Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app

Facebook Inc acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about the matter.

Microsoft says new augmented reality headset to go on sale in September

Microsoft Corp's second generation HoloLens augmented reality headset will go on sale in September, the company's executive vice president Harry Shum said on Thursday.

Hikvision, a surveillance powerhouse, walks U.S.-China tightrope

For China's Hikvision, the world's largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and a vendor to Xinjiang police agencies, a moment of reckoning may be at hand.

Tesla rolls out insurance in California

Tesla Inc said on Wednesday it was launching an insurance service designed to give drivers in California, its biggest market, lower rates because of safety features on its electric vehicles.

Samsung heir braces for top court ruling in ex-president bribery case

Samsung Group will discover the fate of its de facto leader on Thursday as South Korea's Supreme Court rules whether to uphold the bribery conviction of Jay Y. Lee, in a scandal that unseated the president and trained public ire on corporate untouchables.

Factbox: South Korea's top court ruling on Samsung heir and ex-president

Samsung Group will discover the fate of its de facto leader on Thursday as South Korea's Supreme Court rules whether to uphold the bribery conviction of Jay Y. Lee, in a scandal that unseated the president and trained public ire on corporate untouchables.

Huawei wants to build first fiber-optic cable between South America and Asia

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said on Wednesday it was "very actively" interested in building the first undersea fiber-optic cable between South America and Asia.

Box beats estimates but leaves profit outlook unchanged, shares drop

Box Inc, a cloud content management platform provider, reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday, but shares fell 8% in extended trading as investors were disappointed after the company reiterated its full-year earnings outlook.

Box beats but leaves outlook unchanged, shares drop

Box Inc, a cloud content management platform provider, reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday but shares fell 8% in extended trading, as investors were disappointed by the company's reiteration of its full-year earnings outlook.

Funders threaten to quit Facebook project studying impact on democracy

(This August 27 story corrects headline from "researchers" to "funders")

Box beats revenue estimates on customer additions

Box Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as it attracted more customers to its cloud content management platform.

Fitbit unveils Versa 2 smartwatch with Amazon Alexa

Fitbit Inc on Wednesday launched its latest smartwatch, Versa 2, adding Amazon.com Inc's voice assistant Alexa, online payments and music storage in a bid to compete strongly with Apple Inc's smartwatches.

Apple's data shows a deepening dependence on China as Trump's tariffs loom

Tapping factories in Brazil and India has not lessened Apple Inc's dependence on China, the company's supply chain data shows, raising the stakes for the iPhone maker as U.S. President Donald Trump wages a trade war and promises more tariffs.

Huawei plans high-end phone launch under cloud of Google ban

Huawei Technologies plans to forge ahead with the launch of new high-end smartphones in Europe even though it may not be able to offer Google's official Android operating system and widely used apps such as Google Maps, company executives told Reuters.

Huawei plans high-end phone launch under cloud of Android ban

Huawei Technologies plans to forge ahead with the launch of new high-end smartphones in Europe even though it may not be able to offer Google's official Android operating system and widely used apps such as Google Maps, company executives told Reuters.

Apple to stop default practice of keeping Siri recordings

Apple Inc on Wednesday said it would quit its default practice of retaining audio recordings of the requests users make to its Siri personal assistant and limit human review of what audio it does collect to its own employees rather than contractors.

Fitbit unveils Versa 2 smartwatch with Amazon's Alexa

Fitbit Inc on Wednesday launched its latest smartwatch, Versa 2, adding Amazon.com's voice assistant Alexa and online payments in a bid to compete more strongly with Apple Inc's smartwatch.

National-security concerns threaten undersea cable to China: WSJ

U.S. officials are seeking to block an undersea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong that is being backed by Alphabet Inc's Google , Facebook Inc and a Chinese partner on national-security grounds, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Amazon in talks for stake in Indonesia's ride-hailing startup Go-Jek: source

Amazon.com Inc is in early talks with Go-Jek Group to buy a stake in the Indonesian ride-hailing startup, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Amazon in talks to partner with Indonesia's ride-hailing startup Go-Jek: WSJ

Amazon.com Inc has held preliminary talks on a partnership with Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.