Tag Archives: technology
AI can see through you: CEOs’ language under machine microscope
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Executives, beware! You could become your own worst enemy. CEOs and other managers are increasingly under the microscope as some investors use artificial intelligenc...
Oct 20, 2021
Norway’s AutoStore valued at $12 billion, country’s biggest IPO in two decades
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore said on Wednesday it had priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 31 Norwegian crowns per share, the top of its target range, valuing the company ...
Oct 19, 2021
Westpac to launch zero-interest digital card with young consumers in focus
(Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp said on Wednesday it would launch a digital credit card this year that would offer zero interest and be aimed primarily at young customers who are seeking the convenie...
Oct 19, 2021
Foxconn says looking at making EVs in Europe, India, Latin America
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan tech giant Foxconn is looking at making electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe, India and Latin America, Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-wai told a business forum in Taipei on Wednesda...
Oct 19, 2021
Bitcoin sits below all-time high after U.S. ETF debut
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin hovered below record levels on Wednesday, the day after the first U.S. bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) began trading, a development that market participa...
Oct 19, 2021
Micron to build $7 billion plant in Japan’s Hiroshima – report
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. chip supplier Micron Technology Inc is set to invest 800 billion yen ($6.99 billion) in building a new factory in Hiroshima, western Japan, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported o...
Oct 19, 2021
Facebook plans to change its name – The Verge
(Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand the company with a new name next week, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook C...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact on young users, a p...
Oct 19, 2021
Australia to make permanent company laws allowing virtual AGMs – AFR
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will make permanent rules introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic that allow companies to hold virtual shareholder meetings and electronically distribute documents, the Au...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. lawmakers say Facebook cannot be trusted to manage cryptocurrency
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A group of U.S. lawmakers said Facebook Inc cannot be trusted to manage cryptocurrency and urged the social media platform to discontinue immediately a small pilot of its...
Oct 19, 2021
