Tag Archives: technology
Bitcoin hits $50k for first time in four weeks
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency by market value, rose above the $50,000 mark for the first time in four weeks on Tuesday, adding to a series of gains since the start of ...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook whistleblower to say former employer an ‘urgent threat’ to U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will appear before the U.S. Congress Tuesday, where she is set to sharply criticize her former employer as "one of the most urgent threats"...
Oct 05, 2021
HBO Max sharpens prices for European launch, adds more countries
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - HBO Max is stepping up the competition on prices with Netflix and Disney for the streaming service's upcoming European launch, and adding more countries to ...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook deletes some content banned in Russia, but still faces fine -report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Facebook has complied with Russian demands to delete some banned content, but it could still face a hefty fine as it was slow to do so, the Vedomosti newspaper cited state communica...
Oct 05, 2021
MTN Uganda IPO to raise about $1.2 billion – regulator
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Telecoms firm MTN Uganda's initial public offering is expected to raise about $1.2 billion, Keith Kalyegira, Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority said on Tuesda...
Oct 05, 2021
Investors eye Big Tech as stock market wobbles
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology stocks are bearing the brunt of a recent market selloff, putting a spotlight on how an extended downturn in the sector could weigh on broader equity ...
Oct 05, 2021
Amazon and Google set to attend White House forum on quantum technology
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc, Google and Microsoft Corp are expected to join a Biden administration conference on Tuesday focused on quantum technologies as the U.S. gover...
Oct 04, 2021
Facebook says root cause of outage was faulty configuration change
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its s...
Oct 04, 2021
Tesla ordered to pay over $130 million to Black former worker over racism -WSJ
(Reuters) - A federal jury on Monday has ordered Tesla Inc to pay more than $130 million in damages to a Black former worker named Owen Diaz, finding he was subjected to a racially hostile work enviro...
Oct 04, 2021
Factbox: Electric-vehicle batteries: major players and their expansion plans
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - The global auto industry's shift to electric vehicles (EVs) has spurred an expansion race among battery makers, and caused a growing a skills shortage. See main stor...
Oct 04, 2021
