Tag Archives: technology
Brazil’s Ebanx lays off 20% of employees as cuts sweep tech sector
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian payments fintech Ebanx said on Tuesday it had laid off about 20% of its staff, joining billion-dollar tech companies across the country bracing for a gloomy economic la...
Jun 21, 2022
Activision shareholders vote in favor of report on abuse, harassment
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc shareholders voted in favor of a proposal on Tuesday for a report on the video game company's efforts to prevent employee abuse, harassment and discrimination. Acti...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. congressional leaders meeting on semiconductor chips bill Tuesday
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders sought to forge a $52 billion bipartisan deal on Tuesday to subsidize U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiven...
Jun 21, 2022
Exclusive-Blockchain payment company Roxe nears $3.65 billion SPAC deal-sources
By Echo Wang (Reuters) -Blockchain-based payments company Roxe Holdings Inc is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with blank check company Goldenstone Acquisition Ltd at a combined valuation...
Jun 21, 2022
Tesla worker rejects $15 million payout in race bias lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc's flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworke...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S., Meta settle lawsuit over discrimination in housing advertising tool
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against Facebook users based on race a...
Jun 21, 2022
Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech, limits face recognition
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone's emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered...
Jun 21, 2022
South Korea puts crypto company Terraform Labs’ staff on no-fly list
SEOUL (Reuters) -Several employees of South Korea-based Terraform labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD, which collapsed last month and roiled cryptocurrency markets, cannot leave the count...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. agency sought answers from Tesla on Autopilot in April 2021 — letter
(Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators in April 2021 asked Tesla about incidents involving its vehicles striking parked emergency vehicles while using Autopilot months before it opened a formal probe...
Jun 21, 2022
Didi makes privacy fixes to ousted apps in run-up to restoring them – SCMP
(Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Global is making final updates to address cybersecurity concerns on its apps that were ousted from domestic app stores last year, the South China Morning Pos...
Jun 21, 2022
