The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to unveil details of a proposal on Thursday to protect consumers' internet privacy, safety advocates and industry officials said. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is expected to unveil a long-awaited plan for new broadband privacy rules tha...
Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka March 8, 2016. Reuters/Ashikur Rahman A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officia...
FireEye Inc's Mandiant forensics division and smaller firm World Infomatrix are helping Bangladesh Bank investigate a cyber heist last month that netted at least $81 million, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. (Reporting by Jim Finkle in Boston)
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/Files The growing popularity of car- and ride-sharing services such as Uber, Lyft and Zipcar will not put a crimp in U.S. vehicle sales any...
A sign advertising the internet company Yahoo is pictured at sun rise in down town San Francisco, California February 5, 2016. Reuters/Mike Blake Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said it appointed two independent directors, returning the size of its board to nine people as it explores the sale of its core busines...
Chihira Kanae is greeting visitors to the world's biggest travel fair in Berlin this week, answering questions and guiding people in the right direction. But one passer by's attempt to ask her out for dinner is met with silence. That's because Chihira Kanae, despite her lifelike features and long br...
A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, in this file picture taken December 12, 2012. Reuters/Denis Balibouse Yahoo Inc has entered into a partnership to stream live National Hockey League broadcasts, part of its push to use sports to draw in millen...
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager looks on as she addresses a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, January 11, 2016. Reuters/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS - European Union regulators will release data from its year-long inquiry into barriers to cross-border e-commerce next week, the 2...
Opera, the pioneering Web browser developer, is introducing a new version of its desktop computer browser that incorporates ad-blocking features directly into the browser, promising faster page-loading times. Faster loading Web pages, increased privacy and security and a less intrusive web browsing ...
The Twitter logo is shown at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California April 28, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith Twitter Inc has been offering additional restricted stock and cash bonus to employees to prevent staff departure, the Wall Street Journal reported. Twitter granted varying am...
New Samsung S7 (R) and S7 edge smartphones are displayed after their unveiling ceremony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has seen stronger-than-expected preorders for its new flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones l...
Be careful with email auto-complete. This is an email feature that automatically completes a name for you when you begin typing it in the TO field. However, your email client can easily complete the wrong name for you. If you are emailing anything sensitive, always be sure to check the TO field a se...
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview with CNBC following the IPO for Square Inc., on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 19, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson Mobile payments company Square Inc's revenue beat analysts' estimates in its first quarterly res...
A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Files Facebook Inc is acquiring Masquerade Technologies Inc, creator of the popular face-swapping app MSQRD, the start-up said on ...
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (R) talks to reporters after coming out of the Senate in Washington December 9, 2014. Reuters/Gary Cameron Technology companies could face civil penalties for refusing to comply with court orders to help investigators access encrypt...
The corner stone of The New York Federal Reserve Bank is seen in New York's financial district March 25, 2015. The Federal Reserve should remain on track to raise interest rates later this year despite the U.S. economy's weak start to the year and a stock market sell-off... Reuters/Brendan McDermid ...
The NASA Martian lander InSight dedicated to investigating the deep interior of Mars is seen in an undated artist's rendering. NASA on Wednesday said it would fix the InSight lander that was grounded in December due to a leak in its primary science instrument, putting the... Reuters/NASA/JPL-Caltech...
After months of declines in Apple's (AAPL.O) stock, sentiment appears to be mending as investors focus on steady earnings expectations and bet that the expected launch of a new iPhone will add badly-needed fuel to sputtering sales. Battered by nearly a year of off-and-on declines from record highs b...
Yoox Net-A-Porter Group placard is seen in Bologna, Italy, March 1, 2016. Reuters/Stefano Rellandini Italian online fashion retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) posted a 26 percent increase in 2015 adjusted core profit as sales rose strongly driven by the recently merged group's more exclusive websites...
Matthew Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, takes part in the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington September 8, 2011. Reuters/Molly Riley Satellite companies say the Pentagon is stepping up demand for commercial services as the U.S. Defense Department seeks to cut costs and shore up ...
