Tag Archives: technology
Italy outlaws facial recognition tech, except to fight crime
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy prohibited the use of facial recognition and 'smart glasses' on Monday as its Data Protection Agency issued a rebuke to two municipalities experimenting with the technologies. ...
Nov 14, 2022
Crypto lender BlockFi says it has significant exposure to FTX
(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi said on Monday it has significant exposure to Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX, and associated entities, that last week filed for bankruptcy. FTX founde...
Nov 14, 2022
‘Fortnite’ creator to fight Apple antitrust ruling at appeal hearing
By Paresh Dave and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Epic Games on Monday will try to overturn portions of a court ruling in an antitrust trial last year that largely favored Apple Inc. The "Fortnite" creato...
Nov 14, 2022
Factbox-From Binance to Voyager, crypto firms’ exposure to FTX is coming to light
LONDON (Reuters) - After major crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday, the crypto industry is bracing for further fallout. Some of FTX's investors have said they are writin...
Nov 14, 2022
YMTC could be added to U.S. trade blacklist next month: U.S. official
By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese memory chip maker YMTC and dozens of other Chinese entities are "at risk" of being added to a trade blacklist as soon as Dec. 6, a U.S. Commerce Depart...
Nov 14, 2022
Fed’s Brainard: Crypto finance needs to be regulated
(Reuters) - Recent losses in the cryptocurrency market show the need for cryptocurrencies to be regulated the same way traditional finance is, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard said on Monday. "It's really...
Nov 14, 2022
Google to pay about $400 million to settle location-tracking lawsuit-sources
By Diane Bartz, David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search ...
Nov 14, 2022
Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people starting this week – NYT
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to lay off about 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting as soon as this week, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of t...
Nov 14, 2022
CD Projekt to release Witcher 3 for next-gen consoles on Dec. 14
GDANSK (Reuters) - Video games maker CD Projekt announced in a Twitter post on Monday that it will release the next-generation update to its flagship game Witcher 3 on Dec. 14. (Reporting by Adrianna ...
Nov 14, 2022
Infineon plans 5-billion-euro Dresden site, raises targets
BERLIN (Reuters) -Infineon is planning a new 5-billion-euro factory in the eastern German city of Dresden to expand its 300-millimetre production capacities, the German chipmaker said on Monday, while...
Nov 14, 2022
