Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Blackstone, Vista Equity to buy software firm Energy Exemplar -sources
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have agreed to acquire Australia's Energy Exemplar, a provider of energy market software, for more than $1 billion, according to people ...
Oct 31, 2023
Brazil’s QI Tech raises $200 million in General Atlantic-led round
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - QI Tech, a Brazilian financial services provider to businesses, raised 1 billion reais ($200 million) in a Series B round led by General Atlantic to fund future acquisitions whil...
Oct 31, 2023
US lawmakers urge Yellen to speed up China outbound investment rules
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican and Democratic leaders of a U.S. congressional committee on China urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to urgently implement outbound investme...
Oct 31, 2023
US Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to explore free speech rights in the digital age in cases from California and Michigan involving whether...
Oct 31, 2023
Explainer-Britain’s AI summit: what can it achieve?
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will host the world's first global artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit this week to examine the risks of the fast-growing technology and kickstart a...
Oct 31, 2023
Japan’s Advantest lowers profit outlook as smartphone softness lingers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese chip testing equipment company Advantest Corp on Tuesday downgraded its full-year operating profit forecast by 24% compared to July as recovery in the smartphone market take...
Oct 31, 2023
Berkshire Hathaway sells $25.8 million worth of shares in China’s BYD
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company owned by Warren Buffett, has sold 820,500 Hong Kong-listed shares of electric vehicle maker BYD Co for HK$201.73 million ($25.78 millio...
Oct 31, 2023
Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechan...
Oct 31, 2023
UK’s IG Group says it expects to cut 10% of workforce
(Reuters) -British online trading platform IG Group on Tuesday said it would cut 10% of its headcount as part of cost-saving measures to drive operating margin expansion and become a leaner fintech fi...
Oct 31, 2023
Siemens and Microsoft to work together on AI project
ZURICH (Reuters) -Siemens and Microsoft on Tuesday announced a joint project to use artificial intelligence to increase productivity and human-machine collaboration. The Siemens Industrial Copilot sch...
Oct 31, 2023
