Tag Archives: technology
YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -YouTube is immediately blocking access around the world to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, it said on Friday, citing a policy barring con...
Mar 11, 2022
Exclusive-Russians liquidating crypto in the UAE to seek safe havens
By Yousef Saba, Lisa Barrington, Riham Alkousaa and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Crypto firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars...
Mar 11, 2022
Russian company websites hit by increased hacking in March, says cyber firm
(Reuters) - Efforts to disrupt the operations of company websites in Russia have jumped in March, a cybersecurity firm said on Friday, with the number of distributed denials of service (DDoS) attacks ...
Mar 11, 2022
El Salvador says could launch bitcoin sovereign bond between March 15-20
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador is looking for the right timing to launch its bitcoin-backed bond, which could happen between March 15 and 20, the Central American nation's finance minister Aleja...
Mar 11, 2022
U.S. SEC rejects NYDIG Bitcoin ETF and Global X Bitcoin Trust listing proposals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected proposals to list and trade shares of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) NYDIG Bitcoin ETF https://www.sec.gov/rules/sr...
Mar 11, 2022
India cenbank bars Paytm Payments Bank from taking on customers pending IT audit
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's central bank has barred Paytm Payments Bank, majority owned by billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, from taking on new customers and ordered a comprehensive audit of its IT ...
Mar 11, 2022
Russian prosecutors ask court to name Meta as “extremist organisation” – Interfax
(Reuters) - Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to designate Facebook's parent organisation Meta Platforms as an "extremist organisation," Interfax reported on Friday. The state prosecutor also ask...
Mar 11, 2022
Tavares confident that Stellantis can catch up with Tesla
MILAN (Reuters) - Stellantis should be able to catch up with electric vehicle pioneer Tesla in the coming years, its chief executive Carlos Tavares said on Friday, adding that competition would benefi...
Mar 11, 2022
Malaysia to announce cabinet decision on 5G on Wednesday – minister
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government will announce its decision on whether to go ahead with its plan for a single state-run 5G network next week, the communications ministe...
Mar 11, 2022
Exclusive-Ukraine halts half of world’s neon output for chips, clouding outlook
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as M...
Mar 11, 2022
