| Apple set to unveil anniversary iPhone in major product launch | | | CUPERTINO, Calif. (Reuters) - A decade after then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, Apple Inc on Tuesday is set to introduce a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone along with two other new phones, as well as a big upgrade to the Apple Watch and a higher-definition Apple TV. |
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| Carmakers face electric reality as combustion engine outlook dims | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine. |
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| Skype co-founder's fund Atomico backs Worlds Adrift games maker | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - British games maker Bossa Studios on Tuesday said it has raised $10 million in a funding round led by European venture capital firm Atomico, ahead of the launch of the company's pirate-themed multiplayer online title, Worlds Adrift. |
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| Japan trials driverless cars in bid to keep rural elderly on the move | | | NISHIKATA, Japan (Reuters) - As the annual rice harvest begins this month in the Japanese town of Nishikata, the combines that usually putter along the sleepy roads lining its rice fields are giving way to a vehicle residents have never before seen, a driverless shuttle bus. |
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| UK watchdog warns consumers on cryptocurrency fundraisings | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Initial coin offerings (ICOs), the practice of creating and selling digital currencies to finance start-up projects, are "very high risk" and speculative, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned on Tuesday. |
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| Online lender SoFi CEO Cagney to step down | | | (Reuters) - Mike Cagney, one of the most prominent executives in the U.S. financial technology sector, will step down as chief executive of Social Finance, the online lender he co-founded, before the end of the year. |
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