Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Verizon Business signs 5G contactless payment deal with Mastercard
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Verizon Business on Tuesday signed a deal with Mastercard Inc to use 5G and wireless technology for contactless payments and provide an autonomous checkout ...
Jul 13, 2021
Amazon unveils pricing of Prime Video Ligue 1 channel
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. online giant Amazon said on Tuesday that more than 300 exclusive Ligue 1 Uber Eats soccer matches will be broadcast through its new channel Prime Video Ligue 1 and be available ...
Jul 13, 2021
Fintech startup Melio hires JPMorgan Chase digital payments executive
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Melio, a New York-based startup that offers payment tools for small businesses, has hired Prashant Gandhi, a JPMorgan Chase & Co managing director and Chase's former head of...
Jul 13, 2021
PayPal Australia takes on Afterpay with no-late fee ‘buy now, pay later’ offer
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc's new "buy now, pay later" offering in Australia will not charge late payment fees, the U.S. payments giant said on Wednesday, as it attempts to edge past main industry...
Jul 13, 2021
EU aims to raise chip production to 20% of global supply in next 10yrs
ROME (Reuters) - European Union Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton said the bloc aims to increase its production of chips to 20% of global supply, from the current 10%, over the next ten years, acco...
Jul 13, 2021
Volkswagen’s EV unit plans to double charging infrastructure by end of 2025
(Reuters) - Automaker Volkswagen's electric vehicle (EV) charging unit, Electrify America, said on Tuesday it planned to more than double its charging infrastructure in the United States and Canada ov...
Jul 13, 2021
Twitter suspends some fake accounts it verified by mistake
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it mistakenly verified some fake accounts that the social media company has now permanently suspended, months after restarting its verification program. The com...
Jul 13, 2021
TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation – think tank
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person's audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19 vaccines, a t...
Jul 13, 2021
GM to invest $71 million for new design and tech campus in California
(Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would invest $71 million to establish a new campus in Pasadena, California to expand its capacity in advanced technologies such as flying cars and luna...
Jul 13, 2021
UK’s Johnson to call on social media firms to tackle online abuse
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet team of ministers he would raise the need for urgent action to be taken against online abuse with social media companies on Tue...
Jul 13, 2021
