Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Italy antitrust opens inquiry into Google, Apple, Dropbox on cloud computing
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Monday it had opened an inquiry into Google Inc, Apple Inc and Dropbox Inc over cloud computing services. "The proceedings relate to alleged impro...
Sep 07, 2020
Health tech pins hope on Africa’s pandemic shift to online care
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - When Loveth Metiboba's baby had diarrhoea, she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, might expose them both to the coron...
Sep 07, 2020
SMIC shares sink, U.S. ban worries cloud China’s hopes for chip self-sufficiency
By Josh Horwitz and Donny Kwok HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest chipmaker SMIC plunged a fifth on Monday in response to news of potential U.S. sanctions against the company, wiping $28 b...
Sep 07, 2020
SoftBank shares down 3% after media reports of tech firm bets
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp shares fell 3% in early trading on Monday following media reports that the conglomerate made big bets on equity derivatives tied to listed tech companies. (Report...
Sep 06, 2020
Israel’s Tower Semi halts some operations after cyber attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor said on Sunday some of its systems were hit by a cyber attack and as a result it was putting on hold some servers and manufacturing ...
Sep 06, 2020
Philippine police draw flak for plan to monitor social media on quarantine
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police drew criticism from netizens and activists on Sunday for a plan to monitor social media to enforce quarantine rules, with critics accusing the authorities of autho...
Sep 05, 2020
Bosnian Tesla fan impatient for Cybertruck release builds a lookalike
MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - A Bosnian fan of both Ford trucks and Elon Musk's Tesla could not just sit on his hands waiting for the electric carmaker to release its Cybertruck, expected from late 2021....
Sep 05, 2020
Epic Games asks court to prevent what it describes as Apple’s “retaliation”
(Reuters) - Epic Games said late on Friday that it has asked a court to stop what it saw as Apple Inc's retaliation against the "Fortnite" creator after the iPhone maker terminated Epic Games' account...
Sep 05, 2020
TikTok troubles narrow gap between Beijing and ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming
By Yingzhi Yang, Yew Lun Tian and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur, largely eschewing Chinese govern...
Sep 05, 2020
Exclusive: Softbank partners with India’s Oyo in Latam in move for more oversight
By Carolina Mandl, Aditi Shah and Anirban Sen SAO PAULO/NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Softbank Group is taking a direct role in managing its virus-hit hospitality startup Oyo's operations in Latin A...
Sep 04, 2020
