Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Alphawave IP Group raises $1.2 billion in London IPO
(Reuters) - Alphawave IP Group PLC has sold 856 million pounds ($1.20 billion) of shares in its London initial public offering the company said on Thursday, in a deal that values the Toronto-based sem...
May 13, 2021
South Korea announces bigger tax breaks, loans to bolster local chip industry
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Thursday announced bigger tax breaks plus 1 trillion won ($883 million) in loans for the local chip industry as it navigates a challenging operating envir...
May 13, 2021
Crypto exchange operator Huobi launches $100 million venture unit for bolt-on deals and NFTs
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange operator Huobi Group has launched an investment arm with $100 million to spend, setting aside some cash specifically for non fungible tokens, the latest h...
May 13, 2021
Apple says ‘Chaos Monkeys’ author hired in ads business has left company
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday said Antonio Garca Martnez, a former Facebook Inc product manager who joined Apple recently to work in its advertising business, is no longer with ...
May 12, 2021
Bitcoin ticks back in Asia after Musk tweet sent price down 17%
By Kevin Buckland and Alun John TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin rebounded to about $50,000 in Asian trading on Thursday after plunging as much as 17% after Elon Musk tweeted Tesla Inc had stopped ...
May 12, 2021
Biden signs executive order to improve U.S. cybersecurity amid Colonial Pipeline breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to improve federal cyber security capabilities and digital security standards across the private sector. The order com...
May 12, 2021
Tesla stops taking bitcoin, cites fossil fuel use in ‘mining’ cybercurrency
(Reuters) -Tesla Inc has suspended the use of bitcoin to purchase vehicles, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet on Wednesday, citing concerns about the use of fossil fuel for bitcoin min...
May 12, 2021
Alphabet Waymo self-driving unit CFO following CEO out the door
(Reuters) - The chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo is following its chief executive out the door, the company said on Wednesday. Waymo confirmed that CFO Ger Dwyer is le...
May 12, 2021
Facebook-backed crypto project Diem to launch U.S. stablecoin in major shift
By Tom Wilson and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Digital currency group Diem Association, formally known as Facebook Inc's Libra project, plans to launch a U.S. dollar stablecoin as it scales b...
May 12, 2021
Volkswagen, Argo AI to launch international trials of self-driving ID. BUZZ
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG and self-driving startup Argo AI will launch international autonomous driving trials of the all-electric VW ID.BUZZ microbus this summer, the German automaker said on Wednesd...
May 12, 2021
