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‘Chaos Monkeys’ author calls Apple’s statement on his departure defamatory
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - An Apple Inc engineer who left the company this week after thousands of coworkers signed a petition calling for him to be sacked said on Twitter he was fired "in a snap d...
May 14, 2021
U.S. payments startup Marqeta reveals revenue doubling in IPO filing
(Reuters) -Payment card issuer Marqeta Inc revealed that its revenue doubled in 2020 in its initial public offering (IPO) filing with U.S. securities regulators made public on Friday. A pandemic-induc...
May 14, 2021
Ransomware gangs disrupted by response to Colonial Pipeline hack
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Multiple ransomware groups claimed they were shutting down or scaling back operations on Friday as the U.S. government ramped up pressure while tech companies,...
May 14, 2021
Musk’s bitcoin turnaround pleases some Tesla investors
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk's decision to stop accepting bitcoin as payment over environmental concerns has been well-received by some of Tesla Inc's investors,...
May 14, 2021
Exclusive: Personal finance startup NerdWallet files for U.S. IPO – sources
By Anirban Sen and David French (Reuters) - NerdWallet Inc, the owner of the eponymous consumer financial advice website, has confidentially submitted paperwork to U.S. regulators for an initial publi...
May 14, 2021
Facebook to defend itself against ‘damaging’ Irish data privacy probe
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook said on Friday it would defend its compliance with European Union privacy laws after the Irish High Court threw out its objections to an investigation opened by the Irish D...
May 14, 2021
Largest decentralized finance venture cap firm raises $100 million for 2nd fund
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.-based Framework Ventures, the largest venture capital fund investing in blockchain-based decentralized finance, said on Friday it raised $100 mill...
May 14, 2021
Court allows Irish regulator to proceed with inquiry into Facebook data flows
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a Facebook bid to block an inquiry by the Irish data regulator that could halt Facebook's data flows from the European Union to the United St...
May 14, 2021
Chip shortage to hit about 100,000 Mazda vehicles in 2021
(Reuters) - Mazda Motor Corp said on Friday it expects a semiconductor crunch to affect around 100,000 of the Japanese automaker's vehicles globally during the fiscal year. However, Mazda will fully l...
May 14, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. senators expected to announce $52 billion chips funding deal – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is expected to unveil a $52 billion proposal on Friday that would significantly boost U.S. semiconductor chip production and research over fi...
May 14, 2021
