French government tells Uber to talk to protesting drivers

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government waded into a row over Uber's cut-price taxi service on Friday, urging local representatives of the U.S. app-based business to give its drivers a proper hearing after two days of noisy protests over their working conditions.

Facebook underreported iPhone traffic for some publishers

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it had underreported the number of views on iPhone of content published by some publishers using its Instant Articles platform between Sept. 20 and Nov. 30.

China's OnePlus to make 3T phone in India from early 2017

MUMBAI (Reuters) - China's OnePlus plans to make its 3T model in India from early next year to meet growing demand in the world's second-biggest smartphone market by users.

Sumner Redstone to step down from Viacom board

(Reuters) - Sumner Redstone will step down from the Viacom board of directors after the company's annual meeting in February, according to a company filing Friday.

With bylaw tweaks, Apple grants activist one of three wishes

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's board relaxed some rules for director nominations by outside investors but stopped short of broader changes sought by an activist shareholder.

Porsche racecar engineer joins Apple: Manager Magazin

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Computer and mobile phone giant Apple hired Alexander Hitzinger, former head of Porsche's racecars program, Manager Magazin said, poaching a skilled project manager who helped engineer the German sportscar company's Le Mans victories.

China's Wanxiang gets approval to produce Karma electric cars

BEIJING (Reuters) - Wanxiang Group, a major Chinese auto parts supplier which almost three years ago bought the assets of defunct California-based plug-in hybrid carmaker Fisker Automotive, has received approval from local regulators to produce electric vehicles in China.

Turkey's Akbank says targeted by hackers, faces up to $4 million liability

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hackers targeted Turkish lender Akbank in a cyber attack on the SWIFT global payment system, the bank said, adding it faced a liability of up to $4 million from the incident but no customer information was compromised.

Apple can sell iPhone 7s in Indonesia after R&D investment commitment

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Apple Inc has committed to invest around $44 million in a research and development center in Indonesia over the next three years, a senior government official said, enabling it to start selling its latest iPhone 7 in the Southeast Asian nation.

Indonesia says Google tax settlement offer too small, no deal this year

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An offer by Google to settle a tax dispute with the Indonesian government was too small and a deal will not be reached this year, the head of the tax office's special cases branch said.

Trivago's IPO falls below expectations: source

(Reuters) - Trivago GmbH , the hotel search platform that is majority owned by U.S. online travel firm Expedia Inc , raised $287 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, far below expectations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

New start-up wave challenges Japan's aversion to risk

TOKYO (Reuters) - A wave of start-ups is emerging in famously risk-averse Japan as cash-rich corporations increasingly delegate the task of keeping pace with technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics to smaller, nimbler businesses.

Toyota unlocks its engine technology, could sell to rivals

TOKYO (Reuters) - Long guarded about what was beneath the hood of its pioneering Prius cars, Toyota Motor Corp plans to open up its powertrain technology to rivals, hoping this will boost sales and speed up the industry's shift to lower-emission vehicles.

GM expands testing, production of self-driving cars in Michigan

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday the automaker will expand testing of self-driving vehicles to Michigan, and will build its next generation of self-driving cars in the Michigan plant that builds the Chevrolet Bolt electric car.

Elevator makers think outside the box - and even sideways

DUESSELDORF/ZURICH (Reuters) - ThyssenKrupp's new $43 million elevator test tower soars 246 meters (808 ft) above the German town of Rottweil, but the company's lifts chief is not only thinking vertically.

My Yahoo Account Was Hacked! Now What?

Many readers are asking what they should be doing in response to Yahoo‘s disclosure Wednesday that a billion of its user accounts were hacked. Here are a few suggestions and pointers, fashioned into a good old Q&A format. Image: eff.org Q: Was my account hacked?  A: Experts I&rsq...

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My Yahoo Account Was Hacked! Now What?

Many readers are asking what they should be doing in response to Yahoo‘s disclosure Wednesday that a billion of its user accounts were hacked. Here are a few suggestions and pointers, fashioned into a good old Q&A format. Image: eff.org Q: Was my account hacked?  A: Experts I&rsq...

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Facebook to roll out new tools to tackle fake news

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it will roll out a number of new tools to prevent fake news stories from spreading on the social media network.

Blackberry says China's TCL to make BlackBerry-branded devices

A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

U.S. senator seeks probe of Yahoo security after massive hack revealed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democratic senator on Thursday said he intended to investigate Yahoo's cyber security practices after the company announced it had uncovered another massive data breach dating to August 2013 that affected more than 1 billion user accounts.