Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
Exclusive: Tencent-backed Yuanfudao near to close new fundraising at $7.5 billion valuation – sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao, which is backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings , is close to completing a financing round that would val...
Mar 20, 2020
Taiwan’s new ‘electronic fence’ for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based "electronic fence" that uses location-tracking...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: YouTube to reduce streaming quality in Europe due to coronavirus
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constra...
Mar 20, 2020
Former Uber self-driving head Levandowski agrees to plea deal over Google secrets
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anthony Levandowski, known for advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from ...
Mar 19, 2020
Sellers’ Amazon loans at risk as company limits warehouses to essential goods
By Krystal Hu and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some Amazon sellers say the online retailer's abrupt decision to stop receiving non-essential inventory in response to the coronavirus...
Mar 19, 2020
Tesla to temporarily suspend production at Fremont factory
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Thursday it has decided to temporarily suspend production at its Fremont factory from Tuesday. The factory in New York will also suspend production, it said. (Reporting b...
Mar 19, 2020
Technology issues strain work from home efforts at big U.S. banks
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc asked its non-essential workers across North America to hold off on logging into its remote access system until 1 p.m. on Thursday, as it braced for many emplo...
Mar 19, 2020
Amazon halts grocery orders to restock amid surging demand
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has halted its Prime Pantry delivery service in the United States to restock groceries, following a surge in online orders by shoppers worried about the ...
Mar 19, 2020
Google exploring using location info to slow coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is exploring ways to use location information to slow the spread of the coronavirus by, for example, determining the effectiveness of social distancing. U....
Mar 19, 2020
Netflix to cut European traffic by 25% due to coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Netflix said on Thursday it would reduce its bit rates across all its streams in Europe, in effect cutting traffic on its European networks by 25% to preserve the smooth functioni...
Mar 19, 2020
