Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks after ruling party email dump

The logo of the Wikileaks website is pictured on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken in Tokyo November 29, 2010. Reuters/Toru Hanai Turkey's Internet watchdog has blocked access to the WikiLeaks website in Turkey, it said, after the whistleblower organization released nearly 300,000 emai...

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Unexpected high license growth fuels SAP second-quarter operating profit beat

The logo of German software group SAP is pictured at its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, May 12, 2016. Reuters/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo Unexpectedly strong growth in high-margin packaged software licenses fueled quarterly earnings of Europe's largest software company SAP (SAPG.DE), which confirm...

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Twitter announces crackdown after online abuse of 'Ghostbusters' actor

Twitter Inc said Tuesday it had moved to permanently suspend a number of user accounts for abuse and harassment after Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones on Monday drew renewed attention to the issue and announced she would quit the social media site. Jones retweeted and shared several abusive tweets sh...

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Pokemon Go's Japan launch delayed: TechCrunch

Game maker Niantic has delayed Wednesday's planned launch of Pokemon Go in Japan after a leak of a McDonald's Japan internal communication found its way to Internet forums, technology news site TechCrunch reported. TechCrunch, citing an unnamed source, said there were concerns among the companies th...

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GE to make $500 million productivity savings from industrial internet

General Electric Co will make $500 million of productivity savings in 2016 from using industrial internet applications, a company executive said on Wednesday. GE Chief Digital Officer Bill Ruh made the comments at a press conference in Shanghai, where the company also announced a partnership with Ch...

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Cici’s Pizza: Card Breach at 130+ Locations

Cici’s Pizza, a Coppell, Texas-based fast-casual restaurant chain, today acknowledged a credit card breach at more than 135 locations. The disclosure comes more than a month after KrebsOnSecurity first broke the news of the intrusion, offering readers a sneak peak inside the sprawling cyb...

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Cici’s Pizza: Card Breach at 130+ Locations

Cici’s Pizza, a Coppell, Texas-based fast-casual restaurant chain, today acknowledged a credit card breach at more than 135 locations. The disclosure comes more than a month after KrebsOnSecurity first broke the news of the intrusion, offering readers a sneak peak inside the sprawling cyb...

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Nintendo shares fall 8 percent after doubling on Pokemon GO craze

A Pokemon appears on the screen next to a woman as a man plays the augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo in Bryant Park in New York City, U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich/File Photo Shares in Nintendo Co (7974.T) opened down 8 percent on Wednesday after the game operato...

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Seattle judge hears challenge to Uber, Lyft union law

A U.S. judge on Tuesday wrestled with whether a lawsuit could proceed against the city of Seattle over a local law which allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. The litigation is unfolding amid a national debate over what level of benefits are owed to workers in the so-called "gig economy." Seattl...

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Gawker Media founder faces personal bankruptcy

Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, talks with his legal team before Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, testifies in court, in St Petersburg, Florida March 8, 2016. Reuters/Tampa Bay Times/John Pendygraft/Pool/File Photo Gawker Media LLC founder Nick Denton faces personal bankruptcy after a U.S. judge refuse...

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Brazil top court suspends ruling blocking WhatsApp message app

An illustration photo shows Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 16, 2015. Reuters/Nacho Doce/File Photo Brazil's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling by a low-tier judge ordering wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp, the th...

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Intuitive Surgical second-quarter profit jumps

A surgeon views a three-dimensional image on a da Vinci Xi Surgical System made by Intuitive Surgical during a demonstrated of the surgery robot at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California December 3, 2014. Reuters/Mike Blake Intuitive Surgical Inc on Tuesday reported higher second-quarte...

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Microsoft adjusted revenue rises 2.1 percent

A Microsoft logo is seen a day after Microsoft Corp's $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn Corp, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 14, 2016. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) reported a 2.1 percent rise in quarterly adjusted revenue as growth in its cloud business helped to offset wea...

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IBM's full-year earnings forecast greeted with skepticism

People walk past an IBM logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea/File Photo IBM Corp (IBM.N) has given itself a tall order - a full-year profit target many analysts think it will have trouble meeting. Big Blue has made solid progress as it shift...

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Brazil judge orders phone carriers to block WhatsApp message app

An illustration photo shows Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 16, 2015. Reuters/Nacho Doce/File Photo A Brazilian judge ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp indefinitely, starting on Tuesday, the third such incident against the ...

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SoftBank bid for ARM catches some hedge funds off guard

An ARM and SoftBank Group branded board is displayed at a news conference in London, Britain July 18, 2016. Reuters/Neil Hall A Dallas hedge fund was among investors betting on a fall in the price of ARM Holdings (ARM.L) when SoftBank Group's (9984.T) surprise $32 billion bid sent shares in the Brit...

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Tesla Motors changes web address to Tesla.com

A Tesla logo on a Model S is photographed inside of a Tesla dealership in New York, U.S., April 29, 2016. Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc has changed its internet address from teslamotors.com to tesla.com, hinting at a possible company name change as part of ...

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BlackBerry signs U.S. government deals in software push

A Blackberry smartphone is displayed in this August 12, 2010 illustrative photo. Reuters/Bobby Yip/File Photo BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it had signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar deal to run emergency notifications for the U.S. Senate, among a handful of small deals the company unveiled as ...

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Twitter signs streaming deal with NBA for non-game programing

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with the NBA to stream exclusive non-game programing. The NBA deal follows Twitte...

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Verizon among leading bidders for Yahoo's core business: Bloomberg

Leading bidders for Yahoo Inc's core business are Verizon Communications Inc, Quicken Loans Inc founder Dan Gilbert and Vector Capital Management, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Yahoo, which is in the process of auctioning off its search and advertising busine...

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