Berlin blockchain start-up opens financial books to public

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lisk, the decentralized blockchain application platform based in Berlin, said on Wednesday it has opened its financial records to the public in the interest of transparency and to demonstrate to its thousands of investors its intent to make its project work.

Britain prepares tighter laws on drones after air safety scares

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is preparing to tighten drone regulations after a series of near-misses with passenger planes over the last two years and growing concern about their use near prisons.

Hacker group takes over Netflix Twitter account

(Reuters) - One of Netflix Inc's Twitter accounts was hacked on Wednesday by an entity calling itself "OurMine".

Ride-hailing firms welcome liberal Indian taxi policy blueprint

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Leading ride-hailing firms have praised an Indian policy blueprint on regulating the taxi industry, saying it would offer their app-based services a chance to flourish despite their concerns about price caps.

Israel's Spacecom buys Boeing satellite for $161 million, to launch in 2019

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli satellite operator Space Communications said on Wednesday it would launch a new telecommunications satellite in 2019 after losing a prior one in an explosion.

China to set communication standard for driverless cars after 2018: industry official

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will revisit in 2018 the standards for vehicle-to-vehicle communication that are vital for driverless cars and lay out a common national standard after that, the chief of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE-China) said on Wednesday.

Orlando nightclub victims' families sue Twitter, Google, Facebook

(Reuters) - The families of three men killed at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc in federal court, accusing the companies of providing "material support" to the self-radicalized gunman.

Union calls new strikes at Amazon's German warehouses

BERLIN (Reuters) - Workers at German warehouses of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc were called out on strike by labor union Verdi on Wednesday as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

BNP Paribas says makes first real-time blockchain payments for clients

PARIS (Reuters) - France's BNP Paribas said it had processed its first live payments in various currencies for two corporate clients via blockchain technology, in a further sign of the growing importance of the new technology for major banks.

Nintendo's mobile Mario game sets download record but pricing proves sticking point

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's first Mario smartphone title has set a download record but gamers baulked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers' stock to a one-month low.

Hong Kong uses 3D archive to preserve kung fu heritage

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Kung fu master Wong Yiu-Kau stands in a Hong Kong studio and waits as his black suit is covered head to toe in reflective markers to capture his every motion.

Japan's TDK to buy U.S. chip maker InvenSense for $1.3 billion

The logo of TDK Corp. is displayed at the entrance of the company headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Southwest Airlines website back up after outage

Southwest Airlines planes are seen through the window of a plane at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 22, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Twitter's CTO Adam Messinger to leave company

Adam Messinger, chief technology officer of Twitter, arrives at Morgan Stanley as part of the Twitter Roadshow in advance of the firm's IPO in New York, October 25, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Microsoft wins $927 million Pentagon contract: statement

A Microsoft logo is seen next to a cloud in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Another Twitter executive exits, joins venture firm Greylock

The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo - RTX2QRQU

South Carolina lawmakers propose pornography block on new computers

(Reuters) - Computers and devices sold in South Carolina that can access the internet would be required to have filters installed to prevent people from viewing pornography, although buyers could pay a $20 fee to remove the blocking software under a proposal before the legislature.

Huawei in talks to buy Israeli cyber company HexaTier: sources

Journalists attend the presentation of the Huawei's new smartphone in Paris, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

Apple's new AirPods tough to recycle: report

Apple AirPods are displayed during a media event in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo

BlackBerry posts another quarterly loss, revenue slides

A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada in this June 23, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files