U.S. Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016. Reuters/Ruben Sprich Cyber attack techniques used by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State could also be used by other countries, U.S. Defense Secretary...
A car-sized sled powered by electromagnets rocketed to more than 100 miles (160 kph) an hour through the Nevada desert on Wednesday in what the Los Angeles company developing the technology said was the first successful test of a futurist transit system called hyperloop. Hyperloop One is among sever...
The new Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California November 13, 2015. Reuters/Stephen Lam The U.S. House of Representatives' information technology team has blocked the congressional chamber from accessing software applications hosted on a Google cloud service in an ...
The SWIFT logo is pictured in this photo illustration taken April 26, 2016. Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Illustration/File Photo SWIFT has told its bank customers that they are responsible for securing computers used to send messages over its global network, which was used to steal some $81 million from a ...
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Files A group of senior U.S. and China cyber officials on Wednesday held its first meeting since the two countries struck an anti-hacking agreement in September to try to ease year...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks at a 3D printer during a visit to the 9th national IT summit in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2015. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke A group of hackers which cybersecurity experts say targets critics of the Russian government has laid siege to German Chancellor Angela ...
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials are asking questions again about whether Alphabet Inc's Google ...
An illustration picture shows a Google logo with two one Euro coins, taken in Munich January 15, 2013. Reuters/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said it would ban advertisements for payday loans as these "deceptive or harmful financial produ...
The lights are on at Fenway Park for the MLB American League baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2012. Reuters/Brian Snyder Boston is the U.S. city best placed to capitalize on the shift to a digital economy, with the tech-centered San Fr...
Europe’s biggest software company, SAP (SAPG.DE), is the subject of a U.S. security alert over a vulnerability the firm disabled six years ago that can still give outside attackers remote control over older SAP systems if the software is not properly patched. SAP fixed the issue, but left the ...
The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power/Files Russia's state competition watchdog has postponed a decision on a possible fine on Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google until May 31, RIA news age...
Wendy’s said today that an investigation into a credit card breach at the nationwide fast-food chain uncovered malicious software on point-of-sale systems at fewer than 300 of the company’s 5,500 franchised stores. The company says the investigation into the breach is continuing, bu...
Wendy’s said today that an investigation into a credit card breach at the nationwide fast-food chain uncovered malicious software on point-of-sale systems at fewer than 300 of the company’s 5,500 franchised stores. The company says the investigation into the breach is continuing, bu...
The Uber logo is seen on a vehicle near Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 7, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith/File Photo Uber Technologies Inc, the company behind the popular ride-hailing service, was dealt its latest setback in Europe on Wednesday, saying it would suspend its UberPO...
The Peugeot logo is seen on the new Peugeot Expert van during a show at Peugeot Citroen PSA Sevelnord carmaker factory in Hordain, northern France, March 30, 2016. Reuters/Pascal Rossignol PSA Peugeot Citroen and Dongfeng Motor said they signed an agreement on Wednesday to create a common platform t...
A woman walks down the stairs of the Standard Chartered headquarters in Hong Kong, October 13, 2010. Reuters/Bobby Yip/File Photo Standard Chartered (STAN.L) has hired former Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) executive Cheri McGuire to be its new chief information security officer, the bank said on Wednesday, ...
Brogan BamBrogan, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Hyperloop Technologies, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2016. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Hyperloop One, a Los Angeles company working to develop the futuristic transportation technolog...
A smartphone with an Android operating system and the Baidu Browser application is seen in this picture illustration taken February 22, 2016. Reuters/Damir Sagolj Chinese military authorities have disciplined a dozen people associated with a hospital linked to the death of a student who underwent an...
Dai Xiang has slept his way to the top. The 40-year-old Beijinger got his start as an engineer, pulling 72-hour shifts at a machinery company while catching naps on the floor. After a switch to the tech industry and around 15 years of catching naps on desks and other flat surfaces, Dai co-founded hi...
The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this photo illustration taken in Madrid on December 10, 2014. Reuters/Sergio Perez The mayor of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city, laid out regulations on Tuesday to allow the use of ...
