Tag Archives: technology
Baidu’s smart car business to test autonomous vehicles in Shanghai
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apollo, Chinese tech giant Baidu's smart car business, has received approval to be among the first companies to test fully autonomous vehicles in Shanghai, China's largest city, ...
Mar 22, 2023
Companies would have to offer repairs for worn-out products for up to 10 years under proposed EU rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to give consumers the right to have worn-out products like washing machines and televisions repaired by producers even after the sales guarantee has expir...
Mar 22, 2023
Stablecoin issuer Circle says exec’s Twitter giveaway offer was scam, account was hacked
By Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) - Stablecoin USDC's issuer Circle said its chief strategy officer's Twitter account was hacked on Wednesday, after the account posted a link appearing t...
Mar 22, 2023
Amazon raises pay for UK operations employees
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday raised the minimum starting pay for its employees at the UK operations to between 11 pounds ($13.50) and 12 pounds per hour. The move comes after workers at an ...
Mar 22, 2023
Trump-backed SPAC Digital World ousts CEO
(Reuters) - Digital World Acquisition Corp, a blank-check firm that is set to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media platform, said on Wednesday it has ousted Chief Executive Pat...
Mar 22, 2023
Analysis-What’s behind bitcoin’s latest surge?
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - At the turn of the year, bitcoin was in the grip of a bleak midwinter, down and out after a 2022 defined by tumbling crypto prices, bankruptcies and corporate scandals...
Mar 22, 2023
Unity aims to open generative AI marketplace for video game developers
By Anna Tong Unity Software Inc, producer of the eponymous video game development environment, aims to open a marketplace for generative artificial intelligence (AI) software, Chief Executive John Ric...
Mar 22, 2023
China to boost support for high-end manufacturing – Premier Li
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will strengthen its policy guidance to support advanced manufacturing, Premier Li Qiang was quoted as saying by state radio on Wednesday. The world's second-biggest economy i...
Mar 22, 2023
UK considering in-depth probe into Broadcom-VMware merger
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it was considering whether to refer U.S. chipmaker Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of VMware for an in-depth probe after finding...
Mar 22, 2023
With few good tools, Biden needs new law to ban TikTok, experts say
By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passa...
Mar 22, 2023
