Tag Archives: technology
Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple
By Katie Paul (Reuters) - Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster development of industry standards that would make the compa...
Jun 21, 2022
Pornhub-owner MindGeek CEO, COO resign
(Reuters) - Pornhub-owner MindGeek said on Tuesday Chief Executive Officer Feras Antoon and Chief Operating Officer David Tassillo have resigned after more than a decade running the adult website comp...
Jun 21, 2022
Factbox-Alibaba and Ant’s ties are starting to fray under China’s glare
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ant Group was spun off from Alibaba Group Holding 11 years ago but the two Jack Ma-founded companies had continued to collaborate closely, a...
Jun 21, 2022
Ant, Alibaba plan for less intertwined future after China crackdown
By Yingzhi Yang and Fanny Potkin BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ant Group and Alibaba are untangling their operations from each other and independently seeking new business as the Jack Ma-founded compa...
Jun 21, 2022
Spotify down for thousands of users – Downdetector
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA was down for thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 10,000 incidents of people reporting issues wi...
Jun 21, 2022
German startup Personio raises $200 million at $8.5 billion valuation
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - German human resources software startup Personio said on Wednesday it has added $200 million to the initial financing it raised in October at an increased valuation of $8.5 billi...
Jun 21, 2022
Uber, Lyft drivers claim price-fixing in lawsuit against companies
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A group of drivers for Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc on Tuesday accused the companies of unfairly controlling how much passengers are charged for rides in an antitru...
Jun 21, 2022
Big Tech bill advocates and critics keep pressure on U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of a U.S. bill aimed at reining in Big Tech platforms like Amazon.com and Alphabet's Google have flooded lawmakers with nearly 4,000 phone calls, while critics of the...
Jun 21, 2022
Nikola founder asks judge to block evidence of ‘wealth’, ‘lifestyle’ in fraud case
(Reuters) - Trevor Milton, the billionaire founder and former chief executive of Nikola Corp has asked a federal judge to block evidence related to his "wealth, lifestyle or spending habits" at his tr...
Jun 21, 2022
Obamas find new podcast home at Audible after Spotify exit
(Reuters) - The Obamas' media company Higher Ground has signed a multi-year deal with Amazon Inc-owned Audible to make original audio content, after ending its three-year run with Spotify. The terms o...
Jun 21, 2022
