Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would spend more than $13 billion on data centers and offices in the United States this year.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Poland on Wednesday for its commitment to "protecting the telecoms sector from China", as part of a concerted push by the United States to convince its allies to exclude tech giant Huawei from telecoms projects.

Executives from T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp faced questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about how the companies' planned merger would affect prices and jobs, especially in rural America.

Partners Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co are at odds over how much the German automaker will invest in the No. 2 U.S. automaker's self-driving vehicle unit, with Ford seeking at least $500 million, people familiar with the negotiations said. Analysts and investors have focused on the potential savin...

Canadian digital currency platform Quadriga inadvertently transferred almost C$470,000 ($355,226) worth of bitcoins to a storage that it is unable to access after the firm's founder died, a court-nominated monitor said in a report.

Europe should agree a joint position on whether or not Chinese firm Huawei is allowed to equip 5G networks for next-generation mobile networks to ensure fair competition, Austria's technology ministry said on Wednesday.

Bank of Valletta which accounts for almost half of Malta's banking transactions, had to shut down all of its operations on Wednesday after hackers broke into its systems and shifted funds overseas.

Microsoft President Brad Smith met Pope Francis on Wednesday to discuss the ethical use of artificial intelligence and ways to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations, the Vatican said.

A former senior lawyer at Apple Inc was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday of insider trading ahead of the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings announcements.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday filed a lawsuit accusing a former lawyer at Apple Inc of insider trading ahead of the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings announcements.

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co have been unable to reach agreement on whether or how much the German automaker will invest in Ford's self-driving vehicle unit, people familiar with the negotiations said.

Johnson & Johnson is buying privately held Auris Health Inc, which makes a robotic scope used in respiratory and lung cancer procedures, for $3.4 billion in cash to gain access to devices that make difficult surgical procedures simpler.

Israeli chip designer Ceva Inc on Wednesday reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit that missed estimates but the company forecast a slight increase in sales for this year.

Johnson & Johnson is buying privately held surgical robotics company Auris Health Inc for about $3.4 billion in cash, the healthcare conglomerate said on Wednesday, as it continues its push into robotics.

Netflix now has more than 5 million subscribers in France, a spokesman for the U.S. video streaming giant said on Wednesday, confirming a report by daily Le Figaro.

Johnson & Johnson is buying privately held surgical robotics company Auris Health Inc for about $3.4 billion in cash, the healthcare conglomerate said on Wednesday, as it continues its push into robotics.

Chinese tech giant Huawei is ready to face any extra security measures required to remain in the race to develop next-generation 5G networks in central and eastern Europe, Andy Purdy, Chief Security Officer at Huawei Technologies USA, said.

Bank of Valletta, which accounts for almost half of Malta's banking transactions, shut down all of its operations on Wednesday after detecting a cyber attack, the company said.

A European-wide solution is needed on whether to exclude Chinese firms such as Huawei Technologies from participating in the building of Europe's future 5G mobile networks, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Wednesday.

Israeli chip designer Ceva Inc reported a drop in quarterly profit that missed estimates and a decrease in royalty revenue.

An Instagram account displaying comic strips depicting the struggles faced by gay Muslim men was removed on Wednesday after authorities labeled it "pornographic" and threatened to block the platform.

Norway's Schibsted beat forecasts with a 29 percent jump in fourth quarter core earnings and boosted its dividend, sending shares in the media group up more than 5 percent on Wednesday.

Buyout group Vitruvian is putting German consumer credit online platform Smava up for sale, people close to the matter said.

U.S. self-driving truck startup TuSimple said it has raised $95 million in a funding round led by Chinese internet giant Sina Corp, which values the three-year-old firm at $1 billion.

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei has not seen a slowdown in sales of end-user equipment so far in Poland, the company's senior standards manager in Europe said on Wednesday.

The CEO of Schibsted's MPI, which will be spun off in April, said on Wednesday it experienced increased competition from tech giants Facebook and Alphabet's Google when it comes to display advertising.

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is ready to work with the Polish government on additional steps to build trust, Andy Purdy, chief security officer at Huawei Technologies USA, said on Wednesday.

Japan's government plans to set up a new watchdog to scrutinize big tech companies like Facebook and Google amid growing concerns about monopoly practices and the handling of personal data.

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has picked Nokia Oyj as a key partner for its new mobile network in Japan, which is due to launch later this year, the Finnish company said on Wednesday.

Japanese map platform developer Dynamic Map Platform announced on Wednesday it plans to acquire Detroit-based map startup Ushr for up to $200 million in a bid to widen its geographical footprint in the burgeoning self driving cars market.