SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday acknowledged that its security software had taken source code for a secret American hacking tool from a personal computer in the United States. A general view shows the headquarters of the anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, Russ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Singapore’s de facto central banks unveiled plans on Wednesday to link trade finance platforms they are developing with blockchain technology, to reduce potential fraud and errors in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international trade. FILE PHOTO: A sec...
(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are laying the groundwork for special committees of their board of directors to decide on a merger between the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers, according to people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: Smartphones with the logos of T-Mobile...
A Web site set up by PC maker Dell Inc. to help customers recover from malicious software and other computer maladies may have been hijacked for a few weeks this summer by people who specialize in deploying said malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. There is a program installed on virtually all...
A Web site set up by PC maker Dell Inc. to help customers recover from malicious software and other computer maladies may have been hijacked for a few weeks this summer by people who specialize in deploying said malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. There is a program installed on virtually all...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp’s solid-state battery technology under development could be a “game changer” for pure electric vehicles, but that does not mean the automaker is moving away from hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles, a company executive said. Toyota Motor Corp. Ex...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd said third-quarter operating profit surged 81 percent from a year earlier on the back of a recovery in panel prices. A man walks out of the headquarters of LG Display in Seoul, October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo Operating profit f...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The creators of an embattled cybercurrency technology project called Tezos expressed regret on Tuesday about their ongoing dispute with the head of a Swiss foundation that controls the $232 million they raised in one of the largest “initial coin offerings” ever. Pho...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc launched a cash payment service in Mexico on Tuesday, aiming to expand its customer base in a country where shoppers are wary of credit card fraud and often earn their living in paper currency. Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough...
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - In the high-stakes, high-cost battle among global automakers to develop ever more efficient vehicles, one of the biggest breakthroughs in internal combustion engine technology in years looks to be coming from one of the industry’s smaller players. Mazda Motor Presi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc’s quarterly results missed Wall Street estimates as the U.S. No. 2 wireless carrier lost video subscribers to traditional and online TV competitors and fewer of its existing customers upgraded their devices ahead of Apple Inc’s launch of the iPhone X. FI...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements, following a threat of regulation from the United States over the lack of disclosure for political spending on social media networks. FILE PHOTO - People holding mobile phones are si...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The creators of an embattled technology project called Tezos, which raised $232 million in one of the largest “initial coin offerings” ever, are scheduled to make their first public appearance on Tuesday since a dispute between them and the head of a Swiss foundatio...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bloq, a U.S. blockchain technology company, said on Tuesday it will launch the sale of its own crypto-currency called Metronome (MTN), which will have a predictable and autonomously managed token supply. Blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that has underpinned bitcoin...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook was dealt a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to the top European Union court said any data protection authority in the bloc had the power to take action against it for breaching privacy laws. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s markets watchdog said it has opened an investigation into the hacking of U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax, which affected nearly 700,000 UK citizens. FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Sep...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Canon Inc hiked its annual profit forecast for the third time on Tuesday on the back of expanding demand for “business-to-business” products from surveillance cameras to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen production equipment. FILE PHOTO - People a...
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed data request rules on alerting internet users about agencies accessing their information. FILE PHOTO - A sign marks the Microsoft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market met a new foe this summer during talks to lease a top retail space in a San Francisco mall: the Target next door. The Stonestown Galleria, where Target raised concern that rival Amazon might open a store where Macy's currently stands, is seen in San Franc...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of Airbnb Inc’s China business has resigned four months after taking the role, the company confirmed on Tuesday, the latest leadership change for the unit which operates in an country where residency and movement are regulated. A woman talks on the phone at the Air...
