Google says will respond to EU antitrust cases in coming weeks

A woman hovers a mouse over the Google and European Union logos in this April 15, 2015 photo illustration. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Alphabet Inc's Google said it would examine EU antitrust regulators' third charge against the company and provide a detailed response in the coming we...

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Dismayed by Brexit, fintech firm Azimo could leave London

London-based online money transfer business Azimo is considering switching its headquarters to mainland Europe because of Brexit, which it says could threaten Britain's position as a global hub for the financial technology - fintech - industry. Financial services firms operating out of London rely o...

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Pokemon GO could be next big marketing tool for retailers

A virtual map of Bryant Park is displayed on the screen as a man plays the augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo in New York City, U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich Pokemon GO, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple Inc and Android app stores in record time,...

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Chinese national gets 46 months in U.S. prison for hacking conspiracy

A Chinese man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of Boeing and other major U.S. defense contractors, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in prison, prosecutors said. Su Bin, 51, was charged with taking part in a years-long scheme by Chinese military offic...

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Pokemon Go blamed for crimes but also aids embattled U.S. police

The augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo is shown on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration taken in Palm Springs, California U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Sam Mircovich/Illustration The Pokemon Go craze is blamed for several robberies of distracted mobile phone players, bu...

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Allianz sees cyber premiums as fire insurance of 21st century

Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland August 7, 2015. Reuters/Sigtryggur Ari The growing threat of hacking and a duty to protect data more stringently will accelerate demand for cyber insurance in Europe, insurer Allianz said on Wednesday, as it la...

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EU points to autumn decision in Apple tax probe: Irish finance minister

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 The European Union's antitrust chief has indicated that it will likely reach a decision in September or October on its two-year probe into App...

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Ex-Google engineer launches blockchain-based system for banks

A former Google engineer, whose speech recognition software is used in more than a billion Android smartphones, has launched a company that uses blockchain technology to build a new operating system for banks. Paul Taylor, a Cambridge University academic with an expertise in artificial intelligence,...

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Amazon says Prime Day orders jump 60 percent over last year

An Amazon logo is seen on a worker's jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Wroclaw, Poland, in this file photograph dated December 3, 2015. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/files Amazon.com Inc said customers placed 60 percent more orders worldwide on "Prime Day" shopping event on Tuesday, compared with a y...

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Tesla cuts starting price of Model X crossover

A Tesla logo adorns a 'Model S' car in the dealership in Berlin, Germany, November 18, 2015. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo Tesla Motors Inc has cut the starting price of its Model X crossover, the second time this year the electric vehicle maker has lowered prices after missing sales targets....

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New test for Nintendo? North Korea an obstacle for South Korean Pokemon hunters

Nintendo's smash hit Pokemon GO is likely to face hurdles in South Korea, where Google mapping functions are restricted due to security issues with North Korea - though some fans are already trekking out to one remote area where it can be played. South Korea is the world's fourth-biggest gaming mark...

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Uber to suspend operations in Hungary due to govt legislation

Ride-hailing service Uber will suspend its operations in Hungary due to government legislation that makes it impossible for it to operate, the company said on Wednesday. "We will be suspending Uber X in Budapest effective on July 24," Rob Khazzam, general manager for Uber in central Europe, told Reu...

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Nissan launches auto drive features, stresses difference from hands-free driving

Nissan Motor Co Ltd launched a suite of semi-autonomous driving functions on Wednesday stressing they were intended to assist and not replace drivers, just two weeks after similar technology in another maker's car was involved in a fatal crash. Japan's second-ranked carmaker by vehicle sales said it...

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FCA to offer rewards to hackers who help it find security flaws

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) will offer rewards of as much as $1,500 to ethical hackers who tell the auto maker about data security weaknesses in its vehicles, the company said. FCA's move comes a year after independent cybersecurity researchers used a wireless connection to turn ...

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LG Display sees signs of display market improvement

An employee takes photographs of LG Electronics' organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV sets, which are made with LG Display flat screens, at its store in Seoul January 28, 2015. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd is seeing signs of improvement in the display panel indust...

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Jaguar Land Rover to test over 100 autonomous cars in Britain by 2020

The Jaguar logo is pictured at a Jaguar Land Rover showroom in Mumbai February 13, 2013. Reuters/Vivek Prakash/File Photo Britain's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said it will create a fleet of more than 100 research vehicles over the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, ...

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Pokemon GO fans told not to play in U.S. Holocaust Museum

A virtual map of Bryant Park is displayed on the screen as a man plays the augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo in New York City, U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has told Pokemon GO fans not to play the popular new mobile game in its...

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U.S. senator probes Pokemon GO maker over data privacy concerns

The augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo is shown on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration taken in Palm Springs, California U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Sam Mircovich/Illustration A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd's ...

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Magic Leap ramps up production for new type of virtual reality

Magic Leap, a startup backed by technology powerhouses including Google and Alibaba that has raised more than $1.4 billion, has hired more than 600 employees and is close to starting production of its first "mixed reality" products. Speaking at the Fortune magazine technology conference in Aspen, Ch...

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Tesla has no plans to disable Autopilot feature: WSJ

The radar technology of a Tesla Model S containing Autopilot features is pointed out during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, California, U.S., October 14, 2015. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric car maker has no plans to disable its Autopilot ...

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Tesla has no plans to disable Autopilot feature: WSJ

The radar technology of a Tesla Model S containing Autopilot features is pointed out during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, California, U.S., October 14, 2015. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric car maker has no plans to disable its A...

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U.S. fund managers on hunt for companies that won't be 'Amazon'ed' away

An Amazon package is seen after being delivered in London, Britain February 29, 2016. Reuters/Toby Melville/Files Amazon's long shadow is falling on retailers previously thought immune to the threat of e-commerce, forcing U.S. fund managers to rethink their approach to consumer stocks by focusing on...

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Google given extra time to answer EU antitrust charges on Android

A woman hovers a mouse over the Google and European Union logos in this April 15, 2015 photo illustration. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Alphabet Inc's Google has been given an extra 6 weeks to early September to respond to EU charges that it uses its dominant Android mobile operating s...

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Twitter to live-stream some Bloomberg TV programs

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Twitter is set to live-stream some of Bloomberg LP's television programs, the latest in a series of content deals struck by the mi...

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U.S. agency seeks answers on fatal Tesla Autopilot crash

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 The U.S. National High...

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Spain's Santander names ex-JPMorgan executive Masters blockchain guru

People walk past a Banco Santander branch in downtown Rio de Janeiro August 19, 2014. Reuters/Pilar Olivares Banco Santander SA, Spain's largest lender, named former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters its senior blockchain adviser as banks race to find new uses for the technology behind virtual curre...

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Amazon customers facing difficulty with checkout on Prime Day

An Amazon delivery truck is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Amazon.com Inc said some customers were reporting difficulty with checkout after making purchases in its highly publicized "Prime Day" shopping event. "We're working to resolve this issue quickly,...

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Taiwan banks suspend cash withdrawal at ATMs due to malware theft

At least three major Taiwan banks have suspended cash withdrawal services at their Automated Teller Machines after First Bank reported T$70 million ($2.2 million) was stolen from its ATMs. Two individuals withdrew cash from First Bank's ATMs but were not seen on close-circuit TV camera to be physica...

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EU-U.S. commercial data transfer pact enters into force

Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland August 7, 2015. Reuters/Sigtryggur Ari A new commercial data pact between the European Union and the United States entered into force on Tuesday, ending months of uncertainty over cross-border data flows, and c...

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NY Fed, Bangladesh Bank meeting on heist postponed: sources

Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka March 8, 2016. Reuters/Ashikur Rahman/File Photo A meeting between Bangladesh central bank officials and the New York Federal Reserve scheduled for this week to speed up efforts to recover $81 million stolen from Bangladesh...

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