Tag Archives: technology
Europe in danger of losing EV battery race – Court of Auditors
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe is in danger of losing the race to become a global battery powerhouse as access to raw materials remains a major roadblock along with rising costs and fierce...
Jun 19, 2023
Montenegro court jails ‘cryptocurrency king’ Do Kwon for four months – media
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A court in Montenegro has sentenced cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, who is charged in the U.S. with a multibillion-dollar fraud, and his ally to four months in prison for usi...
Jun 19, 2023
IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working on a platform for central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) to enable transactions between countries, IMF Managing ...
Jun 19, 2023
Air taxi maker races to serve Paris Olympics as sector struggles for funds
By Allison Lampert, Joanna Plucinska and Maiya Keidan PARIS/TORONTO (Reuters) - A year ahead of the Paris Olympics, flying taxi maker Volocopter wants to prove to executives at the Paris Airshow it is...
Jun 19, 2023
UK startup Helixx leans on Siemens to design EV ‘factory in a box’
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - UK startup Helixx said on Monday it will use Siemens' open digital platform to help design a highly-automated 'factory in a box' that can be built anywhere to assemble...
Jun 19, 2023
Berlin to sign agreement with Intel after chip plant talks
By Friederike Heine BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government and Intel are expected to ink a deal over the U.S. chipmaker's planned 17 billion euro ($18.6 billion) plant in Dresden, capping months of t...
Jun 19, 2023
EU to air ideas on guarding prized technology with eye on China
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will unveil on Tuesday possible measures, such as screening of outbound investments and export controls, to keep prized EU technology ...
Jun 19, 2023
Polestar partners with Geely’s Meizu to build Chinese operating system
By Marie Mannes (Reuters) - Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar said on Monday it had formed a joint venture with Xingji Meizu to build an operating system for Polestar cars sold in China tha...
Jun 19, 2023
Eve, Blade to expand ‘flying car’ partnership to Europe
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Electric aircraft maker Eve and Blade Air Mobility are expanding their partnership to integrate Eve's upcoming flying car into Blade's European route network, s...
Jun 19, 2023
Indonesia, SpaceX launch satellite to boost internet connectivity
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to l...
Jun 19, 2023
