Tag Archives: technology
Austin cheers Tesla’s headquarters move, but local home buyers left on edge
By Tina Bellon AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Austin prides itself on "keeping it weird," but the city's success at luring more big companies such as Tesla Inc has some residents wary of getting priced out...
Oct 11, 2021
Thai digital payments surge from pre-coronavirus level
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Digital payments in Thailand have quadrupled from pre-pandemic levels, the central bank said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country's longest-running wave of infections accelera...
Oct 11, 2021
EDF’s electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point plans London IPO
LONDON (Reuters) - Pod Point, which provides charging points for electric vehicles in Britain, said on Monday it plans to list on the London Stock Exchange. The company, majority owned by France's EDF...
Oct 11, 2021
Lenovo stock drops 17% after withdrawing Shanghai listing application
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd saw its stock fall more than 17% on Monday, its biggest intraday decline in over a decade, after the Chinese technology giant withdrew its application for a 10 bi...
Oct 11, 2021
United States has lost AI battle to China, Pentagon’s ex-software chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has already lost the artificial intelligence battle to China which is heading towards global dominance because of its advances in a emerging cyber capabilities, th...
Oct 11, 2021
Emerson plans $11 billion merger of industrial-software units with AspenTech – WSJ
(Reuters) - Manufacturing giant Emerson Electric Co plans to merge two of its software businesses with Aspen Technology Inc in a roughly $11 billion deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, c...
Oct 10, 2021
China’s Ant Group increases registered capital by 47% to $5.4 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ant Group has raised its registered capital to 35 billion yuan ($5.44 billion) from 23.8 billion yuan, public business registration records showed, as the fintech giant con...
Oct 10, 2021
China state media says gaming time limit loopholes should be closed
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to "prevent addiction." China in...
Oct 10, 2021
Facebook-backed group launches misinformation adjudication panel in Australia
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google and Twitter said on Monday it has set up an industry panel to adjudicate complaints over misinformation,...
Oct 10, 2021
Facebook will try to ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Facebook Inc executive said Sunday that the company would introduce new measures on its apps to prompt teens away from harmful content, as U.S lawmakers scrutinize how Faceboo...
Oct 10, 2021
