Signage for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. covers the front facade of the New York Stock Exchange November 11, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA.N) arm, Ant Financial Services Group, is seeking a valuation of nearly $60 billion in its current round...
People look at the new Samsung S7 during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea Multimedia chip designer DSP Group on Monday confirmed a report by Chipworks that its HDClear chip is a component in the new Samsung Galaxy S7 phone, a deal expected to signif...
With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal assistant or care provider for the elderly. The 1.7-metre tall Nadine was created in the likeness of its maker, Nadia Thalmann, a visiting professo...
China's Foreign Ministry expressed anger on Monday at the U.S. Commerce Department's plans to place export restrictions on Chinese telecoms equipment-maker ZTE Corp for allegedly violating U.S. export controls on Iran. The restrictions will take effect Tuesday, Reuters has learned, and apply to any ...
An Apple iPhone is pictured next to the logo of Apple in Bordeaux, southwestern France, February 26, 2016. Reuters/Regis Duvignau Apple Inc (AAPL.O) customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as rans...
Daimler's Chief Executive (DAIGn.DE) told Reuters that a German auto maker consortium which controls the HERE digital mapping business is in talks with potential new members. In August last year, German carmakers BMW (BMWG.DE), Audi (VOWG_p.DE) and Mercedes (DAIGn.DE), agreed to pay 2.5 billion euro...
Visitors check out products at the ZTE stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 24, 2014. Reuters/Albert Gea Chinese telecommunication equipment maker ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) said on Sunday it is communicating aggressively with all parties after media reports that the company faces U.S...
The new Amazon Fire tablet is displayed during a media event introducing new Amazon products in San Francisco, California September 16, 2015. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it plans to restore an encryption feature on its Fire tablets after customers and privacy advocates criti...
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter (R) is briefed on the capabilities of the National Guard Cyber Unit at Joint base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 4, 2016. Reuters/Tim D. Godbee/DoD photo/Handout via Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the National Guard's cyber squadrons will play an i...
FBI Director James Comey testifies during a House Judiciary hearing on ''The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans' Security and Privacy'' on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 1, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Joshua Roberts Even as the Department of Justice battles Apple in court over access t...
Senior Facebook executive Diego Dzodan, who was recently released from a Brazilian jail due to a disputed court order demanding data from the company's WhatsApp messaging service for a confidential drug-trafficking investigation, speaks at the Massachusetts Institute of... Reuters/Mary Schwalm A Fac...
The ZTE company logo is seen as a guest delivers a speech during the company's 15th anniversary celebration in Beijing April 18, 2013. Reuters/Barry Huang The U.S. Commerce Department is set to place restrictions on exports of U.S. products by Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) fo...
China aims to become a world leader in advanced industries such as semiconductors and in the next generation of chip materials, robotics, aviation equipment and satellites, the government said in its blueprint for development between 2016 and 2020. In its new draft five-year development plan unveile...
A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson Snapchat Inc has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments, giving the company the same $16 billion valuation it had a year ago, the Wall Street Journal reported, citin...
An Uber representative registers people on his smartphone during the kick off of a citywide jobs tour in the Queens borough of New York July 21, 2015. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the city of Seattle on Thursday over an ordinance that allows drivers of ride-hailing app...
A Bitcoin logo is displayed at the Bitcoin Center New York City in New York's financial district July 28, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Genesis Mining, which provides computer equipment to create bitcoins in the cloud, on Thursday launched the world's first fund that invests in hardware used to cre...
Employees of Amazon India are seen behind a glass bearing the company's logo inside its office in Bengaluru, India, August 14, 2015. Reuters/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling...
A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home in Provo, Utah, January 2, 2014. Reuters/George Frey Alphabet Inc's much-talked about high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, had 53,000 video subscribers as of December end, up 79 percent from a year earlier...
A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, in this file picture taken December 12, 2012. Reuters/Denis Balibouse Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) is exploring the sale of $1 billion to $3 billion of patents, property and other "non-core assets," its chief financial ...
An Apple logo is seen at the Apple store in Munich, Germany, January 27, 2016. Reuters/Michaela Rehle Apple Inc launched a new Twitter account on Thursday dedicated to customer support, a move that expanded the company's social media presence and prompted immediate reaction from users complaining ab...
