TOKYO (Reuters) - Having invested heavily in hydrogen, a technology derided by Tesla chief Elon Musk as “incredibly dumb”, Toyota Motor Corp is making a renewed push for fuel cell cars to fill a role in a future dominated by electric battery vehicles. FILE PHOTO - The Toyota Mirai, an hy...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Elon Musk was fed up. The interior of the Tesla Model 3 sedan is seen in this undated handout image as the car company handed over its first 30 Model 3 vehicles to employee buyers at the company's Fremont facility in California, U.S., July 28, 2017. Tesla/Handout via REUTER...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three women engineers have sued Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride-services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture. FILE PHOTO: A man arrives at the...
(Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) disputed a report by Bloomberg News on Wednesday that it recently allowed suppliers to reduce the accuracy of the iPhone X’s facial recognition system to speed output of the phone. FILE PHOTO: Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, int...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include “homegrown violent extremists,” according to official documents seen by Reuters. A U.S. Air Force airman at Petersen Air Force Base i...
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has plans to drop off packages directly into shoppers’ homes. FILE PHOTO - The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo The world’s largest online ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some Russian financial organizations have suffered cyber attacks by malware called “BadRabbit” but have not been compromised, Russia’s central bank said on Wednesday. The central bank said it would analyze why the public server of the Interfax news agency with pu...
(Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) recently allowed its suppliers to reduce the accuracy of the iPhone X's facial recognition system to speed up production of the smartphone, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation. (bloom.bg/2i3E8CZ) FILE PHOTO: Apple Senior Vice...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Apple, which recently said it was including wireless charging in its latest iPhone X and iPhone 8 smartphones, has acquired New Zealand firm PowerbyProxi that designs wireless power products for consumers and industry. A broken iPhone is seen in this illustration picture,...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday acknowledged that its security software had taken source code for a secret American hacking tool from a personal computer in the United States. A general view shows the headquarters of the anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, Russ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Singapore’s de facto central banks unveiled plans on Wednesday to link trade finance platforms they are developing with blockchain technology, to reduce potential fraud and errors in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international trade. FILE PHOTO: A sec...
(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are laying the groundwork for special committees of their board of directors to decide on a merger between the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers, according to people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: Smartphones with the logos of T-Mobile...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp’s solid-state battery technology under development could be a “game changer” for pure electric vehicles, but that does not mean the automaker is moving away from hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles, a company executive said. Toyota Motor Corp. Ex...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd said third-quarter operating profit surged 81 percent from a year earlier on the back of a recovery in panel prices. A man walks out of the headquarters of LG Display in Seoul, October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo Operating profit f...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The creators of an embattled cybercurrency technology project called Tezos expressed regret on Tuesday about their ongoing dispute with the head of a Swiss foundation that controls the $232 million they raised in one of the largest “initial coin offerings” ever. Pho...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc launched a cash payment service in Mexico on Tuesday, aiming to expand its customer base in a country where shoppers are wary of credit card fraud and often earn their living in paper currency. Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough...
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - In the high-stakes, high-cost battle among global automakers to develop ever more efficient vehicles, one of the biggest breakthroughs in internal combustion engine technology in years looks to be coming from one of the industry’s smaller players. Mazda Motor Presi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc’s quarterly results missed Wall Street estimates as the U.S. No. 2 wireless carrier lost video subscribers to traditional and online TV competitors and fewer of its existing customers upgraded their devices ahead of Apple Inc’s launch of the iPhone X. FI...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements, following a threat of regulation from the United States over the lack of disclosure for political spending on social media networks. FILE PHOTO - People holding mobile phones are si...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The creators of an embattled technology project called Tezos, which raised $232 million in one of the largest “initial coin offerings” ever, are scheduled to make their first public appearance on Tuesday since a dispute between them and the head of a Swiss foundatio...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bloq, a U.S. blockchain technology company, said on Tuesday it will launch the sale of its own crypto-currency called Metronome (MTN), which will have a predictable and autonomously managed token supply. Blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that has underpinned bitcoin...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook was dealt a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to the top European Union court said any data protection authority in the bloc had the power to take action against it for breaching privacy laws. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s markets watchdog said it has opened an investigation into the hacking of U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax, which affected nearly 700,000 UK citizens. FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Sep...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Canon Inc hiked its annual profit forecast for the third time on Tuesday on the back of expanding demand for “business-to-business” products from surveillance cameras to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen production equipment. FILE PHOTO - People a...
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed data request rules on alerting internet users about agencies accessing their information. FILE PHOTO - A sign marks the Microsoft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market met a new foe this summer during talks to lease a top retail space in a San Francisco mall: the Target next door. The Stonestown Galleria, where Target raised concern that rival Amazon might open a store where Macy's currently stands, is seen in San Franc...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of Airbnb Inc’s China business has resigned four months after taking the role, the company confirmed on Tuesday, the latest leadership change for the unit which operates in an country where residency and movement are regulated. A woman talks on the phone at the Air...
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Monday said Joe Lewis, the head of comedy and drama at its entertainment studio unit, has stepped down, but gave no reason for his resignation. FILE PHOTO: Joe Lewis, Head of Original Programming at Amazon Studios, poses during Amazon's premiere screening of the tv seri...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government published draft laws on Tuesday that would let financial technology companies operate without a full licence, a measure it said would encourage innovation without compromising existing levels of consumer protection. The draft laws would let companies test...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing the idea of dividing its News Feed in two, separating commercial posts from personal news in a move that could lead some businesses to increase advertising. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Par...
