Tag Archives: technology
Battery giants face skills gap that could jam electric highway
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean battery giants powering many of the world's electric vehicles face a skills shortage that could drag on the global race towards zero-emissions trans...
Oct 04, 2021
U.S. senator to ask whistleblower about Facebook role in Jan 6 attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar says she will ask a Facebook whistleblower testifying to Congress on Tuesday whether the social media company did enough to warn law enforcement about...
Oct 04, 2021
Payments tech firm Nuvei files for U.S. IPO a year after Toronto listing
(Reuters) - Canada's payments technology company Nuvei Corp on Monday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, more than a year after its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The com...
Oct 04, 2021
Ford JV partner SK sees U.S. battery shortage persisting until 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's battery joint venture partner, Korea's SK Innovation, expects the U.S. vehicle industry to face a battery supply shortage until 2025 because of the long lead ...
Oct 04, 2021
Cryptocurrencies post inflows for 7 straight weeks, led by bitcoin – CoinShares data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency investment products and funds recorded inflows for a seventh straight week, as institutional investors warmed to more supportive stateme...
Oct 04, 2021
NFT sales surge to $10.7 billion in Q3 as crypto asset frenzy hits new highs
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Sales volumes of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to $10.7 billion in the third quarter of 2021, up more than eightfold from the previous quarter, according t...
Oct 04, 2021
Exxon exodus turns floating ‘cube’ into Internet meme
By Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil's trophy U.S. campus is becoming an Internet meme. The visually stunning complex, sometimes compared to Apple's ring and Alphabet's Googleplex campus...
Oct 04, 2021
Bank of America launches research coverage for digital assets
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp published its first research coverage focused on cryptocurrencies and other digital assets on Monday, joining other mainstream financial institutions as they strengthe...
Oct 04, 2021
Facebook ‘accountable to no one,’ whistleblower will say in testimony
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will tell Congress Tuesday the company faces little oversight and will liken the social media giant...
Oct 04, 2021
Citadel Securities avoids crypto due to regulatory uncertainty – founder
(Reuters) - Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel Securities, one of the world's biggest market makers, said the firm does not trade cryptocurrencies because of the regulatory uncertainties around the digit...
Oct 04, 2021
