Demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC.Win McNameeLast June, social media feeds became flooded with corporate statements about how companies would promote racial equity within and beyond their workforce. The commitments came after the police murder of George Floyd sparked protests...Read More
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, delivers a speech to Congress at the Legislative Assembly building in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Photographer: Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMIAMI -- El Salvador announced legislation Saturday that will make it the world's first sovereign nation to adopt bitcoin as...Read More
Cruise Origin driverless shuttleCruiseCruise, the autonomous vehicle company that's majority owned by General Motors, may soon be giving rides in driverless test vehicles to passengers in California.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said on Friday that Cruise is authorized to give passengers rides in prototype robotaxis.In a public statement, the CPUC said Cruise is the...Read More
In this articleFBFacebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Erin Scott | ReutersFacebook on Friday announced a major reversal to its content moderation policies, saying politicians' posts will no longer be exempt from the company's rules that prevent users from engaging in harmful speech.The company also said Friday that former President Donald Trump will remain suspended from...Read More
In this articleSQSPTWTRSQTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018.Anushree Fadnavis | ReutersSquare CEO Jack Dorsey said Friday the company is looking into building a hardware bitcoin wallet that would give consumers greater control over the cryptocurrency they own.Shares...Read More
US President Donald Trump speaks to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. - Trump visited Kenosha, the city at the center of a raging US debate over racism, despite pleas to stay away and claims he is dangerously fanning...Read More
Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEODavid Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle is moving parts of its popular YouTube video service from the advertising company's internal data center infrastructure to the company's cloud service, the head of Google's cloud said.The effort indicates Google is looking inward as it seeks to expand its share of the growing...Read More
A pedestrian passes a banner displaying Palantir Technologies signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Sept. 30, 2020.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLast year at this time, Palantir was gearing up for its long-awaited stock market debut. Now, the data analytics software developer has...Read More
A Getir scooter in London.GetirLONDON — Turkish grocery delivery start-up Getir has raised $550 million in a new investment round, valuing the company at a whopping $7.5 billion.The Istanbul-based firm raised the fresh cash from the likes of Silver Lake, Mubadala, Sequoia and Tiger Global. Getir has now raised almost $1 billion over three separate...Read More
In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is seen on a smartphone screen with the EU flag in the background.Chukrut Budrul | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty ImagesLONDON — Regulators in the U.K. and the EU launched formal competition investigations into Facebook at the same time on Friday.The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority said...Read More
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