Ericsson, Cisco to target corporate, public sector clients in 2017
By Olof SwahnbergSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Global telecoms equipment gear maker Ericsson plans to expand its partnership with Cisco Systems Inc by serving new corporate clients and the public sector in...
View ArticleExclusive: FBI probes FDIC hack linked to China's military - sources
By Dustin Volz and Jason LangeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating how hackers infiltrated computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for several years beginning in 2010 in a...
View ArticleSnapchat buying Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine: report
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Messaging app Snapchat is buying Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine Media for an estimated $30-$40 million, marking Snapchat's first acquisition in Israel, the Calcalist...
View ArticleIsrael telecom regulator signals likely to allow Bezeq to merge units
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Sunday it had received notice that Israel's telecoms regulator would likely allow Bezeq to merge its various business units.Bezeq, Israel's dominant...
View ArticlePower surge: Chinese electric car battery maker charges for global market
By Jake SpringNINGDE, China (Reuters) - A dusty village on the outskirts of Ningde, a third-tier city in China's southeast, seems an unlikely place for the headquarters of a potential global leader in...
View ArticleSony Music's Twitter hacked, fake Britney Spears death tweets sent
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Music Entertainment's Twitter account was hacked on Monday, publishing fake statements that pop music icon Britney Spears had died.Sony Music, a unit of Sony Corp....
View ArticleJ. Crew's shopping website down for several hours
(Reuters) - Apparel retailer J. Crew Group Inc's shopping website was down for several hours on Monday."We're experiencing issues with jcrew.com, but we'll be back up and running shortly. Sorry for any...
View ArticleChina renews calls for tighter cyberspace security: CAC
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top cybersecurity body reaffirmed its commitment to heightened cybersecurity surveillance on Tuesday, calling for increased scrutiny of local and foreign technology used in...
View ArticlePanasonic to invest over $256 million in Tesla's U.S. plant for solar cells
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp <6752.T> will invest more than 30 billion yen ($256 million) in a New York production facility of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and...
View ArticleChinese investors buy stake in mapping firm HERE
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Two Chinese companies and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to buy a 10 percent stake in a digital mapping company controlled by Germany's leading carmakers to...
View ArticleAmazon calls 2016 holiday season its best ever; shares rise
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it shipped more than 1 billion items worldwide this holiday season, which the top online retailer called its best ever, and its shares rose 1.6 percent in afternoon...
View ArticleFlight booking systems lack basic privacy safeguards, researchers say
By Eric AuchardHAMBURG (Reuters) - Major travel booking systems lack a proper way to authenticate air travelers, making it easy to hack the short code used on many boarding passes to alter flight...
View ArticleSouth Korea regulator fines Qualcomm $854 million for violating competition laws
By Se Young LeeSEJONG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's antitrust regulator fined Qualcomm Inc 1.03 trillion won ($854 million) for what it called unfair business practices in patent licensing and...
View ArticleXiaomi-backed online bank to launch services soon - bank investor
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese online bank backed by smartphones and home appliances maker Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL] is set to launch services soon, after being officially established and rebranded recently,...
View ArticleWritedown fears wipe $5 billion off Toshiba's value as it weighs options
By Makiko YamazakiTOKYO (Reuters) - A looming writedown at Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp <6502.T> has wiped almost $5 billion off its value in two days and prompted a credit rating downgrade...
View ArticleResearcher found security holes at smartphone-only bank N26
By Eric AuchardHAMBURG (Reuters) - German fintech company N26, which made its name mocking traditional banks, has found itself on the receiving end of criticism after a security researcher proved its...
View ArticleNew York eases proposed cyber regulations after industry complaints
By Jim Finkle(Reuters) - New York state's financial regulator on Wednesday issued a revised proposal for the nation's first cyber security rules for banks and insurers, loosening some security...
View ArticleInterContinental investigates possible payment card breach
(Reuters) - InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said on Wednesday it is investigating claims of a possible payment card breach at some of its hotels in the United States.The hotel chain had hired a...
View ArticleNew York Times surpasses 100 million views on Facebook Live
By Tim BaysingerNEW YORK (Reuters) - Presidential politics and celebrity interviews helped The New York Times Co surpass 100 million views for its Facebook Live videos, the company said on...
View ArticleU.S. set to announce response to Russian election hacking: sources
By Dustin Volz and Joel SchectmanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to announceĀ on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political...
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