Florida man pleads guilty to hacking, spamming scheme
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from his role in wide-ranging hacking scheme that generated $1.3 million through the hijacking of customer email...
View ArticleBooz Allen reviewing security after arrest of NSA contractor
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Booz Allen Hamilton said on Thursday it had hired a former FBI chief to conduct an external review of its security practices, after the consulting firm learned for...
View ArticleAmazon delivery contractor settles on New York back wages
By Gina CherelusNew York (Reuters) - An Amazon.com Inc delivery contractor in New York City has agreed to pay $100,000 in back wages to drivers after making deductions for lunch breaks that the workers...
View ArticleAfter third-quarter revenue drop, Baidu warns China ad curbs to hit...
By Catherine Cadell and Paul CarstenBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc warned investors fourth-quarter revenue will slide, hitting shares, as a government crackdown on...
View ArticleFacebook executives feel the heat of content controversies
By Kristina Cooke, Dan Levine and Dustin VolzSAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After Facebook's removal of an iconic Vietnam war photo stirred an international uproar last month, the social...
View ArticleEU data protection watchdogs warn WhatsApp, Yahoo on privacy
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European privacy watchdogs warned WhatsApp on Friday over sharing user information with parent company Facebook, and cautioned Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and...
View ArticleAmazon targets Chinese demand for overseas shopping with Prime launch
BEIJING (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has launched a tailored version of its Prime service in China to tap consumer demand for overseas goods, putting the U.S. online retail firm in closer competition...
View ArticleToyota invests in U.S. car-sharing service
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Friday said it has invested in U.S. car-sharing company Getaround, a move that comes as global automakers seek to shore up their presence in new technology...
View ArticleSwiss rail operator to sell bitcoins at its ticket machines
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's national railways firm SBB is branching out next month with the launch of a new service on its ticket machines to sell bitcoins, the web-based digital...
View ArticleUK tribunal rules Uber drivers deserve workers' rights
By Costas PitasLONDON (Reuters) - Taxi app Uber should treat its drivers as employees and pay them the minimum wage and holiday pay, a British tribunal ruled on Friday, in a verdict that could hit...
View ArticleComma.ai drops self-driving device after warning from U.S. regulators
By Paul Lienert and Heather SomervilleDETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco entrepreneur George Hotz was so confident in his self-driving startup Comma.ai that he had T-shirts made that...
View ArticleSpending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc may be a "buy" for the vast majority of analysts, but it was a "sell" for a lot of investors on Friday.Few of those investors would have been disappointed, though. While...
View ArticleItaly antitrust agency probes WhatsApp messaging service
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Friday it had opened a probe into whether messaging service WhatsApp obliged users to agree to sharing personal data with its parent company Facebook...
View ArticleT.Rowe asks Oracle to raise offer to buy NetSuite
(Reuters) - Oracle Corp should raise its offer to buy NetSuite Inc to $133 per share from the $109-per-share it had proposed in July, NetSuite shareholder T. Rowe Price Group Inc said.T.Rowe said would...
View ArticleSeventy-five percent of internet use in 2017 will be mobile: report
By Malathi NayakNEW YORK (Reuters) - Seventy-five percent of internet use will be mobile in 2017, up slightly from this year, as a growing number of consumers around the world access the web on...
View ArticleCirrus Logic surges as Wall Street plugs in high-tech earbuds
By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Apple supplier Cirrus Logic Inc surged 7.5 percent on Friday after its quarterly results beat expectations and Wall Street bet on the future...
View ArticleGoogle tries new approach with voice on Pixel phone
By Julia Love(Reuters) - About six months ago, people working on hardware and the voice-activated Google Assistant for the Pixel phone started sitting next to each other at the company's Mountain View,...
View ArticleTesla's Musk adds solar roofs to his clean energy vision
By Nichola Groom(Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday unveiled new energy products aimed at illustrating the benefits of combining his electric car and battery maker with...
View ArticleGerman minister ups rhetoric against takeovers ahead of China trip
By Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - China is strategically buying up key technologies in Germany while protecting its own companies against foreign takeovers with "discriminatory requirements",...
View ArticleWarming to lithium-ion, Toyota charges up its battery options
By Naomi Tajitsu and Norihiko ShirouzuTOYOTA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Engineers at Toyota Motor Corp say they have tamed volatile lithium-ion battery technology, and can now safely pack more power at no...
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