Tag Archives: technology
El Salvador buys first 200 bitcoins ahead of legal adoption
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador has bought its first 200 bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele said on Monday, one day before the country formally adopts the cryptocurrency as legal tender. "Our broke...
Sep 06, 2021
Factbox-Pros and cons for El Salvador, the first bitcoin nation
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will on Tuesday become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans living abroad ...
Sep 06, 2021
TV aggregator Roku to launch its players in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Television aggregator Roku Inc said on Monday it would launch its streaming players in Germany later this year, its second big European rollout, seeking to capitalize on a pandemic-...
Sep 06, 2021
Global crypto exchange CrossTower enters India despite policy uncertainty
By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-headquartered digital currency exchange CrossTower has set up a local unit in India and launched a trading platform to capture the growing domestic crypto market...
Sep 06, 2021
British watchdog demands more power over crypto promotions
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) called on Monday for powers to govern the online promotion of cryptoassets to combat a flood of "problematic content" which ...
Sep 06, 2021
Singapore trials patrol robots to deter bad social behaviour
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has started trialing robots to patrol public areas and deter poor social behaviour in its latest effort to further augment its strong portfolio of surveillance tools. R...
Sep 06, 2021
Tiny chips cast big shadow over Munich car show
By Nick Carey MUNICH (Reuters) - As carmakers gathered in Munich on Monday to launch almost exclusively zero- or low-emission vehicles, an ongoing semiconductor shortage cast a long shadow over the fi...
Sep 06, 2021
Piaggio, KTM, Honda and Yamaha set up swappable batteries consortium
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian scooter maker Piaggio said on Monday it had set up a consortium with Honda Motor Co., KTM AG and Yamaha Motor Co. to encourage the use of swappable batteries for electric mot...
Sep 06, 2021
Qualcomm says it will supply chip for new Renault electric vehicle
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc on Monday said it will supply a key computing chip for the digital dashboard in a new Renault SA electric vehicle. San Diego, California-based Qualcomm, the world's biggest su...
Sep 06, 2021
Texas city to offer Samsung large property tax breaks to build $17 billion chip plant
(Reuters) - The city of Taylor, Texas - one of two locations in the state under consideration by Samsung Electronics for a $17 billion chip plant - plans to offer extensive property tax breaks if it i...
Sep 06, 2021
