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Bitcoin last down 7.4% at $18,915
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 7.46% to $18,915.29 at 15:59 GMT on Saturday, losing $1,525.41 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 60.8% from the y...
Jun 18, 2022
Bitcoin drops 6.5% to below $20,000
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 6.53% to $19,106.37 at 0734 GMT on Saturday, losing $1,334.33 from its previous close. Earlier in the day, it sank as far as $19,047.61, its lowest point since December 202...
Jun 18, 2022
Internet Explorer gravestone goes viral in South Korea
By Minwoo Park and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter...
Jun 17, 2022
U.S. senators press TikTok on whether it allows Russian ‘pro-war propaganda’
By David Shepardson and Echo Wang WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican senators on Friday asked TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew about reports the social media site had allowed Russian state-...
Jun 17, 2022
Treasury’s Adeyemo sees elevated cyber threats in wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo warned bankers about elevated cyber threats in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and underscored the department's commitment...
Jun 17, 2022
Canada’s Competition Bureau continues to block Rogers-Shaw deal, says proposed remedy not enough
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's anti-trust regulator said on Friday that the merger of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications should not go ahead on grounds that the deal poses threats to competiti...
Jun 17, 2022
Facebook-owner Meta launching high-fashion clothing store for avatars
(Reuters) - Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is launching a digital clothing store where users can purchase designer outfits for their avatars, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. Initial fas...
Jun 17, 2022
Macron aims for surge in number of French tech unicorns by 2030
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, who sees growth in the country's tech sector as crucial to his plans to boost the overall economy, said on Friday he was hoping f...
Jun 17, 2022
Regulator calls for Big Tech privacy cases to be handled by EU watchdog
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Cross-border Big Tech privacy cases should be handled by the EU watchdog rather than national agencies, the head of the bloc's data protection watchdog said on Fri...
Jun 17, 2022
Verizon, AT&T agree to some C-Band aviation protections until mid-2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that Verizon Communications and AT&T have agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until mid-July as air carriers work to retrofit ai...
Jun 17, 2022
