Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Facebook’s oversight board to meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former emp...
Oct 11, 2021
French startup Swile gets unicorn status with $200 million Softbank-led fundraising
(Reuters) - Swile has raised additional an $200 million in a capital increase backed by Japan's Softbank, aiming at expanding its business internationally and beyond corporate benefits services, the F...
Oct 11, 2021
Italy’s SECO aims for new acquisitions next year, looks at cybersecurity
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian SECO aims to make new acquisitions in 2022, the high tech group's Chief Executive Massimo Mauri said on Monday. "We are looking at the cybersecurity sector, especially in the...
Oct 11, 2021
Crypto analytics firm Elliptic raises $60 million from SoftBank, others
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said on Monday it had raised $60 million from investors including SoftBank and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the latest blockch...
Oct 11, 2021
Ericsson signs 5-year 5G contract with AT&T
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson said on Monday it has won a five-year contract from AT&T to help build its 5G network in the United States. AT&T, which won an auction earlier this year for C-B...
Oct 11, 2021
Embattled Evergrande’s EV unit vows to make cars early next year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's embattled Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group said on Monday it aimed to start producing electric vehicles (EV) next year despite facing a struggle to secure external inves...
Oct 11, 2021
Global Payments CEO says open to big deals again
By David French ATLANTA (Reuters) - Global Payments Inc CEO Jeff Sloan said in an interview he would be open to a large acquisition again, two years after acquiring peer TSYS in a $21.5 billion all-st...
Oct 11, 2021
Wiz raises $250 million, values Israeli cyber firm at $6 billion
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz said on Monday it had raised $250 million in a private funding round that values the company at $6 billion. Wiz, established in 2020, completed ...
Oct 11, 2021
Canada’s Rock Tech Lithium to build $544 million plant in Brandenburg
BERLIN (Reuters) - Canada's Rock Tech Lithium plans to build a converter plant in Brandenburg, the German state surrounding Berlin, to make battery-grade lithium hydroxide for electric vehicles, the s...
Oct 11, 2021
EQT sells Spanish telecoms firm Adamo to France’s Ardian for over 1 billion euro
By Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Swedish private equity fund EQT said on Monday it would sell Spanish telecom provider Adamo to France's Ardian Infrastructure, with two sources in the secto...
Oct 11, 2021
