The Curve card and the app are displayed on a smartphone. Curve Thousands of British consumers have been unable to access their cash as some financial technology applications that rely on the Wirecard scandal payment processor were forced to freeze their accounts. On Friday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ordered …
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People wear protective face masks outside of Starbucks in downtown as the city moves to Phase 2 reopening after restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on June 23, 2020 in New York City . Noam Galai | fake pictures Starbucks is the latest company to say it will stop …
Read More »One of SpaceX’s most ambitious projects remains on the ground, for now
A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites floats in orbit above Earth. Source: SpaceX To finance its Martian ambitions, SpaceX intends to transform Earth, covering the planet with ubiquitous Internet coverage transmitted from a tight mesh of thousands of satellites. CEO Elon Musk hopes that this “Starlink” service will eventually …
Read More »Amazon spends $ 1 billion on Zoox, will have to invest billions more
Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Mandel Ngan | AFP | fake pictures Amazon is spending more than $ 1 billion on driverless car company Zoox, one of its most expensive acquisitions. But CEO Jeff Bezos will have to invest many multiples to bring nascent technology to market. The …
Read More »Google will pay some news publishers to license content
The Google logo is seen on January 8, 2020 at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. ROBYN BECK / AFP Google will now pay news publishers directly to license their content, in a change of course for the Internet giant. The company said Thursday it would …
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