Toyota, Suzuki near technology partnership agreement: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp are nearing a partnership agreement to develop technology, including self-driving, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.The two...
View ArticleU.S. telecommunications regulator closes 'sponsored data' probe
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was closing inquiries into sponsored data programs and TV services offered by AT&T Inc, Verizon...
View ArticleLacking voting rights, Snap IPO to test fund governance talk
By Ross Kerber and Liana B. BakerBOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares sold in a $3 billion initial public offering by the parent of Snapchat will lack voting power, testing the commitment of big...
View ArticleInterContinental confirms payment card breach at 12 U.S. hotels
(Reuters) - InterContinental Hotels Group Plc on Friday confirmed a data breach from payment cards used at 12 of its hotels in the United States, a little over a month after it said it was...
View ArticleGoogle sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would sell its satellite imaging business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator founded by former NASA...
View ArticleAt Snap, cost of hosting sets high bar for revenue growth
By Stephen Nellis and Liana B. BakerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snap Inc’s initial public offering filing seemed to show a company with a basic math problem: the company's cost of revenue for 2016 - the...
View ArticleAlibaba Group expands presence in Australia, New Zealand
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group opened its Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne on Saturday, its first expansion in the region as it seeks to tap growing global...
View ArticleWeChat users send 46 billion digital red packets over Lunar New Year: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - Users of WeChat sent around 46 billion electronic red packets - digital versions of traditional envelopes stuffed with cash - via the Chinese mobile social platform over the Lunar...
View ArticleMobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children
BEIJING (Reuters) - A mobile app helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where child trafficking is rampant.The...
View ArticleGoogle, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: U.S. judge
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that...
View ArticleTechnology firms to urge Trump to alter U.S. travel ban: sources
(Reuters) - Several technology companies plan to send a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to follow through on proposed changes to a travel ban on seven mainly...
View ArticleAMD stock could double in a year: Barron's
(Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) shares could double in a year as the chip maker recoups ground lost to Intel Corp and increases its market share in the graphic chips area dominated by...
View ArticleWanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers
By Cecile LefortSYDNEY (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones,...
View ArticleSouth Korea to strengthen battery safety rules after Note 7 fires
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Monday it will strengthen lithium-ion battery safety requirements and conduct regular inspections to avoid repeats of fires which forced Samsung Electronics Co Ltd...
View ArticleSamsung Group to disband its corporate strategy office after probe ends
By Se Young LeeSEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group said it will disband its corporate strategy office after a special prosecution probe ends, setting a timeline on a pledge to wind up a power center that...
View ArticleU.S. tech titans lead legal brief against Trump travel ban
By Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine(Reuters) - More than 100 companies, including most of high-tech's biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban, arguing...
View ArticleSwedish payments firm Klarna buys Germany's BillPay
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish payments firm Klarna, one of Europe's most highly valued tech startups, said on Monday it is buying German online payment company BillPay."Germany is one of the largest...
View ArticleFacebook, Google join drive against fake news in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Giant Internet firms Facebook and Google joined forces with news organizations on Monday to launch new fact-checking tools designed to root out "fake news" stories in France ahead of...
View ArticleSiemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German engineering group Siemens has run a successful test of power generation gas turbine blades produced wholly by metal-based 3D printing by UK-based Materials Solutions, which...
View ArticleGerman court hears Syrian's 'selfie with Merkel' case against Facebook
WUERZBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A German court will on Monday hold its first hearing in the case of a Syrian refugee who is suing Facebook after the social networking site declined to remove all posts...
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