Tag Archives: technology
WhatsApp has until end of Feb to clarify privacy policy change, EU says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook unit WhatsApp has been given until the end of February to explain changes to its privacy policy and whether this complies with EU consumer protection laws...
Jan 27, 2022
Facebook wins conditional EU antitrust nod for Kustomer deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook on Thursday secured EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer after agreeing to provide rivals free access to it...
Jan 27, 2022
Crypto firm Fireblocks raises $550 million, company valued at $8 billion
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure provider, said on Thursday it raised $550 million from institutional investors, making it one of the largest...
Jan 27, 2022
Crypto tax firm CoinTracker raises $100 million for expansion
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - CoinTracker, which tracks consumers' cryptocurrency taxes and portfolios, said on Thursday it has raised $100 million in funding from a slew of institu...
Jan 27, 2022
ABB acquires controlling stake in InCharge Energy
ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB said on Thursday it had acquired a controlling interest in U.S-based InCharge Energy, which specializes in electric vehicle (EV) commercial charging infrastructure. The maker of...
Jan 27, 2022
Musk’s bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next
By Hyunjoo Jin and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a huma...
Jan 27, 2022
SAIC sets up automotive chip fund with Shanghai research institute
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - SAIC Motor Corp will establish a multibillion-yuan fund with the Shanghai Industrial Technology Research Institute (SITRI) to promote research and production for automotive microc...
Jan 27, 2022
China conditionally approves AMD’s $35 billion deal for Xilinx
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's market regulator said on Thursday it had conditionally approved Advanced Micro Devices Inc's $35 billion all-stock deal for peer Xilinx. (Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing ...
Jan 27, 2022
Exclusive-Tencent plans to take U.S.-listed streaming firm DouYu private -sources
By Julie Zhu (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd plans to take DouYu International Holdings Ltd private amid disagreements over strategy among executives at the Chinese videogame streaming firm, two peop...
Jan 27, 2022
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance say to deepen cooperations in EV production
TOKYO (Reuters) - Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors on Thursday said they plan to deepen cooperation in electric vehicle production as their two decade-old alliance positions itself to...
Jan 27, 2022
