Tag Archives: technology
Uber partners with Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla rentals to U.S. ride-hail drivers
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc vehicles as a rental option to its ride-hai...
Oct 27, 2021
Hackers-for-hire are biggest cybersecurity threat -EU agency
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic and home working creating opportunities for cyb...
Oct 27, 2021
Spotify adds more subscribers, revenue rises on ad rebound
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as the music streaming company reported a 19% jump in paid subscribers for its premium se...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S Federal Trade Commission examining Facebook disclosures – WSJ
(Reuters) -The U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started looking into disclosures that Facebook Inc's internal company research had identified ill effects from its products, the Wall Street Journ...
Oct 27, 2021
Polish watchdog investigating Uber Eats and Glovo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish consumer watchdog UOKiK said it was investigating complaints against Glovo and Uber Eats after customers said they had problems with getting money back for cancelled orders o...
Oct 27, 2021
Global insurtech investment tops $10 billion in 2021-report
LONDON (Reuters) - Global investment in insurance technology (insurtech) start-ups totalled $10.5 billion in the first nine months of 2021, a record high level for the period, reinsurance broker Willi...
Oct 27, 2021
Bottled water, vaccines and electric vehicles propel China’s biggest earners
By Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bottled water, vaccine development, short video platform TikTok and electric vehicle technology propelled the big earners on China's rich list this year, as e...
Oct 27, 2021
Russia opens case against Apple over App Store payment restrictions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has opened an anti-trust case against Apple for failing to allow developers to offer customers alternative payment options outside its App Store platform, Russia's anti-monop...
Oct 27, 2021
LG Display Q3 profit rises, buoyed by higher TV panel prices
By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd on Wednesday reported a more than three-fold jump in third quarter operating profit from a year earlier, as pandemic-dri...
Oct 27, 2021
Russian IT firm Softline valued at around $1.5 billion in London IPO
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian IT company Softline set its final offer price at $7.50 per global depositary receipt (GDR) for its initial public offering (IPO), the lower end of its target range, implying...
Oct 27, 2021
