Tag Archives: technology
Peloton rival iFIT postpones IPO on adverse market conditions
(Reuters) -iFIT Health & Fitness Inc postponed on Thursday its planned initial public offering, citing adverse market conditions, a day after the fitness equipment maker was scheduled to make its Nasd...
Oct 07, 2021
ZF invests in Oxbotica to develop autonomous urban shuttles
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG will invest in British autonomous vehicle software startup Oxbotica to jointly develop driving systems for po...
Oct 07, 2021
One month on, El Salvador’s bitcoin use grows but headaches persist
By Wilfredo Pineda and Nelson Renteria EL ZONTE, El Salvador (Reuters) - A growing number of El Salvadorans have experimented with bitcoin since the country became the first to adopt it as legal tende...
Oct 07, 2021
Broadband firm Starry to go public in near-$1.7 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - Starry Inc said on Thursday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp in a deal that would value the broadband services provider ...
Oct 07, 2021
Exclusive-Dutch watchdog finds Apple app store payment rules anti-competitive – sources
By Foo Yun Chee, Toby Sterling and Stephen Nellis AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch antitrust authority has found that Apple's rules requiring software developers to use its in-app payment system are an...
Oct 07, 2021
French antitrust chief de Silva to leave watchdog on Oct. 13
PARIS (Reuters) - France's antitrust chief Isabelle de Silva will end her five-year mandate as head of the competition watchdog on Oct. 13, she said on Twitter earlier this week. A spokesperson for th...
Oct 07, 2021
Snap launches in-app tool on drug dangers following fentanyl deaths
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Snap is launching an in-app tool to educate users searching for drug-related key words on Snapchat about the dangers of drugs and is working on tools for parents to ...
Oct 07, 2021
Taiwan’s TSMC, after U.S. request, says it won’t leak sensitive info
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan chipmaker TSMC will not leak any sensitive company information as part of a White House request for details on the ongoing semiconductor crisis that has forced cuts to U.S. a...
Oct 07, 2021
Google rivals want EU lawmakers to act via new tech rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - DuckDuckGo and three other search engine rivals to Google on Thursday urged EU lawmakers to take action against the Alphabet unit via new tech rules, saying they h...
Oct 07, 2021
Australian law chief wants defamation rules fixed for the internet age – letter
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top law officer has written to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country's defamation law after a High Court ruling that publishers of social media posts...
Oct 06, 2021
