Millions in cryptocurrencies frozen after Canadian founder's death

About C$180 million ($137.21 million) in cryptocurrencies have been frozen in the user accounts of Canadian digital platform Quadriga after the founder, the only person with the password to gain access, died suddenly in December.

Alphabet's higher spending worries investors, shares dip

Alphabet Inc reported sharply higher fourth-quarter spending on video content, employees and facilities, worrying investors who sent the tech company's shares down about 3 percent after hours on Monday.

T-Mobile pledges three-year price clampdown if merger is approved

T-Mobile US Inc told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Monday it would not increase prices for three years, with few exceptions, if it gets approval to buy rival Sprint Corp for $26 billion.

SoftBank Corp rings up cost of turbulent year-end at first post-IPO earnings

Japan's SoftBank Corp will be under pressure to outline growth plans when it reports its first earnings as a public company on Tuesday, as concerns over a changing mobile market keep its shares well below their blockbuster IPO price.

U.S. judge lets most emissions claims against Daimler proceed

A federal judge allowed most claims against Daimler AG to move forward in a 2016 lawsuit by vehicle owners that claims the German automaker's Mercedes diesel vehicles used illegal software to emit excess emissions.

China says it is not a threat to Norway, denies cyber espionage

A Norwegian intelligence assessment that China posed a threat to the Nordic country's security by seeking to steal its secrets was "ridiculous", the Chinese Embassy said on Monday as Norway mulled the future status of China's Huawei Technologies.

Alphabet beats Wall Street estimates, but spending worries investors

Alphabet Inc's fourth-quarter revenue and profit beat Wall Street's expectations on Monday but sharply higher spending, as it added data centers, cloud engineers and marketed its services heavily during the holidays, worried investors.

Alphabet fourth-quarter revenue, profit beat estimates

Alphabet Inc beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Monday, as advertisers spent more on its Google search and YouTube services during the busy holiday shopping period.

Apple briefly regains title as most valuable U.S. company

Apple very briefly retook its title as the most valuable publicly listed U.S. company on Monday, beating out Microsoft and Amazon.com, while Alphabet was close behind the trio as it prepared to report its quarterly results.

Crooks Continue to Exploit GoDaddy Hole

Godaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, recently addressed an authentication weakness that cybercriminals were using to blast out spam through legitimate, dormant domains. But several more recent malware spam campaigns suggest GoDaddy’s fix hasn’t gone far enough, a...

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Slack makes confidential filing to go public

Slack Technologies Inc said on Monday it had confidentially applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list shares publicly, moving business messaging service a step closer to going public in what is expected to be a high-profile year for initial public offerings.

Slack confidentially files for IPO

Business messaging service Slack Technologies Inc said on Monday it had confidentially applied for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Britain's Metro Bank hit by fraud attack

Metro Bank said on Monday some customers had been hit by a fraud which targets a weakness in telecom companies' text messaging systems used to verify bank transactions, and the bank said it was a wider attack on British banks.

Volkswagen's Electrify America buys Tesla devices for EV charging stations

Volkswagen AG unit Electrify America said on Monday it will install Tesla Inc battery storage packs at more than 100 charging stations across the United States to keep costs down for drivers charging electric vehicles.

Freenet says it could support Sunrise/UPC Swiss tie-up

Freenet, the largest shareholder in Switzerland's Sunrise Communications, is aware of cooperation talks between Sunrise and Liberty Global's local Swiss business UPC and welcomes the idea of consolidation, a Freenet spokeswoman said.

Wirecard says no evidence of criminal misconduct found after FT reports

Wirecard said that neither it nor its law firm had found conclusive evidence of criminal misconduct after the Financial Times alleged wrongdoing at the Singapore office of the German payments company.

Tesla to buy battery tech maker Maxwell Technologies for $218 million

Maxwell Technologies Inc, a developer of battery technology, said on Monday it had agreed to be bought by electric-car maker Tesla Inc for $218 million.

Two Huawei staff expelled from Denmark after work permit inspection

Danish authorities have expelled two Huawei Technologies staff after an inspection at the company's Copenhagen office showed they failed to comply with laws covering residence and work permits, police said on Monday.

Ultimate Software agrees to $11 billion buyout by investor group

Ultimate Software Group Inc said on Monday it has agreed to be bought by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman in a deal valued at about $11 billion.

Wirecard says probes find no evidence of criminal misconduct

Wirecard and its law firm said on Monday that they had found no conclusive evidence of criminal misconduct by any employee of the company, after the Financial Times last week alleged financial wrongdoing at its Singapore office.