Tag Archives: technology
Mobile World Congress draws large crowd despite Ukraine conflict
By Joan Faus and Supantha Mukherjee BARCELONA (Reuters) - Geopolitics and technology intertwined at the Mobile World Congress this week as more than 61,000 people gathered in the Spanish city of Barce...
Mar 04, 2022
Air taxi startup Volocopter raises $170 million in new financing round
BERLIN (Reuters) - German aviation startup Volocopter said on Friday it had raised $170 million from investors including funds run by Korean WP Investment in a new financing round as it seeks certific...
Mar 04, 2022
Sony, Honda to form new company to develop and sell electric vehicles
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's manufacturing giants Honda Motor Co Ltd and Sony Group Corp said on Friday they have agreed to join hands to develop and sell battery electric vehicles. The two companies said...
Mar 04, 2022
Coinbase not banning Russians from using platform, CEO says
(Reuters) - U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc will not preemptively ban all Russians from using the platform, Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said in a tweet on Friday. (Reporti...
Mar 04, 2022
Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, CEO says
(Reuters) - Home rental company Airbnb Inc is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky said in a tweet on Thursday. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengal...
Mar 03, 2022
Grab shares crash as revenue plunges on promotions, driver incentives
By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Shares in Grab Holdings Ltd tumbled 37% on Thursday after Southeast Asia's no. 1 ride-hailing and food delivery firm posted a wider quarterly loss and a worse-than-expecte...
Mar 03, 2022
Canadian minister opposes Rogers’ deal to buy Shaw
(Reuters) - Canada's industry minister, Franois-Philippe Champagne, on Thursday opposed Rogers Communications Inc's buyout bid for Shaw Communications Inc and said it was incompatible with the governm...
Mar 03, 2022
Self-driving truck company TuSimple replaces CEO, shares plummet 20%
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - TuSimple Holdings Inc on Thursday said it was replacing its Chief Executive Officer in a decision it called part of a "planned executive succession," but which took Wall Str...
Mar 03, 2022
Twitch bans Russian state media in move against harmful misinformation spreaders
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Amazon's Twitch will ban users who persistently spread harmful misinformation on and off the live video streaming site, in a move that blocks Russian state media fro...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Treasury warns crypto firms on Russia cybersecurity threat – source
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has reached out to cryptocurrency companies about their cybersecurity controls amid concerns that Russia could wage retaliatory cyber attacks in...
Mar 03, 2022
