File photo of a member of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) works on her laptop in northern Iraq May 14, 2013. Reuters/Azad Lashkari Denied their own state in reality, Iraq's Kurds have declared independence in cyberspace with a new domain name that has provoked the ire of a neighbor hostile to their as...
German on-demand video service Maxdome is hiring staff to provide more personalized recommendations to users, trying to fend off rivals such as Netflix and Amazon Prime which are battling for a share of a growing market. "Even the best algorithm could not satisfy our users," said Maxdome's co-c...
The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group is pictured in this September 24, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic German ecommerce firm Rocket Internet (RKET.DE) said it was on track to make three of its start-ups profitable by the end of 2017, and its losses s...
The Porsche logo is seen during the 2016 New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, New York March 24, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz Porsche has hired a specialist from U.S. information technology industries consultant Gartner Inc. to lead the development of online connectivity in its sports cars,...
A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany, in this October 16, 2015 file photo. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/Files A tap of a finger could soon suffice to identify credit card shoppers and rail commuters, offering areas of new business for specialist companies...
Details are pictured on the backside of an Apple Iphone 6 on a table in a restaurant in Hanau, Germany, April 10, 2016. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach The company that helped the FBI unlock a San Bernardino shooter's iPhone to get data has sole legal ownership of the method, making it highly unlikely the t...
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks at the University of Chicago Law School in Chicago, Illinois, United States, April 7, 2016. Reuters/Jim Young The chief executive of MasterCard Inc, the former head of the National Security Agency and officials from Microsoft and Uber will join a commis...
People walk by the Dow Jones electronic ticker at Times Square in New York, May 12, 2015. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) is the clear favorite in the upcoming bidding for Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) core Internet business, according to Wall Street analysts, in large part becaus...
A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken February 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Two U.S. senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to h...
A GoPro camera is seen on a skier's helmet as he rides down the slopes in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps, January 7, 2014. Reuters/Emmanuel Foudrot Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc (GPRO.O) named Apple Inc (AAPL.O) designer Daniel Coster as vice president of design, effective the end of April...
Robert Work, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, speaks at a christening ceremony for the autonomous ship ''Sea Hunter'', developed by DARPA, in Portland, Oregon before its christening ceremony April 7, 2016. Reuters/Steve Dipaola Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election, top Pentagon lea...
A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in a photo illustration in Paris April 15, 2014. A Reuters/Mal Langsdon Legislation that would require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before asking technology companies to hand over dated em...
China's Tsinghua Unigroup unveiled a roughly 6 percent stake in Lattice Semiconductor Corp (LSCC.O) on Wednesday, sending shares of the U.S. chip manufacturer soaring 18 percent on speculation of a possible acquisition. The move is the latest sign of Tsinghua's desire to be a part of the U.S. semico...
- Curtains and blinds may soon be a design choice as opposed as to a tool for privacy. Windows that can transition between clear and cloudy in a second may soon be a reality thanks to technology under development at Harvard University's School of Engineering. Windows that can change opacity or color...
New Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Tablets are displayed during a launch event in New York September 17, 2014. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Amazon.com Inc rolled out a new Kindle e-reader on Wednesday, its eighth and slimmest device in the series, with a charger that is built into its cover. The Kindle Oasi...
A Verizon logo is seen during the International CTIA WIRELESS Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana May 9, 2012. Reuters/Sean Gardner/Files Verizon Communications Inc's wireline employees kicked off a strike on Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement with management on a new la...
European Union privacy regulators expressed concerns about a new EU-U.S. data transfer pact agreed in February to help companies shuffle data across the Atlantic and requested improvements in order for it to meet European privacy standards, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Wh...
A courier of Ele.me food delivery smartphone application travels on his electric bicycle along a street in Shanghai, China, October 9, 2015. Reuters Aly Song Chinese online food-delivery service company Ele.me has raised $1.25 billion from Alibaba Group Holding and its Internet finance arm Ant Finan...
A malware lab is pictured inside the Microsoft Cybercrime Center, the new headquarters of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, in Redmond, Washington in a November 11, 2013 file photo. Reuters/Jason Redmond/Files California lawmakers on Tuesday took a major step toward outlawing the use of so-called "...
Billionaire Internet investor Yuri Milner announced another $100 million initiative on Tuesday to better understand the cosmos, this time by deploying thousands of tiny spacecraft to travel to our nearest neighboring star system and send back pictures. If successful, scientists could determine if Al...
An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski European privacy watchdogs could ask for a review in two years of a new transatlantic data pact designed to help companies such as Microsoft and IBM to shuffle around user da...
A man walks in front of the Facebook logo at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it will allow developers to build chatbots inside its Messenger app to enable users to communicate with...
China's IRICO Display Devices plans to invest 23 billion yuan ($3.56 billion) in glass substrate and TFT-LCD projects funded through a private placement of shares, it said on Tuesday. The state-backed display company said in a stock exchange statement that it would raise the funds by issuing up to 3...
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 Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S....
Managing partner of GGV Capital, Jenny Lee poses for a portrait in Menlo Park, California August 24, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith Venture firm GGV Capital has raised $1.2 billion in fresh cash to back technology startups in the United States and China, the latest in a streak of new, billion-dollar...
Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify in this illustration picture taken in Strasbourg, February 18, 2014. Reuters/Christian Hartmann The Swedish music steaming service Spotify plans to hire thousands in coming years, but Stockholm won't get the new jobs un...
When hackers set out to extort the town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts with "ransomware," they followed up with an FAQ explaining the attack and easy instructions for online payment. After balking for several days, Tewksbury officials decided that paying the modest ransom of about $600 was better than ...
Israel's antitrust watchdog and the Communications Ministry have opposed Cellcom's plan to buy smaller rival Golan Telecom, Israel's largest mobile phone provider said on Tuesday. Cellcom said it had not yet been given reasons for the decision, but would consider its options when it gets them. Cellc...
A massive rise in earnings from streaming services helped reverse almost 20 years of declining global music revenues last year as money from digital formats overtook physical sales for the first time, trade association IFPI said on Tuesday. Streaming revenues were up 45 percent in 2015 thanks to the...
A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, October 14, 2015. Reuters/Stringer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group for about $1 billion, its biggest deal overseas, as the Ch...
