Tag Archives: technology
FTC to pause Microsoft-Activision merger trial – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to pause its in-house trial against Microsoft Corp's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard opening the door to potential settlement talks...
Jul 20, 2023
Exclusive-AI being used for hacking and misinfo, top Canadian cyber official says
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation on...
Jul 20, 2023
MarketAxess tops profit estimates on strength in Eurobond trading
(Reuters) - MarketAxess Holdings reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Thursday, as a bustling Eurobond market helped offset the hit from a decline in U.S. government bond trading. ...
Jul 20, 2023
Investor group nears $125 million deal for CoinDesk – WSJ
(Reuters) - A group led by blockchain investors Matthew Roszak and Peter Vessenes are nearing a $125 million deal for cryptocurrency-focused media firm CoinDesk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Th...
Jul 20, 2023
SAP reports revenue growth of 5% in Q2, lowers cloud revenue forecast
(Reuters) - Business software maker SAP reported second-quarter revenue growth of 5% on Thursday, in line with market expectations, boosted by its core cloud business. For the full year, it lowered it...
Jul 20, 2023
Ubisoft Q1 net bookings down 8.7% on lack of new games releases
(Reuters) - French video game producer Ubisoft, maker of the blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" franchise, on Thursday posted a 8.7% decline in net bookings in its first quarter, blaming a lack of new gam...
Jul 20, 2023
Twitter to subpoena Senator Elizabeth Warren over communications with U.S. agencies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter, which has asked a court to terminate a consent order struck last year with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) related to data breaches, said in a court filing on Thursd...
Jul 20, 2023
Italy’s doValue spells out cost savings from AI adoption
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's biggest debt recovery firm doValue expects the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its non-performing loans (NPLs) repayment business to reduce its servicing costs by betwe...
Jul 20, 2023
YouTube hikes prices for US premium subscribers for the first time
(Reuters) -YouTube, Google's video streaming platform, hiked prices on its monthly and annual premium plans in the United States for the first time since the subscription service was launched in 2018....
Jul 20, 2023
Bain Capital raises SoftwareOne takeover offer to $3.7 billion – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Bain Capital has increased its offer for SoftwareOne Holding AG to about 3.2 billion Swiss francs ($3.72 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the ...
Jul 20, 2023
