fund of private equity...

Australia toughens rules on foreign interference at universities (Kirsty Needham, Reuters)

Australia says it has toughened foreign interference rules for universities to stop self-censorship on campuses and the covert transfer of sensitive technology, before hundreds...

Poland turns water cannon on migrants, crisis stokes East-West tension (Robin Emmott and Joanna Plucinska, Yara Abi Nader, Reuters)

Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Tuesday, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in...

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