Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland August 7, 2015. Reuters/Sigtryggur Ari Telecoms operators in the European Union may be required to retain customer communications data as long as it is strictly necessary to fight serious crime and does not und...
A London cab driver takes part in a protest by London cab drivers against Uber in central London, Britain February 10, 2016. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth Two drivers took Uber [UBER.UL] to a British employment tribunal on Tuesday, arguing that the ride service is acting unlawfully by not offering rights s...
SoftBank Corp (9984.T) founder Masayoshi Son, who created a $68 billion tech investment behemoth from a $50,000 start-up, has divided investors and analysts with his latest "crazy idea", the $32 billion acquisition of chip designer ARM Holdings (ARM.L). Visionary, risky, or both, the deal announced ...
Baidu Inc's (BIDU.O) proposed sale of online video unit iQiyi to its own chief executive is not in the interests of long-term shareholders and may permanently damage the reputation of the company, an investor in the Chinese internet firm said. In February, Baidu received an offer for its 80.5 percen...
A ''Pidgey'' Pokemon is seen on the screen of the Pokemon Go mobile app, Nintendo's new scavenger hunt game which utilizes geo-positioning, in a photo illustration taken in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 11, 2016. Reuters/Chris Helgren/File Photo Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared 10 perce...
A view shows the logo of Audi on a car in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2016. Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev Audi will boost spending on digital technologies and electric cars over the next decade, sources at the German carmaker said, as it follows parent Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) in reshaping its business in the wake...
A man walks past a Yahoo logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in this February 24, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Albert Gea/File Photo Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) reported a 5.2 percent rise in total quarterly revenue, a sign of improvement in its troubled core Internet business it is auction...
A tank rolls through five lanes of deadlocked traffic towards the Bosphorus Bridge, crushing cars. A military helicopter shoots at people dashing across a highway. Mutinous soldiers open fire on civilians outside an air base. The brutality of Turkey's failed coup attempt, when soldiers commandeered ...
An IBM chip is seen in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2016. Reuters/Gleb Garanich/File Photo International Business Machines Corp's quarterly revenue beat analysts' expectations as the company's shift to high-growth areas such as cloud-based services begins to yield results. Revenue from "strategic imperat...
Video streaming service provider Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) forecast a slower-than-expected growth in U.S. and international subscriber additions this quarter, sending its shares sliding 16 percent. The company also reported subscription additions for the second quarter well below estimates and higher chu...
A taxi passes by an advertisement for the Uber car and ride-sharing service displayed on a bus stop in Paris, France, in this March 11, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Charles Platiau/File Photo Uber has completed more than 2 billion trips on its app, the company's chief executive said on Monday, a milesto...
Spanish police pose with ''Pokemon Go'' figures in this handout picture provided by the Spanish Interior Ministry on July 18, 2016. Spanish Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters Spanish police issued guidelines on Monday on how to safely use augmented-reality video games after the release of the app...
A self-driving car by Google is displayed at the Viva Technology event in Paris, France, June 30, 2016. Reuters/Benoit Tessier Germany plans new legislation to require manufacturers of cars equipped with an autopilot function to install a black box to help determine responsibility in the event of an...
A European Union flag is held in front of the Big Ben clock tower in Parliament Square during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, central London, Britain July 2, 2016. Reuters/Paul Hackett Ten London start-ups have made enquires about moving to ...
A Logo of Qihoo 360 is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, November 2, 2014. Picture taken November 2, 2014. Reuters/China Daily A $1.24 billion agreed takeover of Norwegian online browser and advertising company Opera Software by a Chinese consortium of internet firms has failed, Opera said on Monda...
The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO and the surge in Nintendo Co's (7974.T) market value by $17 billion in just over a week has been seized upon by one of its most vocal investors to press for a change of strategy at the company. Until Pokemon GO, a mobile game, was launched just over a week ago, N...
Patrolling downtown Manila in his new Toyota, Uber driver Daniel Canezal is grumpy. It's not from the heat, grime or traffic of the capital's clogged streets - it's the Philippines' ramshackle internet service that is making his life a misery. Since signing up with the ride-hailing app this year, th...
Mexico has postponed the bidding process for a planned wholesale telecommunications network by more than a month, the government said, in the latest upset to the project which has been plagued by delays since its inception. In a statement on Friday evening, the Communications and Transport Ministry ...
3D-printed Facebook and Twitter logos are seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Twitter Inc moved swiftly to remove posts from Islamic extremists glorifying a truck attack in Nice, France, watchdog groups said Friday, in a ra...
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/File Photo Authorities in the Gulf Arab states of Kuwait and United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of secu...
