Tag Archives: technology
Amazon has rolled out contactless tech to 200 locations including Panera cafes
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's palm-scanning or cashier-less checkout technology is in more than 200 establishments in and outside the company, a vice president told Reuters. The e-com...
Mar 22, 2023
Stratasys rejects Nano Dimension’s $1.1 billion offer for remaining stake
(Reuters) - Stratasys Ltd said on Wednesday its board had rejected smaller peer Nano Dimension Ltd's $1.1 billion offer to acquire the stake it does not already own in the Israeli 3D printer maker. St...
Mar 22, 2023
Russia’s Ozon appeals Nasdaq delisting plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian e-commerce firm Ozon said on Wednesday it was appealing the Nasdaq stock exchange's plan to delist its securities and wanted to stand up for the rights of its investors. Nas...
Mar 22, 2023
Computing networking pioneer Metcalfe wins top industry prize
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Computing networking pioneer Bob Metcalfe on Wednesday won the industry's most prestigious prize for the invention of the Ethernet, a technology that half a century after...
Mar 22, 2023
Tencent reports first annual revenue drop
(Reuters) - Tencent Holdings reported a drop in annual revenue for the first time ever, as China's economic slowdown due to the pandemic and a long-running regulatory crackdown took a toll. The world'...
Mar 22, 2023
Oxbotica, Goggo team up for autonomous middle-mile delivery
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - British self-driving software startup Oxbotica and autonomous delivery company Goggo Network said on Wednesday they are teaming up to test middle-mile deliveries for r...
Mar 22, 2023
Explainer-What are e-fuels, and can they help make cars CO2-free?
By Victoria Waldersee and Kate Abnett BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany has declared last-minute opposition to a landmark European Union law to end sales of CO2-emitting cars in 2035, demanding that...
Mar 22, 2023
Explainer-What is the European Union AI Act?
LONDON (Reuters) - The AI Act is expected to be a landmark piece of EU legislation governing the use of artificial intelligence in Europe that has been in the works for over two years. Lawmakers have ...
Mar 22, 2023
As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid technological advances such as the ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence (AI) app are complicating efforts by European ...
Mar 22, 2023
Exclusive-Virgin Orbit in talks to raise $200 million from Matthew Brown-term sheet
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's cash-strapped Virgin Orbit is near a deal for a $200 million investment from Texas-based venture capital investor Matthew Brown vi...
Mar 22, 2023
