Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Chat app Discord to test ticketing, make audio events easier to find
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Chat platform Discord said on Thursday it will start to test paid tickets for audio events, the first feature where creators can make money from the site, and will l...
May 13, 2021
Google wins cloud deal from SpaceX for Starlink internet service
(Reuters) - Google has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk's SpaceX, which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet, it said on Thursday. SpaceX will set...
May 13, 2021
Hyundai Motor to invest $7.4 billion in the U.S. by 2025
(Reuters) -South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it planned to invest $7.4 billion in the United States by 2025 to produce electric vehicles, enhance production facilities and develop sma...
May 13, 2021
Amazon to hire 75,000 workers, offers $100 extra for vaccination proof
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will give $100 more to new hires with proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the world's largest e-commerce retailer said on Thursday, as part of its plan to employ 75,000 workers f...
May 13, 2021
Ford redesigning parts to use more accessible chips, weighing direct deals with chip foundries
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, in response to the global semiconductor shortage, is redesigning automotive components to use more accessible chips, the No. 2 U.S. automaker's chief executive said ...
May 13, 2021
Renewables evolution or revolution? Pace of tech investments will decide
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - Global investment in energy transition technologies needs to more than double over the next few decades to significantly reduce the cost of renewables, which are set to ...
May 13, 2021
Exclusive: Crypto crime down in 2021 through April, but ‘DeFi’ fraud at record -CipherTrace
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud fell sharply in the first four months of the year, but crime in the booming "decentralized finance" s...
May 13, 2021
Musk decries bitcoin’s ‘insane’ energy use after Tesla payment U-turn
By Hyunjoo Jin and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk denounced the "insane" amount of energy used to produce bitcoin on Thursday, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptoc...
May 13, 2021
Alibaba beats quarterly revenue expectation
(Reuters) - China's top e-commerce platform Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a forecast-beating 64% surge in quarterly revenue on Thursday, as more people shopped online due to the coronavirus pande...
May 13, 2021
Analysis: In Apple vs Epic Games, battle of the experts gets personal
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In its ongoing case against Apple Inc, "Fortnite" creator Epic Games is counting on this week's testimony from its star expert witness David...
May 13, 2021
