Tag: Approval

21 MAR

Facebook launches ‘joinable links’ and ‘admin approval’ tool for Messenger group chats

Despite the growing controversy around the Cambridge Analytica data privacy allegations, Facebook is pushing those concerns to one side today with the launch of two new features for its Messenger app. The first of the tools is aimed at group admins, allowing them to essentially “vet” new members of group chats before they can join […]

04 MAR

Autism breakthrough: Trial drug given ‘accelerated status’ paves way for faster approval

A POTENTIALLY “game changing” drug that tackles the root causes of autism could be available in the UK within five years, experts say. Initial trial results for Balovaptan has so impressed US regulators, it has been given “accelerated status”, paving the way for faster approval.

06 FEB

Discovery, Scripps merger gets approval from European Commission

Discovery Communications Inc. announced today that the European Commission has approved its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. The merger was announced last July and both companies’ shareholders voted to approve the $ 14.6 billion deal in November. Discovery, which owns TLC, Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel will gain Scripps holdings such as HGTV, Food […]

24 JAN

Trump to talk ‘America First’ at Davos, as his Fed nominee wins Senate approval

The Senate has approved Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, as President Trump heads to an economic conference in Davos, Switzerland, where he will ask countries to invest “in the good ol’ USA.” On Tuesday, the US Senate voted 85-12 to confirm 64-year-old Jerome Powell to assume the post of […]

28 DEC

Apple patent filings and Energous FCC approval suggest non-contact wireless charging is almost ready

Two days ago, Energous announced that its “wireless 2.0” non-contact charger had been approved by the FCC. Today, two new Apple wireless power patent applications were published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Coincidence? Perhaps. But it looks like we might finally get truly wireless charging devices in 2018. VentureBeat exclusively reported last year that […]

01 DEC

Bitcoin is gaining ground after futures trading gets approval from US regulators

Markets Insider This price of bitcoin is rising after the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved bitcoin futures trading on three US exchanges. “Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is a commodity unlike any the commission has dealt with in the past,” said CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo in a statement. CME, Cboe and Nasdaq have all announced […]

30 NOV

Migraine MIRACLE jab could HALVE number of debilitating attacks: set for 2018 NHS approval

Breakthrough studies showed once a month injections of a new wonder drug halved the number of debilitating attacks which leave millions bed bound and in agony. Erenumab, administered the same way diabetics receive insulin, is the first treatment to prevent the onset of a condition that blights the lives of 8.5million Britons. The drug is […]

18 NOV

US ready to ‘fight for justice’ in Syria without UN approval – Haley

The US does not consider itself constrained by the United Nations Security Council and might seek “justice” in Syria on its own terms, the US representative to the UN, Nikki Haley, has said. The US took similar action in Libya in 2011. READ MORE: Russia vetoes ‘unbalanced’ US resolution on Syrian chemical weapons, but its draft […]

02 NOV

AT&T struggles to get Trump administration approval for Time Warner merger

Enlarge / AT&T will own a bunch of new media properties if it is allowed to buy Time Warner. (credit: Aurich Lawson) AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner Inc. is reportedly hitting a speed bump as the Trump administration’s Department of Justice considers filing a lawsuit to block the merger. This wouldn’t be a death knell […]