Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Microsoft says Israeli group sold tools to hack Windows
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing bus...
Jul 15, 2021
As Spain’s beaches fill up, a seaside resort sends in the drones
By Horaci Garcia SITGES, Spain (Reuters) - With a summer heatwave sending hordes of people to the beach, authorities in the northeastern Spanish seaside town of Sitges are trialling the use of drones ...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. manufacturing output dips as chip shortage weighs on motor vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Output at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in June as motor vehicle production dropped amid an unrelenting global semiconductor shortage. Manufacturing output dipped 0.1% last m...
Jul 15, 2021
Aurora to go public via $13 billion merger with Mark Pincus, Reid Hoffman SPAC
(Reuters) -Self-driving technology startup Aurora will go public through a deal with a blank-check firm backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, giving the combined company ...
Jul 15, 2021
Facebook says it removed millions of hate speech pieces in first 3 months 2021
(Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook Inc said on Thursday it removed more than 25 million pieces of hate speech content from its platform in the first three months of the year. (Reporting by Eva Ma...
Jul 15, 2021
Lehman Brothers trader to fintech billionaire: Revolut’s Nikolay Storonsky
LONDON (Reuters) - British-based banking app Revolut's latest $33 billion valuation, achieved after a fresh funding round, has likely made its cofounder and Chief Executive Nik Storonsky a billionaire...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. offers $10 million for tips on foreign hackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday offered up to $10 million for information that can identify or locate malicious cyber actors working at the behest of a foreign government to targe...
Jul 15, 2021
Comcast says ad rates for fall TV up double-digit percentage from last year
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Comcast on Thursday said advertising rates and the volume of ad inventory it sold for the fall television season rose by double-digit percentages from the same period last ...
Jul 15, 2021
Paralysed IndyCar driver races again in hi-tech Corvette
By Matthew Stock GOODWOOD, England (Reuters) - Since the age of five, Sam Schmidt's ambition was to be an IndyCar champion. And he achieved it, winning the Indy 500 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in ...
Jul 15, 2021
Crypto exchange Binance unauthorised, says Italian regulator, as crackdown widens
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) -Binance is not authorised to carry out activities in Italy, the country's market watchdog said on Thursday, joining a string of global regulatory moves against the cryp...
Jul 15, 2021
