AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said two jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their seven-year sentences, and that their jailing had nothing to do with freedom of expression. Punishment for the two journalists sparked worldwide criticism. They had been reporting on Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims when they were […]
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Who’s ‘dumb’? Reuters got lost in Russian embassy tweet on new Novichok claims
Reuters has been caught spreading fake news after falsely reporting that the Russian embassy in the Netherlands said that Britain was “dumb” to drum up another Novichok story during the World Cup. In a rush to break the latest development in the new Novichok saga, it appears that Reuters has jumbled the facts in a […]
Blackstone reportedly in talks to buy majority stake in key Thomson Reuters unit
Thomson Reuters Blackstone Group is reportedly in talks to buy around a 55% stake in the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters for more than $ 17 billion. If the deal is approved, it would represent the biggest shake-up of Thomson Reuters since it was formed a decade ago. Sources cautioned that a deal […]
Reuters: Tesla looking to start testing autonomous semi in “platoon” formation
Enlarge (credit: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in April that the company is working on pushing a long-haul electric semi truck to market, which is set to be formally revealed in September. Now, Reuters has viewed e-mail correspondence between Tesla and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles that indicate that the […]
Thomson Reuters is partnering with the ‘Slack for Wall Street’
Bloomberg/Getty Images Thomson Reuters, one of the largest providers of financial data, announced on Tuesday a partnership with a Silicon Valley messaging startup. Users of Eikon, Thomson Reuters’ software platform of financial data, news, and analysis, will now have the option to send messages via Symphony, a message application for financial services professionals, akin to […]
Reuters: DOJ investigates Uber ‘greyballing’ scheme
Uber has to tell the feds how Greyball works and where exactly it was deployed now that it’s facing a criminal probe over the controversial tool. According to Reuters, the Department of Justice has issued the ride-hailing firm a subpoena from a Northern California grand jury asking for documents that can answer those questions, indicating […]
Social Media Cries 'Fake News' After Reuters Pulls Story About Jared Kushner in Iraq [Updated: Reuters Confirms Kushner in Iraq]
Senior advisor to President Trump, Jared Kushner, watches Vice President Mike Pence administer the oath of office to US Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman on March 29, 2017 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Jared Kushner has a lot on his plate right now. As a senior advisor (and son-in-law) to President Trump, Kushner is heading […]
Hundreds ‘wrongly placed on terrorism watch list’ could sue Reuters
Hundreds of people could sue international news and information company Thomson Reuters after it admitted wrongly listing a north London mosque on its global database of potential terrorists, it has emerged. In a statement to the High Court, Thomson Reuters apologized for listing Finsbury Park Mosque in the terrorism category of its World-Check database. The […]
Nintendo has said it plans to release two or three mobile games on an annual basis, Reuters reports.
Nintendo has said it plans to release two or three mobile games on an annual basis, Reuters reports. Good news if you like mobile games, I guess! Kotaku