After four rocky years as a publicly traded company in the volatile renewable energy sector, SolarCity Corp (SCTY.O) may now be wading into an equally uncertain future. With a tentative agreement to be purchased by its sister company, Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O), SolarCity is going all in on a st...
A famed hacker who nearly 20 years ago told Congress he could take down the internet in 30 minutes is now going after the computer software industry, whose standard practices all but guarantee that most products will be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Peiter Zatko, known in the hacker world as Mudge, w...
An Electronic Arts (EA) video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 17, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc, known for titles such as "FIFA" and "Star Wars Battlefront", reported first-quarter ...
Fomer Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant pauses during a break in playing against the Utah Jazz during Game 4 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final playoff series in Salt Lake City, Utah, in this file May 10, 2010 photo. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson The maker of the popular NBA 2K video game series...
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture shot May 27, 2015. Reuters/Benoit Tessier/Illustration A company that provides banks with anti-money-laundering controls has teamed up with a bitcoin security firm to try to curb nefarious uses of ...
A Georgia man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trading on inside information that authorities say was obtained by hackers through a worldwide scheme to steal information from services that distribute corporate news releases. Leonid Momotok, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to one count of...
Elon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCityÕs Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York October 2, 2015. Reuters/Rashid Umar Abbasi/File Photo - RTSKHHA Elon Musk and key institutional investors will probably tighten their control over electric car maker Te...
The Apple Inc. logo is shown outside the company's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 13, 2016. Reuters/Stephen Lam - RTX2G0BO Swiss digital TV security company Kudelski (KUD.S) on Tuesday reached a settlement with Apple Inc(AAPL.O), ending a patent dispute ...
A screen displays the Instagram logo during a presentation in New York December 12, 2013. Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo - RTSGU5I Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, is taking aim at fast-growing messaging app Snapchat with a new feature that gives users the option to make picture...
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 28, 2016. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji - RTSK0I9 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a new Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved screen and iris-recognition technology, seeking to build on the sales momentum t...
Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users, the largest known breach of the encrypted communications system, cyber researchers told Reuters. The attacks, which took place this year...
The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this photo illustration taken December 10, 2014. Reuters/Sergio Perez/Illustration/File Photo - RTSKHW2 Hundreds of drivers signed up with ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in Kenya went ...
People walk out of the headquarters building of Didi Chuxing in Beijing, China, May 18, 2016. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon A merger between Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing and the China unit of U.S. rival Uber could face its first hiccup after China's commerce ministry (Mofcom) said on Tuesday it h...
China ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing's dominance of Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] in the China market may provide a play book for other regional rivals to fend off the biggest U.S. ride-hailing company, especially in other Asian countries. The two companies on Monday confirmed the sale of Uber ...
A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Wary of a global confrontation with Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama must carefully weigh how to respond to what security experts believe was Moscow's involvemen...
The Apple logo hangs from the front of the new Apple Store Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 28, 2016. Reuters/Andrew Kelly - RTSK4LQ A federal judge has thrown out a verdict requiring Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay VirnetX Holding Corp (VHC.A) $625.6 million for infringing four patents rela...
An autonomous car from Delphi departs Treasure Island for a cross-country trip from San Francisco to New York City in San Francisco, California March 22, 2015. Reuters/Stephen Lam Delphi Automotive Plc will launch a small test fleet of automated taxis in Singapore next year, aiming to ferry passenge...
The GlaxoSmithKline building is pictured in Hounslow, west London June 18, 2013. Reuters/Luke MacGregor/File Photo The line between pharmaceuticals and technology is blurring as companies join forces to tackle chronic diseases using high-tech devices that combine biology, software and hardware. Glax...
The logo of Verizon is seen at a retail store in San Diego, California April 21, 2016. Reuters/Mike Blake/File Photo - RTSJQRX Verizon Communications Inc said it will buy GPS vehicle tracking company Fleetmatics Group Plc for about $2.4 billion in cash to expand into the connected vehicle and fleet ...
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) said it would buy solar panel installer SolarCity Corp (SCTY.O) for $2.6 billion in shares to form a one-stop clean energy shop. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is also chairman and a major shareholder SolarCity. The combined entity will offer consumers solar panels, home b...
A mascot of Didi Chuxing is seen at the company's headquarters in Beijing, China, May 18, 2016. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc would merge its China business with rival Didi Chuxing, valuing the combined company at $35 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people fam...
A taxi passes by an advertisement for the Uber car and ride-sharing service displayed on a bus stop in Paris, France, in this March 11, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Charles Platiau/File Photo - RTX2GONB Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] has decided to invest $500 million into an ambitious global mappi...
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks at a computer screen during a campaign stop at Atomic Object company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. March 7, 2016. Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s cam...
A view through a construction fence shows the Kremlin towers and St. Basil's Cathedral on a hot summer day in central Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2016. Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo The Kremlin says it had zero involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party emails while U.S. officials say the hack ori...
A Tesla Model S involved in the fatal crash on May 7, 2016 is shown with the top third of the car sheared off by the impact of the collision of the Tesla with a tractor-trailer truck on nearby highway and came to rest in the yard of Robert and Chrissy VanKavelaar in... Reuters Tesla Motors Inc told ...
A Tesla Model S involved in the fatal crash on May 7, 2016 is shown with the top third of the car sheared off by the impact of the collision of the Tesla with a tractor-trailer truck on nearby highway and came to rest in the yard of Robert and Chrissy VanKavelaar in... Reuters Consumers are more awa...
3D-printed Samsung and Apple logos are seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Apple Inc on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd over the damages Apple should receive in a case about sm...
A woman looks at her phone as she passes by a Lending Club banner on the facade of the the New York Stock Exchange December 11, 2014. Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Investments into online lending platforms have fallen sharply this year, according to a new report, largely a reaction to the woes...
Shares of Talend SA, whose software helps businesses crunch large amounts of data, jumped 54 percent in their U.S. debut, valuing the company at $773.7 million. The offering of 5.25 million American Depository Shares (ADSs) was priced at $18 each - above the expected range of $15.00-$17.00 - and rai...
Google parent Alphabet Inc and e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc capped a blockbuster June quarter for the five biggest U.S. tech companies as their dominance in key markets helped them defy the "law of large numbers". Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc, as well as Alphabet and Amazon, all ble...
