Danish prosecutor indicts Uber over driver violations
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Ride-hailing group Uber Technologies' [UBER.UL] European business has been indicted in Denmark on charges of assisting two drivers in violating taxi laws, the Copenhagen police's...
View ArticleRussian central bank loses $31 million in cyber attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hackers stole more than 2 billion rubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank, the bank said on Friday, the latest example of an escalation of cyber...
View ArticleU.S. regulator clears way for online lenders to have national charter
By Patrick Rucker and Anna IrreraWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online credit companies and paperless lenders would be able to get federal charters to do business nationwide under a plan outlined on Friday by...
View ArticleEU ministers back caps on wholesale mobile phone roaming fees
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ministers on Friday backed lowering the caps for how much mobile telecoms operators can charge each other to keep their customers connected while...
View ArticleFiber upgrade cost traps Britain in cyber slow lane
By Paul SandleLONDON (Reuters) - Britons desperate for faster broadband are unlikely to get it from a plan to separate the country's biggest network from BT unless the industry tackles how to pay up to...
View ArticleU.S. presidential commission issues recommendations on cyber security
By Joseph Menn(Reuters) - The U.S. government and the private sector must cooperate to improve the security of digital networks, a U.S. presidential commission on cyber security recommended in a...
View ArticleExclusive: U.S. networking company Ixia explores sale - sources
By Liana B. Baker(Reuters) - Ixia, a U.S. provider of equipment and applications that help maintain computer networks, is exploring a potential sale, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The...
View ArticleSirius reapproaches Pandora for a takeover: source
By Liana B. Baker and Rishika Sadam(Reuters) - Satellite radio company Sirius XM Holdings Inc's Chairman Greg Maffei recently made a fresh approach to internet radio provider Pandora Media Inc and...
View ArticleMoney transfer firm WorldRemit eyes new markets, growth
By Solarina HoTORONTO (Reuters) - WorldRemit, an online service for overseas money transfers, is looking to expand into new markets and add services like direct payments for bills and school fees, its...
View ArticleAirbnb, New York City settle rental law lawsuit
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc and New York City said on Friday they had resolved a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it argued could expose it to significant penalties...
View ArticleApple shows ambition to get into self-driving car race
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling...
View ArticlePentagon says Raytheon making progress on satellite control station
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Raytheon Co is making progress on a long-delayed program for new ground control stations for next-generation GPS satellites, although it is lagging a remedial schedule...
View ArticlePhilippines urges Bangladesh to share results of heist investigation
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed...
View ArticleEU urges U.S. tech giants to act faster against hate speech
By Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google's YouTube and Microsoft will have to act faster to tackle online hate speech or face laws forcing them to do so,...
View ArticleBMW seeks to be 'coolest' ride-hailing firm with autonomous car
By Edward TaylorMUNICH (Reuters) - BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Uber [UBER.UL], which have spent billions on pay-per-use...
View ArticlePanasonic in talks to buy ZKW to accelerate push into auto electronics: source
By Makiko YamazakiTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp <6752.T> is in talks to buy European automotive light maker ZKW Group, accelerating its push into the automotive electronics market, a...
View ArticleSocial media ads to hit $50 billion by 2019 -Zenith
LONDON (Reuters) - The amount of money spent on advertising on social media is set to catch up with newspaper ad revenues by 2020, a leading forecaster said on Monday.The rapid expansion of social...
View ArticleSharp CEO Tai says to step down once stock returns to TSE first section
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp <6753.T> CEO and President Tai Jeng-wu told reporters on Monday he would step down once the Japanese electronics maker turns profitable again at the net level and its...
View ArticleBangladesh to share findings of heist inquiry with Philippines
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will share findings from its investigation into how unidentified hackers pulled off one of the world’s biggest cyber bank heists to help speed up recovery of the stolen...
View ArticleConsolidated Communications to buy FairPoint in $1.5 billion deal
(Reuters) - Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc said on Monday it would buy broadband service provider FairPoint Communications Inc in an all-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion, including...
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