Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
U.S. regulator issues final rule unveiling non-bank’s path to deposit license approval
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal banking regulator on Tuesday finalized new rules that should make it easier for non-bank companies to acquire a banking license, paving the way for ...
Dec 15, 2020
Netflix streaming down for several users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc's video streaming services were down for several users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The company did not immediately respond to a request f...
Dec 15, 2020
French and Russian trolls wrestle for influence in Africa, Facebook says
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to deceive and influence Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of an election later this ...
Dec 15, 2020
Explainer-Tough EU tech rules: here’s the what, why and what comes next
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission announced draft rules on Tuesday to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, the most significant among a...
Dec 15, 2020
EU takes on tech giants with tough rules to curb their power
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet unit Google face fines as much as 10% of their global turnover and break-up orders for breaching draft EU rules announced on Tuesday aimed at ...
Dec 15, 2020
Several U.S. tech firms launch coalition to promote key internet law
(Reuters) - Several technology companies including Snap Inc, Pinterest, Dropbox and eBay announced a coalition on Tuesday that would advocate the benefits of Section 230, a decades-old law protecting ...
Dec 15, 2020
Mental health tech startups fetch record investments with COVID-19
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has put the spotlight on mental health tech startups, globally marking a record year for venture capital investment in the sector, according to dat...
Dec 15, 2020
Japanese financial group SBI acquires cryptocurrency trading firm B2C2
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - SBI Financial Services, a subsidiary of Japanese group SBI Holdings Inc, has acquired UK-based cryptocurrency trading firm B2C2 and will become the first major financ...
Dec 15, 2020
Facebook feared ‘devastating consequences’ from Irish data ruling – lawyer
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A preliminary ruling by Ireland's data regulator in August to halt the transatlantic transfer of Facebook customer data threatened "devastating" and "irreversible" consequences to t...
Dec 15, 2020
Irish watchdog fines Twitter in landmark for EU data privacy regime
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland's data regulator has fined Twitter 450,000 euros for a bug that made some private tweets public, the regulator said on Tuesday, in the first sanction again...
Dec 15, 2020
