Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
U.S. videogame sales surge in March as lockdown keeps people indoor
By Ayanti Bera (Reuters) - Videogame sales in March hit their highest in over a decade, as Americans turned to games like "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" because of ...
Apr 21, 2020
Trump draft order requires more from tech workers on H-1B visas: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump would require technology workers in the United States on H-1B visas to provide updated certifications that they are not displacing American workers, accor...
Apr 21, 2020
Ripple sues YouTube over cryptocurrency scams
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Blockchain firm Ripple sued Alphabet Inc's YouTube on Tuesday, alleging the video-sharing platform failed to protect consumers from cryptocurrency "giveaway" sc...
Apr 21, 2020
Amazon staff take off work to raise safety concerns in pandemic: coalition
(Reuters) - A U.S. labor and activist coalition said employees of Amazon.com Inc would take off work starting Tuesday to draw attention to what it says are unsafe conditions at warehouses during the c...
Apr 21, 2020
Exclusive: ValueAct eyes Nintendo with stake of over $1.1 billion – letter
BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investor ValueAct Capital Partners LP has built a stake of over $1.1 billion in Nintendo , according to a letter seen by Reuters, a bet that digital software distribution a...
Apr 21, 2020
Speculative bet or inflation hedge? Bitcoin in the coronavirus crisis
By Tom Wilson and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin has fared better than stocks but worse than gold and U.S. Treasuries during the coronavirus pandemic, with investors ascribing its performa...
Apr 21, 2020
Bluetooth phone apps for tracking COVID-19 show modest early results
By Aradhana Aravindan and Sankalp Phartiyal SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When Singapore launched the first smartphone app of its kind last month to identify and alert people who had interacted with...
Apr 21, 2020
UK made a firm decision on Huawei in 5G: foreign ministry’s top official
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government made a firm decision to allow China's Huawei to have a role in building the country's 5G phone network and as far as the foreign ministry's top official underst...
Apr 21, 2020
French court to issue verdict in Amazon case on April 24: judge
PARIS (Reuters) - A verdict in a case involving U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon will be issued by the Court of Appeal in Versailles on April 24, a French judge said on Tuesday. Amazon appealed a lower co...
Apr 21, 2020
Tech titans dominate U.S. stock market after surge
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are once again crowding into a narrow range of technology and internet stocks, heightening concerns that the market's dramatic bounce from last month'...
Apr 21, 2020
