Mobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children

BEIJING (Reuters) - A mobile app helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where child trafficking is rampant.

WeChat users send 46 billion digital red packets over Lunar New Year: Xinhua

A WeChat logo is displayed on a mobile phone as a woman walks past as she talks on her mobile phone at a taxi rank in this picture illustration taken July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Illustration

Alibaba Group expands presence in Australia, New Zealand

A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo

At Snap, cost of hosting sets high bar for revenue growth

FILE PHOTO - The Snapchat logo is seen on the door of their headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles, California October 13, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs

FILE PHOTO The Google logo is seen on a door at the company's office in Tel Aviv January 26, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

How Google Took on Mirai, KrebsOnSecurity

The third week of September 2016 was a dark and stormy one for KrebsOnSecurity. Wave after wave of huge denial-of-service attacks flooded this site, forcing me to pull the plug on it until I could secure protection from further assault. The site resurfaced three days later under the aegis ...

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How Google Took on Mirai, KrebsOnSecurity

The third week of September 2016 was a dark and stormy one for KrebsOnSecurity. Wave after wave of huge denial-of-service attacks flooded this site, forcing me to pull the plug on it until I could secure protection from further assault. The site resurfaced three days later under the aegis ...

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Lacking voting rights, Snap IPO to test fund governance talk

FILE PHOTO - A portrait of the Snapchat logo in Ventura, California December 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo

FCC closes 'sponsored data' inquiries

People walk past the AT&T store in New York's Times Square, June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Toyota, Suzuki near technology partnership agreement: Nikkei

FILE PHOTO - Toyota Motor Corp's logo is pictured on a car in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Amazon shares dip as cloud revenue misses Street; analysts still upbeat

Amazon.com's logo is seen at Amazon Japan's office building in Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

'Alphabet soup' of agencies leave UK exposed to cyber attacks: report

An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

U.S. technology startups panic over immigration ban

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley venture capitalist Kate Mitchell said her startup companies have a message for their employees who are foreign nationals: Don't travel outside the country right now.

EnBW, Bosch to cooperate in battery technology

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German utility EnBW on Friday said it would cooperate with car supplier Bosch [ROBG.UL] on the development of batteries for the energy market, highlighting the importance of storage technology across industries.

Sharp swings to first quarterly net profit in over two years

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp posted its first quarterly net profit in over two years on Friday as the Japanese liquid crystal display (LCD) maker pressed ahead with cost-cutting measures under the ownership of Taiwan's Foxconn.

Japan's robotics startup ZMP Inc hopes to list in coming months: CEO

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese robotics startup ZMP Inc hopes to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the coming months, after a delay late last year due to client information being leaked on to the internet, the firm's founder and CEO told Reuters on Friday.

Facebook vulnerable to expected changes in key visa program

SAN FRANCISCO/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among Silicon Valley’s top tech employers, Facebook Inc could be the most vulnerable to U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected crackdown on guest-worker visas, according to a Reuters analysis of U.S. Labor Department filings.

GoPro's sales resume growth, but still miss expectations

(Reuters) - GoPro Inc's revenue increased less than expected in the holiday quarter and its sales growth forecast for the current-quarter also fell short of expectations, hurt by shrinking demand for the company's body-mounted point-of-view cameras.

Snap makes $3 billion IPO details public

(Reuters) - Snap Inc, owner of popular messaging service Snapchat, made many of its financial details public for the first time on Thursday as it prepared to raise up to $3 billion in an initial public offering.

Uber CEO quits Trump's business advisory group: sources

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.