Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs-backed payments startup Marqeta prepares for IPO
By Joshua Franklin and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Marqeta Inc, the U.S. payment card issuing start-up whose investors include Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is seeking to hire investment banks to advise on a po...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. to announce, but defer, retaliation over French digital tax: USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will announce actions against France over its digital services tax but will defer them while France defers tax collections from U.S. technology firms, U...
Jul 09, 2020
Tesla appears poised to electrify S&P 500
By Noel Randewich and Chuck Mikolajczak (Reuters) - Wall Street's most controversial stock may be about to go mainstream. Tesla Inc appears on the verge of joining the S&P 500, a major accomplishment ...
Jul 09, 2020
‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games gets $250 million investment from Sony
(Reuters) - Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game "Fortnite", said on Thursday it had received a $250 million investment from Japan's Sony Corp for a minority stake in the company. Last mo...
Jul 09, 2020
Apple rolls out free online coding course for teachers
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it was rolling out a free online coding course for teachers, while beefing up its existing school coding programs with new material. The Cupertino, California-ba...
Jul 09, 2020
Nokia launches data centre networking tools, developed with Apple
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia launched a set of tools on Thursday for data centre networking, developed in cooperation with Apple Inc, to help companies to manage the growth in tra...
Jul 09, 2020
ByteDance evaluates changes to corporate structure of TikTok
(Reuters) - ByteDance is looking to make changes to the corporate structure of its short video app TikTok, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. TikTok is also in early stages to establish its head...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: Google faces EU antitrust probe into Fitbit deal if no concessions – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust enforcers are set to open a full-scale investigation into Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit unless the Alphabet unit offers concessions to ad...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: TIM excludes Huawei from 5G core equipment tender in Italy, Brazil – sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) has not invited China's Huawei Technologies to take part in a tender to supply 5G equipment for the core network it is preparing to build in Italy and Brasil, tw...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. has not yet decided how it will retaliate to France digital tax: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has not yet finalized a decision on how it will respond to France's digital tax, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview with CNBC on Thurs...
Jul 09, 2020
