Tag Archives: technology
Pinterest launches new ad features to drive shopping
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Pinterest will roll out new features for brands to promote products and ideas to users, the digital pinboard company said Wednesday, part of an effort to grow online shoppin...
Oct 06, 2021
Special Report-How AT&T helped build far-right One America News
By John Shiffman SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - One America News, the far-right network whose fortunes and viewership rose amid the triumph and tumult of the Trump administration, has flourished with support f...
Oct 06, 2021
Google to invest $1 billion in Africa over five years
LAGOS (Reuters) - Google plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and will back startups to support the continent's digital transform...
Oct 06, 2021
If Facebook is the problem, is a social media regulator the fix?
By Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told Congress on Tuesday that one option for making social media less harmful would be to create a dedicated regulat...
Oct 06, 2021
UK’s Ocado invests in Wayve for autonomous grocery deliveries
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - British online grocer Ocado is investing 10 million pounds ($13.6 million) in self-driving technology startup Wayve and a partnership to develop autonomous grocery del...
Oct 06, 2021
Spanish ride-hailing app Cabify bets on grocery delivery amid e-commerce boom
By Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish ride-hailing app Cabify will allow users to order groceries direct to their homes in nine cities including Barcelona and Madrid via a partnership wi...
Oct 06, 2021
Nvidia offers EU concessions over Arm buy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nvidia has offered concessions in a bid to secure EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm , a European Commission filing showed on Wedne...
Oct 06, 2021
India’s cryptocurrency platform CoinSwitch Kuber raises over $260 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian crypto asset platform CoinSwitch Kuber said on Wednesday it has raised more than $260 million in a funding round from investors including Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen ...
Oct 06, 2021
Gaming apps block access in India’s Silicon Valley state as ban takes effect
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital-funded Mobile Premier League (MPL) was among the first few gaming startups that began blocking access to users in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday follo...
Oct 06, 2021
Stablecoins to face same safeguards as traditional payments
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Stablecoins would have to comply with the same safeguards as their more traditional competitors in payments under proposals from regulators on Wednesday as authorities ...
Oct 06, 2021
