EU urges others to copy its rules for cryptoassets

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The rest of the world should copy European Union rules for cryptoassets to create a robust global approach that protects consumers and financial stability, the EU’s financial services chief said on Wednesday. The European Parliament is due on Thursday to rubber stamp the EU’s markets in cryptoassets regulation (MiCA),…

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Amazon must face driver’s spying claims in US court

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc must face a proposed U.S. nationwide class action accusing the company of illegally monitoring private Facebook groups that delivery drivers used to discuss working conditions, a U.S. appeals court said on Wednesday. A divided panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an agreement…

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Credit Suisse lodges $440 million London claim against SoftBank

LONDON (Reuters) – Credit Suisse has lodged a $440 million claim against Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp in London as it presses ahead with formal proceedings in a dispute borne from the failure of Greensill Capital, a finance firm. The Swiss lender is trying to recover client funds that Greensill had lent to Katerra, a SoftBank-backed…

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Exclusive-German authors, performers call for tougher ChatGPT rules amid copyright concerns

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Forty-two German associations and trade unions representing more than 140,000 authors and performers on Wednesday urged the European Union to beef up draft artificial intelligence rules as they singled out the threat to their copyright from ChatGPT. Trade unions for the creative sector Verdi and DGB and associations…

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China seeking Dutch space technology -military intelligence agency

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – China is seeking to acquire equipment and knowledge in the Dutch space sector, sometimes in circumvention of export restrictions, the Netherlands’ military intelligence agency said on Wednesday. The agency, known by its Dutch acronym MIVD, said in its 2022 annual report that its analysis “shows the Chinese satellite launch capacity will increase…

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Silicon Valley 5G chip startup EdgeQ raises $75 million to boost production

By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Silicon Valley 5G chip startup EdgeQ Inc said on Wednesday it raised $75 million to help fund a ramp up in production as the company starts selling its technology to customers, including telecom operators. It also announced that Lattice Semiconductor Corp CEO Jim Anderson is joining EdgeQ’s…

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