Group linked to NSA spy leaks threatens sale of new tech secrets
By Eric Auchard and Dustin VolzFRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group that took credit for leaking NSA cyber spying tools - including ones used in the WannaCry global ransomware attack - has said it...
View ArticleDigital lender SoFi starts U.S. online wealth management service
By Anna IrreraNEW YORK (Reuters) - Social Finance Inc, the online lender known as SoFi, said on Tuesday it had launched its first digital wealth management platform, as the company continues to branch...
View ArticleDelphi joins self-driving alliance with BMW, Intel
By Paul LienertDETROIT (Reuters) - German automaker BMW AG, U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp and parts maker Delphi Automotive PLC on Tuesday said they would collaborate on development of a highly-automated...
View ArticleBain Capital Ventures to fund 'angel' investors
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm is taking an unusual approach to technology investing by giving millions of dollars to other investors,...
View ArticleEU judges to tackle 'right to be forgotten' again
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The "right to be forgotten" - or stopping certain web search results from appearing under searches for people's names - will be debated at the European Union's top...
View ArticleChina's Lenovo announces restructuring to focus on consumer
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd announced a plan to restructure its China business to cope with the changing personal computer (PC) industry.Lenovo will be reorganized into two divisions, a...
View ArticleUbisoft sees slower sales growth but improved profitability for 2018-2019
(Reuters) - French video games maker Ubisoft cut its full-year 2018-2019 sales guidance but sees room to boost profitability by relying more on older games, the company said on Tuesday.Annual sales for...
View ArticleBGC readies U.S. Treasuries e-trading platform for June launch
By John McCrankNEW YORK (Reuters) - BGC Partners Inc plans to launch a new electronic trading platform for U.S. Treasuries by the end of June, four years after selling a similar business to exchange...
View ArticleTwitter co-founder Biz Stone returns to company
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday he would be returning full time to the microblogging service in an unspecified role."My top focus will be to guide the company culture, that...
View ArticleHashtag facepalm: Emoji Movie star makes inelegant splash at Cannes
By Yiming WooCANNES, France (Reuters) - It's an annual staple at Cannes: a brash American movie stages a publicity stunt ahead of the film festival. But for the star of "The Emoji Movie", things did...
View ArticleNasdaq launches machine intelligence-enhanced data service
By John McCrankNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq Inc on Tuesday launched a service to help fund managers and quantitative traders better use data from social media, central bank announcements, retail...
View ArticleFacebook to reimburse some advertisers after discovering bug
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would refund some advertisers after finding a bug that wrongly attributed video carousel ad clicks as clicks to the advertisers' websites.When users tried to...
View ArticleBlackBerry working with automakers on anti-hack tool: analyst
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd is working with at least two automakers to develop a security service that would remotely scan vehicles for computer viruses and tell drivers to pull over if they...
View ArticleHackers mint crypto-currency with technique in global 'ransomware' attack
By Joseph MennSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global "ransomware" attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers and begun manufacturing...
View ArticleChinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media on Wednesday criticized the United States for hindering efforts to stop global cyber threats in the wake of the WannaCry "ransomware" attack that has infected...
View ArticleTencent outstrips forecasts with strong games, payments growth
By Cate Cadell(Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest gaming and social media firm by revenue, surpassed forecasts to post its highest quarterly profit growth in over two years on Wednesday,...
View ArticleQualcomm sues four Apple contract manufacturers
(Reuters) - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc filed a lawsuit against four Apple Inc contract manufacturers, including Foxconn Technology Group, for not paying royalties, as its legal battle with the iPhone maker...
View ArticleRussian social media site tells Ukrainians how to dodge web block
By Maria Kiselyova and Alessandra PrenticeMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Vkontakte, the Russian version of Facebook, on Wednesday sent its millions of Ukrainian users instructions on how to circumvent a ban...
View ArticleGoogle shifts mobile focus to apps and digital assistant
By Julia Love(Reuters) - Mobile phone apps took center stage at Google’s annual developer conference on Wednesday as the search giant announced new features for its digital assistant and its popular...
View ArticleFacebook faces EU fine over misleading WhatsApp data: source
By Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. social network Facebook is set to be penalized by EU antitrust regulators for allegedly providing misleading data related to its WhatsApp acquisition three...
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