Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Trump campaign runs Facebook ads on whether TikTok should be banned
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign ran Facebook ads this weekend claiming that the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok is spying on users. The ads l...
Jul 20, 2020
IBM earnings beat estimates on cloud strength; shares up 6%
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp posted second-quarter revenue and profit that beat analysts' estimates on Monday, riding on the strength of its high-margin cloud computing business, s...
Jul 20, 2020
Brazil will authorize payments system involving WhatsApp if rules are respected, central bank director says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank will authorize a payments system involving Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging service, to send money and make payments via chats, as long as all rules are res...
Jul 20, 2020
Self-driving startup Aurora expands vehicle testing to Texas
(Reuters) - Self-driving startup Aurora is expanding testing and development of its vehicles to Dallas-Fort Worth Area in Texas, the company said on Monday. The company, which is already testing its v...
Jul 20, 2020
Factbox: More companies join Facebook ad boycott bandwagon
(Reuters) - A long list of companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms...
Jul 20, 2020
Tesla share rally propels some early fan investors to riches
By Tina Bellon and Hyunjoo Jin NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - Convinced of Tesla Inc's imminent meteoric rise, Orestis Palampougioukis, a Netherlands-based software developer, took out a 43,000 euro ($49,...
Jul 20, 2020
China may retaliate against Nokia, Ericsson if EU bans Huawei: WSJ
(Reuters) - China is considering retaliating against telecom gear makers Nokia and Ericsson if the European Union follows the United States and Britain in banning Huawei Technologies from 5G networks,...
Jul 20, 2020
Vodacom partners with China’s Alipay to create ‘super app’ in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group plans to create a 'super app' in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China's Alibaba group , to allow consumers in South Africa to shop onl...
Jul 20, 2020
Walmart Canada to spend C$3.5 billion on e-commerce push, store renovations
(Reuters) - Walmart Canada said on the Monday it plans to spend C$3.5 billion ($2.58 billion) over the next five years to strengthen its e-commerce business, as the COVID-19 pandemic prompts a large-s...
Jul 20, 2020
Starbucks expands Chinese order services to multiple Alibaba apps
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Starbucks customers can order the coffee chain's drinks on Alibaba's Taobao marketplace and mobile map apps, Reuters checks showed, in ...
Jul 20, 2020
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