Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it cut the threshold for free shipping to $25 from $35, upping the ante against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in a hotly contested battle for ecommerce supremacy.Amazon...
View ArticleBitcoin surges to all-time high above $1,700
By Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital currency bitcoin hit a record high on Tuesday as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups...
View ArticleNvidia's data center business powers revenue beat
By Narottam Medhora(Reuters) - Nvidia Corp reported a better-than-expected 48.4 percent jump in quarterly revenue, helped by strong demand for its chips that are used by major cloud computing providers...
View ArticleApple tops $800 billion market cap for first time
By Chuck MikolajczakNEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc became the first U.S. company to top the $800 billion mark in market capitalization on Tuesday, slightly more than two years after it crossed the $700...
View ArticleU.S. regulator's 'throttling' lawsuit against AT&T to be reheard: court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government claims that AT&T Mobility illegally slowed down or "throttled" data sent to wireless devices will be reheard, a U.S. appeals court in California said on...
View ArticleAmazon trounces rivals in battle of the shopping 'bots'
By Jeffrey DastinSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Earlier this year, engineers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc who track rivals' prices online got a rude surprise: the technology they were using to check Amazon.com...
View ArticleApple buys Finnish sleep tracking app maker Beddit
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Apple has acquired a sleep tracking app and hardware maker Beddit, the company said on Wednesday.Beddit manufactures a monitoring device which tracks heart rate, breathing and...
View ArticleEU to launch more e-commerce antitrust investigations
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to launch more antitrust investigations into e-commerce companies after a two-year inquiry uncovered business practices that restrict...
View ArticleEU to tackle complaints over tech companies' trading practices
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive is planning a possible law to deal with complaints about unfair trading practices by leading online players such as Apple and Google...
View ArticleFalling costs, new revenues fuel Britain's big battery boom
By Susanna TwidaleLONDON (Reuters) - Britain is emerging as a hotbed for utility-scale battery development, with two of Europe's three biggest projects under way there and several companies joining a...
View ArticleLemonade sweetens U.S. insurance rollout plans with California license
By Suzanne Barlyn(Reuters) - Lemonade Inc, a tech-driven insurance startup that promises renters and homeowners insurance in as little as 90 seconds and payment of claims in 3 minutes, has won approval...
View ArticleSnap's first earnings to shed light on battle with Facebook, Twitter
By Angela Moon and Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK (Reuters) - Snap Inc has many similarities with archrivals Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc , but shareholders are eager to avoid one in particular when the...
View ArticleMicrosoft adds tools to flag bad content in Amazon, Google face-off
By Jeffrey Dastin(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Wednesday turned up the heat on other technology giants by launching new image and video recognition products which could help it court businesses worried...
View ArticleFacebook to play down links to websites with deceptive ads
By David IngramSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called clickbait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full...
View ArticleBNY Mellon advances artificial intelligence tech across operations
By Anna IrreraNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bank of New York Mellon Corp has developed and deployed automated computer programs, or more than 220 "bots", across its businesses over the past 15 months...
View ArticleLVMH boosts digital profile with multiple brands website
By Pascale DenisPARIS (Reuters) - LVMH is launching a multi-brand e-commerce website inspired by its exclusive Parisian department store Le Bon Marche, as the world's biggest luxury goods group steps...
View ArticleTesla starts taking orders for solar roofs
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc will start taking orders for its solar roof tiles this afternoon, founder Elon Musk said on Twitter early on Wednesday.The roofs, which will eliminate the need for traditional...
View ArticlePortland, Oregon, authorizes subpoena over Uber software tool
By Terray SylvesterPORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday directed its attorneys to issue a subpoena intended to force Uber Technologies Inc to disclose software that...
View ArticleCyber attack pushes French news sites offline
PARIS (Reuters) - Several French news companies, including Le Monde and Le Figaro, said their websites went temporarily offline on Wednesday because a company that helps speed delivery of their content...
View ArticleNew York to allow self-driving vehicle testing: governor
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that the state will allow testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads, potentially leaving perplexed New Yorkers...
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