Tag Archives: technology
ValueAct takes $1.2 billion position in fintech firm Fiserv – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Investment firm ValueAct has taken a $1.2 billion stake in financial tech and payments company Fiserv Inc, a Bloomberg News reporter tweeted on Thursday. (https://bit.ly/3D0DmPE) Fiserv sh...
Aug 19, 2021
Nigeria expects to lift Twitter ban by end of year, minister says
By Karin Strohecker and Libby George LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told Reuters on Thursday, adding t...
Aug 19, 2021
Microsoft to change pricing for Microsoft 365
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will change the commercial pricing for Microsoft 365 services and it will go into effect in six months. (https://bit.ly/3k6RSg7) (Reporting by Tiyashi Da...
Aug 19, 2021
Electric vehicle battery startup Ample raises $140 million
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Ample, a San Francisco-based developer of swappable electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has raised $140 million in a new funding round, the company said on Thursday. The compa...
Aug 19, 2021
Apps in Beijing’s crosshairs as crackdown heats up
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.-traded shares of several China-based tech-related firms, including Alibaba Holding, Tencent Music Entertainment Group and iQiyi, slid on Thursday in the wake ...
Aug 19, 2021
Elon Musk’s satellites beam internet into remote Chilean fishing hamlet
By Pablo Sanhueza SOTOMO, Chile (Reuters) - After half an hour's windswept journey on foot and by boat through a craggy forested estuary to the school he attends in remote southern Chile, Diego Guerre...
Aug 19, 2021
FTC files partially redacted version of complaint against Facebook — court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed an amended complaint in federal court to continue pursuing its claims against Facebook saying the online platform maintains monopo...
Aug 19, 2021
Explainer-Binance: The crypto giant facing pressure from regulators
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Financial regulators across the world have targeted major cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Some have banned the platform from certain activities, while others have war...
Aug 19, 2021
U.S. FTC expected to file amended complaint against Facebook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to file on Thursday its amended complaint against Facebook, accusing it of breaking antitrust law. The agency had filed a lawsuit i...
Aug 19, 2021
Exclusive: Facebook selects local journalists paid in $5 million newsletter recruitment push
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has chosen 25 local independent journalists to be paid out of a $5 million pot to write for its newsletter site Bulletin through multiyear deals, the co...
Aug 19, 2021
