Tag Archives: technology
Kazakhstan moves to restrict foreign social media usage
NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday requiring owners of foreign social media and messaging apps to set up offices in the country or risk being blocked as part o...
Sep 15, 2021
U.S.-Israeli fintech Pagaya to go public via $8.5 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) -Israeli fintech Pagaya on Wednesday agreed to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company EJF Acquisition Corp in a deal with an enterprise value of $8.5 billion. Th...
Sep 15, 2021
Turkish cenbank forms platform to research benefit of digital currency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank said on Wednesday that it has formed the Digital Turkish Lira Collaboration Platform to expand its research into the potential benefits of a digital currency...
Sep 15, 2021
EU Commission wants to know when spectrum is available in digital push
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries will have to provide more clarity on the use and availability of radio spectrum to help the bloc meet its digital targets, the European Commission sai...
Sep 15, 2021
Nikola, Iveco sign MoU to deliver 25 e-trucks to Hamburg port
ULM, Germany (Reuters) - Electric-truck maker Nikola and Iveco, the commercial vehicles brand of Italy's CNH Industrial, on Wednesday said they had agreed to test and deliver up to 25 vehicles to the ...
Sep 15, 2021
Ford, Walmart and Argo AI team up to launch autonomous vehicle delivery service
(Reuters) - Self-driving startup Argo AI, automaker Ford Motor Co and Walmart Inc will together launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C, the companies said ...
Sep 15, 2021
Factbox – Profiles of first all-civilian space crew headed for orbit
(Reuters) - The quartet of private citizens who make up the Inspiration4 team, poised to make history aboard a SpaceX rocketship as the first all-civilian crew launched into orbit, may appear at first...
Sep 15, 2021
FTC staff to present findings on Big Tech’s smaller acquisitions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Trade Commission will present their findings on Wednesday on business deals that tech platforms like Facebook and Alphabet's Google did that were sometimes ...
Sep 15, 2021
SpaceX set to make history with first all-civilian crew launched into orbit
By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citi...
Sep 15, 2021
Tech is make-or-break issue for EU, chief executive says
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's future hinges on its level of technological prowess, in particular access to chips crucial for everything from smartphones to electric scooters to factories...
Sep 15, 2021
