Tag Archives: technology
Mediation collapses between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Settlement talks have collapsed between Facebook's parent company Meta and Kenyan content moderators over a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal, a tech rights group working with the ...
Oct 16, 2023
Bitcoin jumps as much as 10%, on track for best day since August
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin jumped as much as 10% on Monday, putting it on track for its best day since August. It was last trading up 3.8% at $28,232. (Reporting by Tom Wilson; Editing by Tommy Reggio...
Oct 16, 2023
Tether freezes $873,000 in crypto linked to ‘terrorism and warfare’ in Israel and Ukraine
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen 32 cryptocurrency wallet addresses containing a combined $873,118 it said were linked to "terrorism and warfare" in Israel ...
Oct 16, 2023
Space startups funding shows signs of recovery in Q3 – VC firm Space Capital
By Jaspreet Singh and Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Global investments in space startups rose for the first time in more a than year in the third quarter as investors bet on companies with government contr...
Oct 16, 2023
Singapore regulator raises concern on Grab plan to buy Trans-cab
By Himanshi Akhand and Yantoultra Ngui (Reuters) -The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on Monday raised competition concerns about a plan by Southeast Asian ride-hailing company...
Oct 16, 2023
Kokusai Electric raises $724.4 million after setting IPO price at the top end of range
TOKYO (Reuters) - Chip equipment maker Kokusai Electric has raised $724.4 million by pricing its shares at the top end of a scaled-back marketing range in Japan's largest initial public offering in fi...
Oct 16, 2023
Atos Chairman Meunier steps down amid shareholders’ uproar
(Reuters) - Atos Chairman Bertrand Meunier has stepped down, the French IT consulting group said on Monday, following an uproar by several minority shareholders as the company seeks to sell large chun...
Oct 16, 2023
In the Market-Inside a startup’s struggle in a higher-for-longer world
By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) - Things were looking up for Tractiv in January, when the data tracking software startup was on the cusp of a deal with Marvel Studios. Now, it is on the brink, with just ...
Oct 16, 2023
Australia central bank sees possible cost savings in tokenisation
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Monday said tokenised money could help save billions of dollars in costs in domestic financial markets, as it studies whether and how to launch a central...
Oct 15, 2023
Exclusive-Upcoming US rules on AI chip exports aim to stop workarounds – US official
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The U.S. will take steps to prevent American chipmakers from selling products to China that circumvent government restrictions, a U.S. official said, as part of the Biden ...
Oct 15, 2023
