FBI director suggests iPhone flaw may remain secret

Pieces of an iPhone are seen in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday that his agency was still assessing whether a vulnerability used to unlock an iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino killers would go through a government...

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Apple revenue to shrink but options traders unfazed

Details are pictured on the backside of an Apple Iphone 6 on a table in a restaurant in Hanau, Germany, April 10, 2016. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday is likely to report its first decline in revenue in more than a decade, and analysts expect to hear bad news on iPh...

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ECB experiments with technology behind bitcoin: Mersch

Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. Reuters/Benoit Tessier The European Central Bank is doing "experimental work" with the same ledger technology that underpins virtual currency bitcoin but it needs furthe...

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Google, Ford, Uber join coalition to further self-driving cars

Alphabet Inc's Google unit (GOOGL.O), Ford Motor Co (F.N), the ride-sharing service Uber [UBER.UL] and two other companies said on Tuesday they are forming a coalition to push for federal action to help speed self-driving cars to market. Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which is owned by China's Zhejiang Ge...

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Whirlpool posts lower than expected first quarter profit

A Whirlpool logo is seen on a range door at the Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee August 21, 2013. Reuters/Chris Berry Whirlpool Corp. on Tuesday posted a lower than expected first-quarter net profit but kept its previous 2016 outlook as it said cost and capacity reductions were ...

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T-Mobile revenue jumps 10.6 percent

People pass by a T-Mobile store in the Brooklyn borough of New York June 4, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) reported a 10.6 percent rise in quarterly revenue as heavy discounts helped the No.3 wireless carrier attract more customers. The company reported net income of $479 mi...

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Exclusive: SWIFT bank network says aware of multiple cyber fraud incidents

Swift code bank logo is displayed on an iPhone 6s on top of Euro banknotes in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo SWIFT, the global financial network that banks use to transfer billions of dollars every day, warned its cus...

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Chief justice calls U.S. patent challenge process bizarre

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts departs after U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, January 12, 2016. Reuters/Joshua Roberts U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday described as bizarre the legal process used by compani...

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Facebook developing camera app similar to Snapchat: WSJ

A 3D plastic representation of the Facebook logo is seen in this illustration in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 13, 2015. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Facebook Inc (FB.O) is developing a stand-alone camera app, similar to disappearing photo app Snapchat, to increase user engagement, the Wall Street ...

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Siemens says will continue to make digital acquisitions

A Siemens logo is pictured on an office building of Siemens AG in Munich May 30, 2014. Reuters/Lukas Barth German industrial group Siemens will continue to buy software companies to beef up its core industrial business, its board member with responsibility for its digital factory division said on Mo...

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Google Glass-based startup raises $17 million in funding

A woman wears Google glasses after a media presentation of a Google apartment in Prague May 15, 2014. Reuters/David W Cerny Augmedix Inc, a startup that uses Alphabet Inc's Google Glass to provide documentation services to doctors and other healthcare workers, said on Monday it had closed a $17 mill...

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EU antitrust regulators to block Hutchison's O2 deal: sources

European Union antitrust regulators will veto CK Hutchison Holdings's 10.3-billion-pound ($14.9 billion) bid to become Britain's biggest mobile operator, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The European Commission will this week seek the green light from national competition agencies...

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U.S. exploring ways to disclose number of Americans caught in data grabs: spy chief

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on ''Worldwide threats to America and our allies'' in Capitol Hill, Washington February 9, 2016. Reuters/Carlos Barria Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Monday his office...

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German Finance Ministry proposes electric car incentives scheme to run until 2018-document

The German Finance Ministry is proposing an incentive of 5,000 euros ($5,626.50) for electric car buyers and 3,000 euros for those who purchase a plug-in hybrid vehicle, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday. The ministry will present its proposal at a summit in Berlin on Tuesday between...

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Xerox's revenue falls on lower printer sales

Ursula Burns, chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation, takes part in a discussion during the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in New York, September 29, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson Xerox Corp (XRX.N) reported a 4.2 percent fall in quarterly revenue, hurt by a strong dollar and lower s...

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Two-thirds of German industry hit by digital crime, survey finds

More than two-thirds of German industrial companies have been victims of digital crime in the past two years, according to a survey carried out by Bitkom, Germany's IT, telecoms and new media industry association. The most common offence was the simple theft of equipment such as computers, smartphon...

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Exclusive: Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software, warning to be issued

Swift code bank logo is displayed on an iPhone 6s on top of Euro banknotes in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the ...

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Use Caution Opening Email Attachments

A common method cyber criminals use to hack into people's computers is to send them emails with infected attachments. People are tricked into opening these attachments because they appear to come from someone or something they know and trust. Only open email attachments that you were expecting. Not ...

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Taking on Tesla: China's Jia Yueting aims to outmuscle Musk

Tomorrow's cars will be all-electric, self-driving, connected to high-speed communications networks ... and free. And probably Chinese. That, at least, is the vision of Jia Yueting, a billionaire entrepreneur and one of a new breed of Chinese who see their technology expertise re-engineering the aut...

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