An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski European privacy watchdogs could ask for a review in two years of a new transatlantic data pact designed to help companies such as Microsoft and IBM to shuffle around user da...
A man walks in front of the Facebook logo at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it will allow developers to build chatbots inside its Messenger app to enable users to communicate with...
China's IRICO Display Devices plans to invest 23 billion yuan ($3.56 billion) in glass substrate and TFT-LCD projects funded through a private placement of shares, it said on Tuesday. The state-backed display company said in a stock exchange statement that it would raise the funds by issuing up to 3...
An Uber car is seen parked with the driver's lunch left on the dashboard in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States July 15, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S....
If you use an Apple iPhone, iPad or other iDevice, now would be an excellent time to ensure that the machine is running the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system — version 9.3.1. Failing to do so could expose your devices to automated threats capable of rendering th...
If you use an Apple iPhone, iPad or other iDevice, now would be an excellent time to ensure that the machine is running the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system — version 9.3.1. Failing to do so could expose your devices to automated threats capable of rendering th...
Managing partner of GGV Capital, Jenny Lee poses for a portrait in Menlo Park, California August 24, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith Venture firm GGV Capital has raised $1.2 billion in fresh cash to back technology startups in the United States and China, the latest in a streak of new, billion-dollar...
Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify in this illustration picture taken in Strasbourg, February 18, 2014. Reuters/Christian Hartmann The Swedish music steaming service Spotify plans to hire thousands in coming years, but Stockholm won't get the new jobs un...
When hackers set out to extort the town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts with "ransomware," they followed up with an FAQ explaining the attack and easy instructions for online payment. After balking for several days, Tewksbury officials decided that paying the modest ransom of about $600 was better than ...
Israel's antitrust watchdog and the Communications Ministry have opposed Cellcom's plan to buy smaller rival Golan Telecom, Israel's largest mobile phone provider said on Tuesday. Cellcom said it had not yet been given reasons for the decision, but would consider its options when it gets them. Cellc...
A massive rise in earnings from streaming services helped reverse almost 20 years of declining global music revenues last year as money from digital formats overtook physical sales for the first time, trade association IFPI said on Tuesday. Streaming revenues were up 45 percent in 2015 thanks to the...
A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, October 14, 2015. Reuters/Stringer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group for about $1 billion, its biggest deal overseas, as the Ch...
The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center is pictured in Los Angeles, California February 16, 2016. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni When hackers set out to extort the town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts with "ransomware," they followed up with an FAQ explaining the attack and easy instructions for online payment...
An Electronic Arts (EA) video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 17, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Fresh off a two-year stock rally and a win with its "Star Wars: Battlefront" title, Electronic Arts Inc is attracting sizeable...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Metz, eastern France, April 7, 2016. Reuters/Thibault Camus/Pool Chancellor Angela Merkel told carmakers on Tuesday that they should soon be able to test self-driving vehicles on German roads by promising to remove legal barriers. Germany is home to some of the wor...
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 - Twenty-five Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter images and information online that promote terrorism, the inte...
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 - Twenty-five Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter images and information online that promote terrorism, the inte...
Cloud storage provider Box Inc unveiled a service that allows businesses in Europe and Asia to store data regionally, at a time when governments demand greater protection for their data in the backdrop of revelations about massive U.S. surveillance programs. Box Zones, to be available next month, us...
A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, October 14, 2015. Reuters/Stringer Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Tuesday it agreed to buy a controlling stake in online retailer Lazada for about $1 billion to expand its platf...
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Files The number of previously unknown software flaws used by hackers more than doubled last year, a new report says, in another sign of the increasing sophistication of cybercrime...
