Category Archives: (KFGO The Mighty 790) Technology
EU should put Twitter under direct supervision after missteps: German official
By Christian Kraemer and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior German official said on Thursday Twitter should join other tech firms in being directly monitored by the European Commission, say...
Dec 22, 2022
FTX founder Bankman-Fried to make U.S. court appearance after extradition
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear before a U.S. court on Thursday after being extradited from The Bahamas, where he had remained since the collapse ...
Dec 22, 2022
U.S. SEC heightening scrutiny of auditors’ crypto work – WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is heightening the scrutiny of the work audit firms do for cryptocurrency companies, a senior official of the regulator told the Wall Stre...
Dec 22, 2022
India panel recommends digital competition act to rein in Big Tech
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended the government enact a digital competition act to regulate anti-competitive business practices by Big Tech companies on its pla...
Dec 22, 2022
Rainwater Tech to list in New York via SPAC merger
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rain Enhancement Technologies Inc, a developer of systems that boost rainfall in arid regions, has agreed to combine with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC...
Dec 22, 2022
Exclusive-TikTok steps up efforts to clinch U.S. security deal
By Echo Wang and David Shepardson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Popular short-video app TikTok is offering to operate more of its business at arm's length and subject it to outside scrutiny as it tr...
Dec 22, 2022
France’s privacy watchdog fines Microsoft over cookies
PARIS (Reuters) - France's CNIL privacy watchdog said it had imposed a 60 million euro ($63.88 million) fine against Microsoft Ireland, saying it sanctioned the company for not having put in place a m...
Dec 22, 2022
Eutelsat: suspending programmes in Russia, Iran will slightly hit financial results
PARIS (Reuters) - Eutelsat will take a hit of around 10 to 15 million euros ($15.97 million) to its full-year revenues following the suspension of several television programmes in Russia and Iran, the...
Dec 22, 2022
Toshiba’s preferred bidder to seal $10.6 billion loan deal this week – Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), the preferred bidder to buy out Toshiba Corp, is set to sign a loan agreement of about 1.4 trillion yen ($10.62 billion) with lenders some time this ...
Dec 21, 2022
Two top executives plead guilty in connection with FTX collapse -U.S. prosecutor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday said they have charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, the former chief technology officer of FTX Trading Ltd,...
Dec 21, 2022
