Tag Archives: technology
Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during Facebook outage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday's Facebook outage, its founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging...
Oct 05, 2021
EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based
By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules, a top lawmaker sa...
Oct 05, 2021
Coatue, Ackman invest in trading-focused social network Commonstock
(Reuters) - Commonstock, a social network platform for retail investors, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Coatue and from others including billionaire inv...
Oct 05, 2021
NYC will not enforce restaurant customer data-sharing law while DoorDash sues
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City agreed to hold off on requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, the subject of a recent lawsuit by DoorDash Inc....
Oct 05, 2021
WhatsApp outage hits trading in assets from crypto to Russian oil
By Tom Wilson, Olga Yagova and Tommy Wilkes LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - WhatsApp's nearly six-hour long outage on Monday hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to Russian oil, market players said, ...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook says ‘no malicious activity behind’ service outage
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday "there was no malicious activity behind" a faulty configuration change that knocked all of its services off the internet for hours a day earlier...
Oct 05, 2021
IMF chief says Europe can avoid debt crisis, hard to think of Bitcoin as money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medium-term fiscal consolidation and growth will put Europe on a sound footing to avoid another sovereign debt crisis despite rising debt levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. Bancorp launches cryptocurrency custody service for investment managers
(Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp said on Tuesday it had launched a cryptocurrency custody service for institutional investment managers who have private funds in the United States and Cayman Islands. The fift...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook products ‘harm children, stoke division,’ whistleblower says
(Reuters) - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the social media giant knew its apps were harming the mental health of some young use...
Oct 05, 2021
Fireside app launches to help creators host live interactive shows
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Fireside, an app co-founded by entrepreneur Mark Cuban, launched on Tuesday to help podcasters, musicians and other professional content producers create live shows with the...
Oct 05, 2021
