Uber removes its self-driving cars from San Francisco roads

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SK Hynix to invest $2.7 billion to boost production amid memory rebound

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix Inc said on Thursday it will invest 3.16 trillion won ($2.7 billion) in its home country and China to boost memory chip production capacity, seeking to capitalize on growing mobile and data storage demand.

Honda enters talks with Alphabet's Waymo on self-driving technology

(Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd's R&D unit said on Wednesday it has entered into formal talks with Alphabet Inc's Waymo to add self-driving technology to its vehicles.

U.S. university launches tool to show how fake news spreads

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Researchers at Indiana University have developed a new tool that shows how fake news and unverified stories spread through social media.

Lawsuit accuses Google of illegally curbing employee communication

(Reuters) - A Google Inc product manager has sued the company, accusing it of unlawfully prohibiting employees from sharing concerns with coworkers, shareholders or the press, and maintaining a "spying program" to prevent leaks.

Micron forecasts second-quarter revenue, profit above estimates

(Reuters) - Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc forecast current-quarter revenue and profit above estimates and posted its first rise in quarterly revenue in nearly two years, as a stabilizing PC market boosted chip demand and pricing.

Facebook forges agreement with 17 universities to streamline research

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Facebook says government requests for account data rise 27 percent

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Yahoo email scan shows U.S. spy push to recast constitutional privacy

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Disney will create shows for Snapchat

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Exclusive: NY financial regulator to delay cyber security rules

(Reuters) - New York's financial regulator will delay an anticipated Jan. 1 deadline for banks and insurers doing business in the state to comply with controversial cyber security rules, a person familiar with the matter said.

Nokia sues Apple for infringing technology patents

(Reuters) - Finland's Nokia Corp said on Wednesday it had sued Apple Inc , accusing the iPhone maker of violating 32 technology patents.

Berlin blockchain start-up opens financial books to public

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lisk, the decentralized blockchain application platform based in Berlin, said on Wednesday it has opened its financial records to the public in the interest of transparency and to demonstrate to its thousands of investors its intent to make its project work.

Britain prepares tighter laws on drones after air safety scares

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is preparing to tighten drone regulations after a series of near-misses with passenger planes over the last two years and growing concern about their use near prisons.

Hacker group takes over Netflix Twitter account

(Reuters) - One of Netflix Inc's Twitter accounts was hacked on Wednesday by an entity calling itself "OurMine".

Ride-hailing firms welcome liberal Indian taxi policy blueprint

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Leading ride-hailing firms have praised an Indian policy blueprint on regulating the taxi industry, saying it would offer their app-based services a chance to flourish despite their concerns about price caps.

Israel's Spacecom buys Boeing satellite for $161 million, to launch in 2019

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli satellite operator Space Communications said on Wednesday it would launch a new telecommunications satellite in 2019 after losing a prior one in an explosion.

China to set communication standard for driverless cars after 2018: industry official

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will revisit in 2018 the standards for vehicle-to-vehicle communication that are vital for driverless cars and lay out a common national standard after that, the chief of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE-China) said on Wednesday.

Orlando nightclub victims' families sue Twitter, Google, Facebook

(Reuters) - The families of three men killed at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc in federal court, accusing the companies of providing "material support" to the self-radicalized gunman.

Union calls new strikes at Amazon's German warehouses

BERLIN (Reuters) - Workers at German warehouses of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc were called out on strike by labor union Verdi on Wednesday as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.