Tag Archives: technology
SEC charges broker-dealers, investment advisors over cybersecurity failures
(Reuters) - Units of three broker-dealer and investment advisory firms agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S...
Aug 30, 2021
Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Instagram will begin requiring users to confirm their birthdays as part of an effort to create new safety features for young people, the Facebook Inc-owned social media app ...
Aug 30, 2021
PayPal exploring stock-trading platform for U.S. users – CNBC
(Reuters) -PayPal Holdings Inc is exploring ways to let its U.S. customers trade individual stocks on its platform, CNBC reported on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The payments c...
Aug 30, 2021
Fitness tracker firm Whoop valued at $3.6 billion after SoftBank-led funding
(Reuters) - Fitness tracker startup Whoop said on Monday it had raised $200 million in a Series F funding led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2, valuing the company at $3.6 billion. The company said it woul...
Aug 30, 2021
Stellantis extends output halts at several European car plants on chip shortage
PARIS (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis has extended this week production halts at several plants in Europe due to a shortage in microchips, a spokeswoman for Stellantis said on Monday. (Reporting by Gi...
Aug 30, 2021
Check Point Software acquires cloud email security company Avanan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Check Point Software Technologies said on Monday it acquired U.S.-Israeli cyber security company Avanan, which specialises in protecting email, where most cyber attacks begin. Ch...
Aug 30, 2021
Wall Street awaits Zoom’s next act as pandemic boom cools
By Chavi Mehta and Eva Mathews (Reuters) - When stay-at-home favorite Zoom reports quarterly results on Monday, Wall Street will look for details on how the video conferencing platform plans to attrac...
Aug 30, 2021
Toyota to restart self-driving vehicles at Olympic village with more safety staff
(Reuters) - Toyota Motor said on Monday it would resume operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village with greater operator control and more safety staff to ensur...
Aug 30, 2021
Factbox: From tech to education, China’s season of regulatory crackdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched a multi-pronged crackdown on its tech companies, leaving startups and decades-old firms alike operating in a new, uncertain environment. Here are sectors that a...
Aug 30, 2021
China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese regulators on Monday slashed the amount of time players under the age of 18 can spend on online games to an hour of gameplay on Fridays, weekends and holidays, in response ...
Aug 30, 2021
