Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
U.S. senator says Apple, Google must convince public that contact tracing will not violate privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smartphone software makers Alphabet's Google and Apple need to convince the public that their efforts to build apps to help track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus wil...
Apr 15, 2020
Tesla shares extend rally after China registration surge and nod from Goldman
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Tesla's stock extended its recent rally on Wednesday following a surge in China car registrations and after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the electric car maker wit...
Apr 15, 2020
Cellphone tracking reveals coronavirus hit to U.S. economy
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The millions of bits of cellphone data tracked by analytics firm Unacast show the economic impact of the coronavirus spreading across the United States like ...
Apr 15, 2020
Apple releases budget iPhone SE priced at $399 as coronavirus stalls economy
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday released a smaller iPhone priced at $399, cutting the starting price for the company's smartphone line in a move to broaden its appeal to budget-co...
Apr 15, 2020
Pentagon probe unable to rule out White House influence on JEDI contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award of a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft ove...
Apr 15, 2020
North Korea hacking threatens U.S., other countries, international financial system: U.S. State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department, Treasury, and Department of Homeland Security Issues, along with the FBI, issued an advisory on Wednesday about North Korean cyber threats that called...
Apr 15, 2020
Apple-Google alliance welcomed by European coronavirus app platform
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - An Apple collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running, the prime mover behind a European effort...
Apr 15, 2020
Amazon plans to appeal French ruling limiting trade to essential goods
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon said on Wednesday it planned to appeal a French court ruling limiting deliveries to essential goods in order allow for a deeper assessment of coronavirus risks at its sites in...
Apr 15, 2020
China unicorns’ valuations slide as virus-fearing investors seek early exits
By Julie Zhu and Yingzhi Yang HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Valuations of Chinese unicorns have fallen below levels reached in the firms' most-recent fundraising rounds, secondary market offerings by ...
Apr 15, 2020
Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters) - Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has be...
Apr 14, 2020
