Tag Archives: technology
India’s Tata Group mulls pumping $2 billion into super app venture -Bloomberg News
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group is considering injecting another $2 billion into its super app venture to bolster its digital business, Bloomberg News reported on...
Mar 23, 2023
AI storytelling startup Tome records fast user growth, to launch paid tier soon
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence storytelling startup Tome has seen its user numbers triple in a month to 3 million and is planning to launch a paid subscription in the coming weeks, ...
Mar 23, 2023
Potential TikTok ban sends advertisers scrambling
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Advertisers are seeking any assurances from TikTok, the viral app that helped usher in a wave of short-form video across social media, as the Chinese-owned company again fac...
Mar 23, 2023
AI chatbot Character.AI, with no revenue, raises $150 million led by Andreessen Horowitz
By Krystal Hu and Anna Tong (Reuters) - Character.AI has raised $150 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the AI chatbot startup at $1 billion, and it's in talks with ...
Mar 23, 2023
Despite industry headwinds, Bitcoin mining booms in Texas
By Evan Garcia and Dan Fastenberg MCCAMEY, Texas (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and worries over electric power consumption have failed to dent the industry's growth in Texas, according to a ...
Mar 23, 2023
TikTok CEO to face tough questions as support for U.S. ban grows
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok's chief executive will face tough questions from lawmakers on Thursday who are convinced the Chinese-owned short video app should be barred for being ...
Mar 23, 2023
China’s super rich population drops as tech crackdown, global factors hurt wealth
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 400 people lost their billionaire status last year, most from China, as global monetary tightening, COVID-19 disruptions and Beijing's crackdown on major tech companies ...
Mar 23, 2023
Google opens Italy’s second cloud region in Turin city
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will set up its second cloud region in Italy, the company said on Thursday in a blog, underscoring the country's efforts to turn into a global hub for cloud computing...
Mar 23, 2023
Huawei touts camera on latest premium smartphone without 5G
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies on Thursday continued to press ahead against U.S. pressure by launching a new smartphone with a price starting at 4,488 yuan ($658), which it promised h...
Mar 23, 2023
Central bank tests spur global instant payment hopes
LONDON (Reuters) - A year of tests run by central banks in Italy, Malaysia and Singapore have spurred hopes for a global instant payments network accessible at the tap of a mobile phone. The ability t...
Mar 23, 2023
