Exclusive: EU aims to fine Google on shopping case before August - sources

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators aim to slap a hefty fine on Alphabet unit Google over its shopping service before the summer break in August, two people familiar with the matter said.

Telecom Italia names Vivendi CEO de Puyfontaine as chairman-source

MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia appointed Vivendi's chief executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine as its chairman on Thursday, a source close to the matter said, as the French media group further tightens its grip on the former national monopoly.

Microsoft's Skype draws inspiration from Snapchat in big redesign

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - You can add Skype to the growing list of services copying features straight from Snapchat.

Tesla to exchange certain notes for about $395 million in shares

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc said it entered into agreements with the holders of some of its notes with principal amount of about $144.8 million to exchange 1.16 million of the company's shares.

Bollore lines up son Yannick to take over at Vivendi

PUTEAUX, France (Reuters) - Vincent Bollore said on Thursday he wanted his son Yannick to eventually take over as chief executive of Vivendi, the French media group where Bollore is chairman and leading shareholder.

Patriotic Russians may have staged cyber attacks on own initiative: Putin

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that patriotic Russian hackers may have staged cyber attacks against countries that had strained relations with Moscow on their own initiative, but said the Russian state had never been involved in such hacking.

OneLogin: Breach Exposed Ability to Decrypt Data

OneLogin, an online service that lets users manage logins to sites and apps from a single platform, says it has suffered a security breach in which customer data was compromised, including the ability to decrypt encrypted data. Headquartered in San Francisco, OneLogin provides single sign-on and ide...

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OneLogin: Breach Exposed Ability to Decrypt Data

OneLogin, an online service that lets users manage logins to sites and apps from a single platform, says it has suffered a security breach in which customer data was compromised, including the ability to decrypt encrypted data. Headquartered in San Francisco, OneLogin provides single sign-on and ide...

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Self-driving car tech firm Mobileye first-quarter profit, revenue jump

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mobileye , a maker of driverless vehicle technologies, reported a jump in quarterly profit that topped estimates, boosted by higher sales of its advanced driver assisted systems.

IAG's Walsh defends BA's response to outage, still looking into cause: BBC

LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of British Airways owner IAG said that an investigation into a power outage at a data center which left 75,000 people stranded over a holiday weekend would take time, and defended the response of BA's management to the fiasco.

Intelsat expects $14 billion OneWeb merger deal to fail

(Reuters) - Satellite operator Intelsat SA said it expected its $14 billion merger with peer OneWeb Ltd, which is backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , to fall through as it failed to get enough of its creditors to back the deal.

China makes concessions to Germany on electric car quotas

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has persuaded China to make concessions on its proposed quotas to encourage the production of electric vehicles, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chancellor Angela Merkel said after talks in Berlin on Thursday.

HSBC partners with AI startup to combat money laundering

NEW YORK(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc has partnered with Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence startup Ayasdi Inc to automate some of its compliance processes in a bid to become more efficient.

Turkey's Turkcell says $4.2 billion suit against South Africa's MTN to go to trial

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish mobile operator Turkcell said on Thursday its $4.2 billion lawsuit against South Africa's MTN over an Iran license would go ahead in a South African court, after years of delays.

Daimler, BAIC agree to make electric cars in China

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation agreed to upgrade the Mercedes-Benz factory in Beijing to make electric cars, the German carmaker said on Thursday.

Western Digital considering new memory plant in western Japan: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Western Digital is considering fresh investment to build another flash memory chip plant in western Japan in an effort to show its commitment to the country, a source familiar with the matter said.

Chinese bitcoin exchanges allow withdrawals after more than three-month freeze

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina has started "testing" withdrawals of the cryptocurrency after a three-month freeze that followed increased regulatory scrutiny, the exchange said on Thursday.

Dutch group sets up hyperloop test center

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch team that won this year's edition of the competition held by entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop superfast hyperloop transport technology is setting up a full-scale testing center for the technology.

T-Mobile's expanded network has rivals - and suitors - taking notice

NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc has built a reputation as a scrappy underdog by offering cell service with no contracts and cheap prices.

Credit Card Breach at Kmart Stores. Again.

For the second time in less than three years, Kmart Stores is battling a malware-based security breach of its store credit card processing systems.  Last week I began hearing from smaller banks and credit unions who said they strongly suspected another card breach at Kmart. Some of th...

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