PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the ride-services company tries to fix its poor reputation for customer privacy....
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and Domino's Pizza Inc in September will begin testing Michigan consumers' reactions to having their pies delivered by self-driving vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday. It will not be the first experiment with advanced pizza delivery technology. Austral...
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - On its first day as part of Amazon.com (AMZN.O), organic grocery chain Whole Foods Market Inc (WFM.O) slashed prices on popular items like avocados and apples on Monday by a third as it bid to shake off its "Whole Paycheck" reputation for high prices. In another sign ...
(Reuters) - Wearable device maker Fitbit Inc (FIT.N) on Monday launched its newest device, the Ionic smartwatch, with features ranging from fitness tracking to contactless payment, as it gears up to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O). Once the market leader in wearables, Fitbit has recen...
(Reuters) - Expedia Inc Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi has been asked to lead Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], according to an internal memo sent to Expedia staff. "Nothing has been yet finalized, but having extensively discussed this with Dara, I believe it is his intention to accept," Expedia C...
A half dozen technology and security companies — some of them competitors — issued the exact same press release today. This unusual level of cross-industry collaboration caps a successful effort to dismantle ‘WireX,’ an extraordinary new crime machine comprising&nbs...
A half dozen technology and security companies — some of them competitors — issued the exact same press release today. This unusual level of cross-industry collaboration caps a successful effort to dismantle ‘WireX,’ an extraordinary new crime machine comprising&nbs...
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, a digital security company, says it has identified a sustained cyber spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. In a threat intelligence report that was sent to clients in July, Symantec said ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects to invest $7 billion over the next three years to expand its NAND memory chip production in China's northwestern city of Xi'an, the South Korean tech giant said on Monday. In a regulatory filing Samsung said it approved $2.3 billion of the expecte...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE.N) wants its industrial software business to cut costs and lift profits next year under new chief executive John Flannery, and is considering expanded partnerships and the possible sale of some equity in the unit, according to people familiar with the bus...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Western Digital Corp's (WDC.O) chief executive is in Tokyo to finalize an agreement to buy Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) memory chip business, ending months of dispute over the auction, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Toshiba is scrambling to sell its flash memo...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee's defense lawyer has filed to appeal against a five-year jail term for bribery handed down by a lower court, the Seoul Central District Court's website said on Monday without giving details. A Samsung spokeswoman did not have any immedia...
More online services than ever now offer two-step authentication — requiring customers to complete a login using their phone or other mobile device after supplying a username and password. But with so many services relying on your mobile for that second factor, there has never been more r...
More online services than ever now offer two-step authentication — requiring customers to complete a login using their phone or other mobile device after supplying a username and password. But with so many services relying on your mobile for that second factor, there has never been more r...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] board of directors said on Sunday it had voted on its pick for a new chief executive officer, but declined to disclose its choice publicly until informing employees. The board met during the weekend to deliberate over the selection of a n...
(Reuters) - Jeff Immelt, chairman of General Electric Co, said on Sunday he was no longer in the running for a leadership position at Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] as the board of the beleaguered ride services company searches for a new chief executive. "I have decided not to pursue a leadership p...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Four tablets from various delivery companies crowd the front counter of Proposition Chicken in San Francisco, each calling out with its own ring when an order arrives. When there is a ping, a cashier finds the right tablet and then retypes the order into the restaurant's ow...
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine transport regulator said on Friday it would lift a one-month suspension on Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] if it paid a penalty of 190 million pesos ($3.7 million), a fine nearly 20 times greater than Uber had offered to pay. The Land Transportation Franchising and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Friday questioned the Federal Trade Commission's quick approval of Amazon.com Inc's purchase of Whole Foods Market Inc this week, less than three months after the $13.7 billion deal was announced. The FTC on Wednesday said it ended its antitrust investigation...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulator said that company ownership reform plans must strictly abide by existing regulations, hinting there will be no repeat of the special treatment given to China Unicom (600050.SS) in its $11.7 billion restructuring. The China Securities Regulatory Commi...
