Reuters Technology Report: July 21, 2016

Click to View in Browser Thursday, July 21, 2016 Japan warns on Pokemon GO safety as impatient gamers await launch TOKYO (Reuters) - Gamers in Japan, home of Nintendo's Pokemon, are still impatiently awaiting the launch of the smash-hit Pokemon GO game but the government is already preparing for an invasion of little cartoon monsters, issuing a safety warning. Musk's new 'master plan' for Tesla big on vision, short on detail (Reuters) - Elon Musk's latest "master plan" for Tesla Motors Inc to develop an electric commercial truck, a public bus, a pickup and systems to enable fully autonomous driving, could cost $2 billion to $3 billion or more, experts and analysts said Thursday. Al Jazeera to launch English language digital streaming service in U.S (Reuters) - Al Jazeera Media Network is preparing to make its English language international news channel video content digitally available to U.S. viewers again, according to a July 21 email sent to employees obtained by Reuters. Silicon Valley's Yahoo diaspora mourns company's decline SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former Yahoo executive Dan Rosensweig has not worked at the pioneering internet company in nearly a decade. Saudi Arabia denies issuing new fatwa against Pokemon DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia denied on Thursday that the conservative kingdom's top clerical body had renewed a 15-year-old edict declaring that the Pokemon game was un-Islamic. Tinder launches Social to let users hang out in groups (Reuters) - Now, you can use Tinder to plan a night out and take along your friends to meet strangers. Daimler accelerates electric car plans, sees higher R&D spending FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Daimler which owns the Mercedes-Benz luxury brand, has accelerated development of premium electric cars, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, adding he saw the vehicle segment gaining market share. Samsung Electronics buys $450 million stake in Chinese electric car firm BYD BEIJING (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is to pay 3 billion yuan ($450 million) for a stake in Chinese automaker and rechargeable batteries firm BYD Co Ltd , the Chinese company said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday. Newly developed wheel converts any bicycle into an electric vehicle (Reuters) - Right off the bat, Michael Burtov said he and his team at technology startup GeoOrbital did not re-invent the wheel. Amazon enters student loan business in partnership with Wells Fargo (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is entering the student loan business in a partnership with Wells Fargo & Co, offering cheaper rates for loans to Amazon customers who pay for a "Prime Student" subscription. Related Video A wheel to electrify your bicycle Japanese pen draws circuits with conductive ink Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook