Workers assemble Mercedes-Benz S-class models at their plant in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart January 28, 2015. Reuters/Michael Dalder Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] has placed a large order for cars with Germany's Daimler (DAIGn.DE), Manager Magazin reported on Friday. Citing sources at both com...
The Cisco Systems logo is seen as part of a display at the Microsoft Ignite technology conference in Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 2015. Reuters/Jim Young Cisco Systems Inc will invest over $100 million in India to support the country's ambitious plan to connect thousands of its villages to the internet...
A woman walks past a Bang & Olufsen shop in Riga October 1, 2013. Reuters/Ints Kalnins Bang & Olufsen has entered a strategic technology partnership with LG Electronics on the development and production of its televisions, the Danish company said on Friday. The partnership will help the Dani...
The FBI and U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a bulletin Thursday warning that motor vehicles are "increasingly vulnerable" to hacking. "The FBI and NHTSA are warning the general public and manufacturers – of vehicles, vehicle components, and aftermarket device...
Madrid - Spanish illusionist Jorge Blass is incorporating a new kind of magic into his act by using technology and social media to entertain crowds during his shows. In addition to card tricks and sawing his assistant in half, Blass, 35, also serves a glass of water from his tablet and makes a pizza...
The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group is pictured in this September 24, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Online takeaway delivery firm Foodpanda is acquiring the Hong Kong assets of U.S.-based Delivery.com as it consolidates its position in key markets...
Spammers are abusing ill-configured U.S. dot-gov domains and link shorteners to promote spammy sites that are hidden behind short links ending in”usa.gov”. Spam purveyors are taking advantage of so-called “open redirects” on several U.S. state Web sites to hide the ...
Spammers are abusing ill-configured U.S. dot-gov domains and link shorteners to promote spammy sites that are hidden behind short links ending in”usa.gov”. Spam purveyors are taking advantage of so-called “open redirects” on several U.S. state Web sites to hide the ...
Madrid - Spanish illusionist Jorge Blass is incorporating a new kind of magic into his act by using technology and social media to entertain crowds during his shows. In addition to card tricks and sawing his assistant in half, Blass, 35, also serves a glass of water from his tablet and makes a pizza...
Jason Dalton is seen on closed circuit television during his arraignment in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, February 22, 2016. Reuters/Kalamazoo County Court/Handout via Reuters A U.S. court has been informed by a sheriff's office in Michigan that a lawsuit filed by an Uber driver charged with murder se...
Bipedal humanoid robot ''Atlas'', primarily developed by the American robotics company Boston Dynamics, is presented to the media during a news conference at the University of Hong Kong October 17, 2013. Reuters/Tyrone Siu Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) has put Boston Dynamics, part of its robotics division...
An Amazon package is seen after being delivered in London, Britain February 29, 2016. Reuters/Toby Melville Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) should allow shareholders to vote on a proposal on gender pay equality, the U.S. securities regulator decided this week in rejecting the retailer's request to omit the ...
A man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past a board showing currency exchange rates in Almaty, Kazakhstan, August 20, 2015. Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev Kazakh officials and their visitors will have to leave their smartphones at the door of government buildings from March 24 in line with a new policy...
An attendee at the Microsoft Ignite technology conference walks past the Hewlett-Packard (HP) logo in Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 2015. Reuters/Jim Young Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is nearing a deal to acquire HP Inc's (HPQ.N) controlling stake worth about $940 million in Indian IT outsourcing service...
An Apple Watch in the new rose gold color is displayed during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, September 9, 2015. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to rise 38.2 percent to 110 million units by the end of 2016, market research firm Internat...
A man uses a mobile phone in front of a logo of Tencent at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) 2015 in Beijing, China, April 28, 2015. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) is not only China's largest social network and online entertainment firm, it is now big in mobile paym...
Swiss watchmakers, who once dismissed smartwatches as short-lived gadgets, are now racing to grab a share of a fast-growing market via technology partnerships and stepping up investments. Shipments of smartwatches overtook traditional watches in the final quarter of 2015, according to Futuresource C...
A man walks in front of Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China March 15, 2016, before the company announces its annual results on March 17, 2016. Reuters/Bobby Yip China's Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) has no plans to spin-off its popular mobile messaging app WeChat, Chief Executive Pony Ma told r...
The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen behind trees at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, November 6, 2015. Reuters/Yuya Shino Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) announced a $5.9 billion asset sale and a big investment in its chip business on Thursday, but saw its shares slide on a report that U.S. authorities ...
Imagination Technologies, a supplier of graphics technology to Apple, said it planned further cost cuts on top of those announced in February, in an acceleration of its restructuring. The company, which licenses its graphics and video processing technology to semiconductor companies, has in recent y...
