Disney, DirecTV reach deal, restoring programming for 11 million satellite TV viewers
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Walt Disney and DirecTV announced they have reached an agreement in principle on Saturday, restoring college football and other programming to the satellite TV provider’s…
Visa aims for 10-fold rise in Pakistani use of digital payments
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) – Visa plans to increase the number of businesses accepting digital payments in Pakistan tenfold over the next three years, the payments giant’s general manager…
Tech giants urge Malaysia to pause plan for social media platform licenses
By Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar; KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -An Asian industry group that includes Google, Meta and X urged Malaysia in an open letter to pause a plan that…
Dell reduces workforce as part of broader cost cuts
By Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) – Dell Technologies reduced its workforce as part of a broader initiative to cut costs that included limiting external hiring and employee reorganizations, it said in…
Analysis-Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech
By Foo Yun Chee and Supantha Mukherjee BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down…
Alibaba Cloud announces steep price cut in race for AI customers
By Josh Ye HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba Cloud on Thursday said it will slash prices of some of its products by as much as 55%, its most severe…
Disney, Fox, Warner Bros Discovery to create joint sports streaming platform
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Fox Corp, Walt Disney’s ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday they will launch a sports streaming service later this autumn to capture younger…
Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps’ push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of…
Fortinet, rivals fall on concerns around cybersecurity spending
By Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Fortinet sank nearly 18% and sparked a selloff in cybersecurity stocks with a dismal forecast that compounded fears of slowing client spending in an uncertain…
Major cyber attack could cost the world $3.5 trillion -Lloyd’s of London
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – A major cyber attack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of $3.5 trillion, with much of it not covered…