Tag Archives: technology
Analysis-Outage shows how Amazon’s complex cloud makes backup plans difficult
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Major companies using Amazon.com's data services got a painful lesson this week about how the complexity and market dominance of the company's cloud unit make it difficul...
Dec 09, 2021
Generali launches corporate cyber insurance services
ROME (Reuters) - Generali, Accenture and Vodafone have created a package of cyber security services to help the insurer's corporate clients to detect, react and recover from cyber threats and incident...
Dec 09, 2021
Meta’s WhatsApp will allow crypto payments through Novi wallet in U.S
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's cryptocurrency wallet, Novi, will allow users to send and receive money through the social media giant's messaging app, WhatsApp. The pilot program is open to a limite...
Dec 09, 2021
Britain agrees digital trade deal with Singapore
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said it had agreed a digital trade deal with Singapore, the first digitally-focussed trade pact signed by a European nation. Britain said the agreement in princi...
Dec 09, 2021
Starbucks union drive spurred by barista burnout from mobile orders
By Hilary Russ and Julia Love NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp baristas waging a union campaign in Buffalo, New York, say they are organizing in part to have more of a say in the work...
Dec 09, 2021
EU draft rules for gig workers target Uber, Deliveroo, online platforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission announced on Thursday draft rules to give workers at online platform companies such as Uber and Deliveroo better social rights, but which companies say cou...
Dec 09, 2021
U.S. senators announce bipartisan social media data transparency bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators, two Democrats and a Republican, announced on Thursday a bill to require social media companies like Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, to give certa...
Dec 09, 2021
China removes 106 apps from app stores citing privacy violations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has removed 106 apps from Chinese app stores including movie review app Douban, karaoke app Changba, and phone reseller Aih...
Dec 09, 2021
U.S. to put Chinese firm SenseTime on investment blacklist ahead of IPO – FT
(Reuters) - The United States will on Friday put Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime on an investment blacklist, the same day it prices its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), the F...
Dec 09, 2021
Toshiba investors fret over lack of clarity surrounding vote on breakup plan
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is grappling with difficult decisions as it seeks to muster shareholder support for its plan to split into three companies, with some investors concer...
Dec 09, 2021
