Jan 05, 2023
Factbox-Why are tech firms leading job cuts in Corporate America?

(Reuters) - Big Tech firms are leading a string of layoffs across corporate America as companies look to rein in costs to ride out the economic downturn. Persisting inflation leading to interest rate hikes, weak consumer demand and an economic…

Jan 04, 2023
Microsoft to invest in autonomous trucking startup Gatik -sources

By Krystal Hu and Joseph White (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is in advanced talks to invest in Gatik, a California-based autonomous driving startup, as part of its cloud partnership with the company, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters.…

Dec 28, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried to enter plea in FTX fraud case

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to enter a plea next week to criminal charges he defrauded investors and looted billions of dollars in customer funds at his failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The 30-year-old is…

Dec 22, 2022
BMW to make Solid Power’s battery cells under expanded agreement

(Reuters) - Solid Power Inc said on Wednesday it will offer some intellectual property rights related to its solid-state batteries to BMW and allow production of the battery cells at the automaker's facilities in Germany. Colorado-based Solid Power will license…

Dec 20, 2022
SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed to conduct an unprecedented global survey of Earth's surface waters, a mission expected to shed new light on the mechanics…

Dec 20, 2022
Tesla falls on growing angst over Musk’s focus on Twitter

(Reuters) - Shares of Tesla Inc fell nearly 6% on Tuesday after a string of brokerages cut their price targets on the electric-vehicle maker's stock, citing the risk from Elon Musk's Twitter distraction. Tesla's shares hit a more than two-year…

Dec 19, 2022
Musk’s poll results: Elon should step down as Twitter CEO

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over in what…

Dec 16, 2022
Stop blaming The Bahamas for FTX collapse, foreign minister says

By Jasper Ward and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) - The Bahamas should not be blamed for the collapse of bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, following repeated accusations by FTX management of alleged misconduct by the…