A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz U.S. officials on Thursday said they are hopeful that they will be able to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters without help from Apple Inc by using a third party's techniqu...

Many U.S. citizens are bound to experience delays in getting their tax returns processed this year, thanks largely to more stringent controls enacted by Uncle Sam and the states to block fraudulent tax refund requests filed by identity thieves. A steady drip of corporate data breaches...

Many U.S. citizens are bound to experience delays in getting their tax returns processed this year, thanks largely to more stringent controls enacted by Uncle Sam and the states to block fraudulent tax refund requests filed by identity thieves. A steady drip of corporate data breaches...

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Files The Obama administration on Thursday formally blamed Iranian hackers for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks from 2011 to 2013 on dozens of U.S. banks and a New York dam....

A Tivo Bolt is displayed during the 2016 CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2016. Reuters/Steve Marcus Set-top box maker TiVo is in advanced talks to sell itself to digital entertainment guide provider Rovi Corp, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people briefed on the talks...

Office of Accenture in downtown Helsinki April 27, 2011. Reuters/LEHTIKUVA/Jussi Nukari Accenture Plc reported quarterly revenue and profit above analysts' expectations, led by strong growth in its consulting business, especially in North America. The company also raised its 2016 net revenue growth ...

The head of messaging app service operator Line Corp said on Thursday that it could still seek an initial public offering (IPO), although it put plans for a listing on hold in August. "A listing is still an option," Chief Executive Officer Takeshi Idezawa told reporters on Thursday. "Nothing has bee...

A employee handles the new R240 electric engine by French carmaker Renault for their Zoe model automobile at their factory in Cleon, Western France, July 20, 2015. Reuters/Philippe Wojazer Renault is recalling 10,649 Zoe electric cars to remove the potential risk of rupture to brake fluid hoses, a s...

Taxis are seen parked near the National Monument as their drivers take part in a protest against what they say is unfair competition from ride-hailing services, in Jakarta, Indonesia March 14, 2016. Reuters/Darren Whiteside Ride-hailing apps Grab and Uber must partner with a transport business and r...

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which is leading an investor revolt against Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) management team, is seeking to remove the entire board of the struggling Internet company, the Wall Street Journal reported. The activist investor, which owns about 0.75 percent of Yahoo, plans t...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips, announced on Thursday that it plans to adopt a corporate culture akin to a startup, seeking to become more nimble as growth slows. Samsung's executives will sign a pledge to move away from a top-down c...

An Apple iphone 6 with Apple Pay is shown in this photo illustration in Encinitas , California June 3, 2015. Reuters/Mike Blake Apple Inc's mobile payments system, Apple Pay, is expanding into mobile websites later this year, technology website Re/code reported, citing sources. The service will be a...

A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors including Boeing Co , the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Su Bin, 50, faces a maximum five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring with two other peo...

A pedestrian is reflected in a sign at Panasonic Center in Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 2016. Reuters/Yuya Shino Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp will scrap its 10 trillion yen ($88.93 billion) group sales target for fiscal year ending March 2019 due to a cooling global business environment, t...

A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on a suburban Ne...

Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016. Reuters/Mike Segar Amazon.com Inc, under pressure from an activist shareholder to disclose its policies on gender pay equality, said on Wednesday its female employees earned as much as their male ...

Marc Newlin and Balint Seeber are checking how far apart they can be while still being able to hack into each other's computers. It turns out its pretty far - 180 meters - the length of a city block in San Francisco.  The pair work for Bastille, a startup cyber security company that has uncover...

Employees walk in the main office building of Samsung Electronics in Seoul, South Korea, January 6, 2016. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji Vietnam's prime minister has approved a $300-million research and development project in Hanoi by Samsung Electronics Vietnam, a local unit of a South Korean giant that is th...

A NYPD officer carries a barrier outside the Apple Store in New York February 23, 2016. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, Californ...

A 3D printed Android logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Alphabet Inc's Google unit said on Wednesday its one-touch payment app for Android devices, Android Pay, will be launching in the UK in the next few months....