Tag Archives: technology
Amazon to hire 150,000 U.S. workers for holiday shopping season
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers in the United States during the holiday period, as the e-commerce giant prepares for a shopping season expected to b...
Oct 18, 2021
Don’t subject stablecoins to new rules, crypto lobby tells U.S. regulators
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Asset-backed stablecoins do not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system and should not face a new set of rules, a major cryptocurrency lobby group told U.S. ...
Oct 18, 2021
S.Africa’s MTN and Vodacom join Telkom in temporary spectrum lawsuit
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's two biggest mobile operators, MTN and Vodacom, have joined number three Telkom in a lawsuit to stop the regulator withdrawing temporary freque...
Oct 18, 2021
Parent Company of Green Bay TV Station Hit By Ransomware Attack
(Reuters) - U.S. TV station operator Sinclair Broadcast Group, which includes WLUK, Fox 11 in Green Bay, said on Monday it had found some of its servers and workstations had been encrypted with ransom...
Oct 18, 2021 MWC
Explainer-What is the “metaverse”?
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook said on Monday that it will hire 10,000 people in Europe to help it build a "metaverse". The concept of the metaverse is quickly becoming a buzzword in technology and busin...
Oct 18, 2021
Carmakers shift up a gear in race to go electric
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - With electric car sales soaring and regulations increasingly favouring zero-emission vehicles, a flurry of announcements on Monday showed how the global auto industry ...
Oct 18, 2021
Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Congress following Reuters report
By Steve Stecklow, Aditya Kalra and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) - Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top...
Oct 18, 2021
Stellantis’ Maserati delays launch of Grecale SUV due to chip shortage
MILAN (Reuters) - Stellantis' luxury brand Maserati said on Monday the launch of its new SUV Grecale would be delayed to the spring of next year due to a global chip shortage. A 'global premiere' for ...
Oct 18, 2021
Enterprise software firm Informatica eyes nearly $9 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Enterprise software developer Informatica Inc said on Monday it was seeking a valuation of up to $9 billion at the top end of its price range in its U.S. initial public offering. The compa...
Oct 18, 2021
Apple expected to unveil new Macs with more powerful chips
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Analysts expect Apple Inc to unveil new Mac laptop computers with more powerful processor chips at an event that will be streamed later Monday. Bloomberg has previously r...
Oct 18, 2021
