Exclusive Twitter Sees Jump In Govt Demands To Remove Content Of Reporters, News Outlets
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets,…
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Apple, Goldman Plan ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service To Rival Affirm
Apple Inc. is working on a new service that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in installments over…
As Crackdown Looms, South Korea’s Defiant Crypto Fans Dig In Joori Roh
Yun Hae-ri, a 26-year-old South Korean cryptocurrency investor, has seen the value of a coin named Metadium nearly wiped out…
Some Twitter Staff Return To Offices In New York, San Francisco
After more than 16 months of working from home, some Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) employees in San Francisco and New York returned to…
Musk Tells SolarCity Trial That Tesla Would ‘Die’ If He Wasn’t CEO
Elon Musk insisted in court that Tesla Inc’s(TSLA.O)board controls the company but also said the electric vehicle maker would “die”…
Nasdaq, S&P 500 Scale New Peaks As Focus Turns To Earnings, Economic Data
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday, with the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 hitting record highs, as investors awaited…
U.S. Asks Court To Dismiss Government Appeal Of TikTok Ruling
The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to dismiss the Justice Department’s legal challenge to court rulings…
Walmart’s Flipkart Raises Fresh Funds For $38 Billion Valuation As IPO Looms
Walmart Inc-owned Flipkart on Monday ushered back SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) as an investor in a $3.6 billion funding round, doubling the…
Factbox: Richard Branson: Daredevil Billionaire Entrepreneur Set To Fly To Space
Flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to fly to space on a Sunday test flight by his Virgin Galactic…
Billionaire Branson Soars To Space Aboard Virgin Galactic Flight
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic…
Instacart Taps Facebook App Head Simo As CEO
Instacart named Facebook Inc (FB.O) app head Fidji Simo as its chief executive officer on Thursday, adding big tech expertise ahead of…
French Anti-Trust Decision On Google’s Copyright Talks With Publishers Due In Coming Days
France’s anti-trust watchdog will make a decision in the coming days over the way Google (GOOGL.O) held copyright talks with some French…
Fintech Circle To Merge With Bob Diamond-Backed SPAC In $4.5 Bln Deal
Circle, which provides payments infrastructure for digital currencies, said on Thursday it would go public in a blank-check merger deal…
Facebook ‘Lost’ Important Rule On Dangerous Individuals For Three Years – Oversight Board
Facebook “misplaced” guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organizations for three years, the company’s…
Teamviewer Sees Weaker Q2 Billings Growth, Retains Guidance
Remote connectivity software specialist Teamviewer (TMV.DE) on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected billings growth in the second quarter but stood by its full-year outlook…
S.Korea’s Samsung SDI Considers Building Battery Cell Plant In U.S.
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co (006400.KS) may build a battery cell plant in the United States to support the auto industry’s shift…
Robinhood IPO Faces Threat Of Retail Snub On Reddit
Online brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc, which helped enable the “meme stock” frenzy earlier this year and later attracted flak for…
Factbox: Bezos, Branson And Musk: Who Is Winning The Space Tourism Race?
Three billionaire entrepreneurs – Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson – are each vying to usher in a new…
TikTok Lets Users Apply For Jobs With Video Resumes
Short-video sharing app TikTok on Wednesday launched a pilot program that lets users upload video resumes for U.S.-based jobs ranging…
Dozens Of U.S. States Sue Google Alleging Antitrust Violations
Dozens of U.S. state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday, according to…
A Top European Drone Maker Fears It May Get Blacklisted By China Amid Geopolitical Tensions
The boss of French drone maker Parrot believes that China could blacklist his company in the same way that the…
Windows 11 Will Look Different From What You’re Used To — Here Are Some Of The Biggest Changes
With Windows 11, Microsoft is introducing modern touches to the experience of using a PC. Most noticeably, a new design is meant…
Apple Warns Of The Perils Of Installing Rogue Apps Ahead Of Antitrust Debate In Congress
Apple argued Wednesday that allowing iPhone users to install software from outside its App Store — a practice called sideloading —…
Nigerian President Tells MTN To Slash Data Tariffs, Improve Quality Of Service
Ghana’s biggest cocoa harvest in a decade is spurring record domestic borrowing by the industry regulator of the world’s no.…
Proposed Introduction Of Digital Currency Excites Nigerians
The undoubted groundswell of support for the introduction of digital currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after many…
Coinbase-backed Crypto Trading Firm Hits $1 Billion Valuation After Fresh Funding
Amber Group, a cryptocurrency financial services firm, has raised $100 million as investors rush to back companies in the industry.…
Ex-Facebook VR Exec Says He’ll Turn U.S. Troops Into ‘Invincible Technomancers,’ Just Raised $450 Million
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey announced Thursday that his start-up has raised an additional $450 million in funding, which will be used…
FG Seeks Law To Regulate Social, Online Media
The federal government has asked the house of representatives to enact a law to regulate social and online media in…
Telcos Kick As Govt Mulls Excise Tax On Airtime
The federal government has unveiled a fresh plan to introduce excise duty on telecoms’ airtime charges. A report yesterday by…
Deployment Of Green Technology Will Guarantee Zero Gas Flares’
The deployment of green technology in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry would ensure that no gas is lost through flaring…