Crooks who make and deploy ATM skimmers are constantly engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with financial institutions, which deploy a variety of technological measures designed to defeat skimming devices. The latest innovation aimed at tipping the scales in favor of skimmer thieves is a small, battery ...
Crooks who make and deploy ATM skimmers are constantly engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with financial institutions, which deploy a variety of technological measures designed to defeat skimming devices. The latest innovation aimed at tipping the scales in favor of skimmer thieves is a small, battery ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s plan to create an oil-backed cryptocurrency faces the same credibility problems that dog the ruling Socialist Party in financial markets and is unlikely to fare any better than the struggling OPEC member itself, investors and technical experts say. Venezuela's P...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it will stop accepting cash payments in the central Mexican state of Puebla to comply with demands from authorities, as the ride-hailing company faces a new wave of regulation in Mexico. FILE PHOTO - The Uber logo is seen on mobile teleph...
(Reuters) - Shares in Chinese technology company Xunlei Ltd sank 12 percent on Tuesday, taking falls in the stock past 40 percent in two weeks as investors debated whether the company is set to benefit or suffer from a boom in cryptocurrency stock plays. FILE PHOTO - Hard disks are pictured inside a...
(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) said on Tuesday co-founder Charlie Ergen has stepped down from his chief executive role to devote more time to build out the company’s wireless business. Charlie Ergen attends the Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco, California May 20, ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Glencore (GLEN.L) has increased production of the metals used to make electric car batteries faster than its major mining rivals, according to an industry-wide analysis that shows the scale of a strategy that has big prospective risks and rewards. FILE PHOTO: The logo of commoditi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Alibaba Group Holding Ltd of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulatory warning prior to its initial public offering about its ability to suppress counterfeiting on its websites. FILE PHOTO: A sign of Alibaba Group is seen ...
(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) said on Tuesday Chief Executive Charlie Ergen has stepped down to devote more time to the company’s emerging wireless business. Charlie Ergen attends the Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco, California May 20, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbr...
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin powered to a record high of $11,850 on Tuesday, continuing its surge from below $1,000 at the start of the year. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Bitcoin is seen on an advertisement of an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo The cryptoc...
HONG KONG/MUMBAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Two major Chinese lenders plan to support a move by China Development Bank to put Indian wireless carrier Reliance Communications (RCom) into insolvency court as they seek to recover about $2 billion in debt, said three people with knowledge of the matter. FILE P...
(Reuters) - The market share of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhone declined in key regions in the three months ended October, hurt by the unavailability of the iPhone X during that time, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said on Tuesday. A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front ...
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - China’s top state silicon chipmaker has indirectly raised its stake in Dialog Semiconductor (DLGS.DE), whose share price has plummeted on signs it could lose its top customer Apple Inc (AAPL.O). A semiconductor wafer is seen at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing...
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) succeeded on Tuesday in preventing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc (IPO-XMGP.HK) from registering its “Mi Pad” tablet computer as an EU trademark because the name was too similar to Apple’s “iPad”. FILE PHOTO: A Xiaomi logo ...
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Top executives at Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) managed to find something to praise Beijing for at an internet conference in China this week, even as its Communist Party rulers ban Western social media and stamp on online dissent. An iPhone X is seen on a large...
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) on Tuesday said it will equip newer cars with in-dash e-commerce technology, betting it can profit as drivers order food, find fuel or reserve hotel rooms by tapping icons on the dashboard screen, instead of using smartphones while driving. The GM logo is...
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Monday it plans to add more people next year to review and remove violent or extremist content on the video platform. A 3D-printed YouTube icon is seen in front of a displayed YouTube logo in this illustration taken October 25, 2017. REUTERS...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co and Japanese gaming software maker DeNA Co said on Tuesday they would begin public tests of their self-driving ride-sharing service in Japan next year. FILE PHOTO: A man walks under the logo of Nissan Motor Co at the company's showroom in Yokohama, south of Tokyo Fe...
(Reuters) - Uber’s request to appeal a workers’ rights decision to the UK Supreme Court was rejected, according to drivers’ union Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB). FILE PHOTO: Uber's logo is pictured at its office in Tokyo, Japan, November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyu...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York’s attorney general urged the Federal Communications Commission to delay a vote rolling back net neutrality rules because of the large number of fake comments submitted to the agency on the issue. FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman at a pr...
