Tag Archives: technology
Japan eyes support for chip plant construction with extra budget -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government was considering spending hundreds of bilions in yen to support the construction of semiconductor plants with a stimulus budget for the current fiscal year, Kyodo N...
Oct 08, 2021
California bars forced non-disclosure clauses in severance agreements
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - California will bar companies from requiring non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees over workplace harassment claims under a bill signed into law on Thursda...
Oct 07, 2021
Samsung Electronics says Q3 profit likely highest in 3 years on rising chip prices
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Friday said third-quarter operating profit likely rose 28% to its highest in three years, helped by rising memory chip prices and brisk sales of its new...
Oct 07, 2021
Tesla moving headquarters to Texas from California
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Thursday the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas. Musk spo...
Oct 07, 2021
Automakers funding new tech aimed at making greener lithium for EVs
By Ernest Scheyder CALIPATRIA, Calif. (Reuters) - Automakers, investors and even oilfield giant Schlumberger NV are beginning to embrace environmentally friendly technologies to produce lithium that c...
Oct 07, 2021
Binance CEO says Ireland is part of its HQ plans
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Ireland is part of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance's plans to establish a number of headquarters across the world, its CEO told Reuters on Thursday. Regulators a...
Oct 07, 2021
UK’s Weir Group hit by attempted cyber attack at end of Q3
(Reuters) - Glasgow-based engineering firm Weir Group said on Thursday it was the target of an attempted ransomware attack at the end of the third quarter. Weir said the cyber attack led to a signific...
Oct 07, 2021
Russian court tells bailiffs to enforce collection of unpaid Facebook fines
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court told state bailiffs on Thursday to enforce the collection of 26 million roubles ($361,400) in fines imposed on U.S. social media giant Facebook for failing to delete ...
Oct 07, 2021
Nigerian central bank to launch digital currency within days – governor
ABUJA (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will launch the eNaira, its digital currency, in a couple of days from now, Governor Godwin Emefiele told a conference on Thursday. He said this wou...
Oct 07, 2021
Hackers in SolarWinds breach stole data on U.S. sanctions policy, intelligence probes -sources
By Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The suspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies emerged with information abo...
Oct 07, 2021
