Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
European countries reach digital services tax deal with U.S
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Austria, Britain, France, Italy, Spain and the United States reached an agreement on Thursday on the transition from national digital services taxes contested by Wash...
Oct 21, 2021
Ford’s fleet customers send mixed signals on electric vehicles -exec
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co sees a robust market for electric trucks and vans by 2030, but it is facing some early pushback from commercial customers that are a key audience for ...
Oct 21, 2021
UK agrees to end digital services tax after global tax reform
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that it would phase out its Digital Services Tax on U.S. tech giants such as Google and Facebook once a global reform to corporate taxation takes effect in ...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. consumer watchdog orders tech giants turn over information on payment systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday said it has issued a series of orders to tech giants to turn over information on their payment system plans in an eff...
Oct 21, 2021
Trump strikes SPAC deal for new social media platform, shares soar
(Reuters) - Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp rose 80% on Thursday after the publicly listed shell company said it would merge with a business owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump to cre...
Oct 21, 2021
Tesla looks to pave the way for Chinese battery makers to come to U.S.
By Hyunjoo Jin and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Tesla Inc wants to shift to a less expensive battery for its electric vehicles but first needs to figure out how to overcome political tensions to get a C...
Oct 21, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board demands more transparency
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant on Thursday, following a series of media reports that exposed loopholes at the company. Th...
Oct 21, 2021
Velodyne Lidar founder plans to nominate directors next year -letter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Velodyne Lidar's founder and biggest shareholder on Thursday warned that he plans to nominate two directors to the board next year amid frustration with the sensor s...
Oct 21, 2021
Crypto firm FTX Trading raises funds at $25 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Crypto firm FTX Trading has raised fresh capital at a valuation of $25 billion from a clutch of investors led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, Temasek, Tiger Global and Sequoia Cap...
Oct 21, 2021
Dutch forensic lab says it has decoded Tesla’s driving data
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - The Dutch government's forensic lab said on Thursday it had decrypted electric carmaker Tesla Inc's closely guarded driving data-storage system, uncovering a wealth of...
Oct 21, 2021
