SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A cyber security researcher widely credited with helping to neutralize the global "WannaCry" ransomware attack earlier this year has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Thursday.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Thursday there would be clear advantages to spinning off Telecom Italia's fixed-line network.

(Reuters) - BlueteamGlobal, a new firm founded by executives with ties to Morgan Stanley , said on Thursday that it has raised more than $125 million and plans to offer managed security services and cyber threat intelligence.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Any merger that Deutsche Telekom may enter into in the United States must deliver real value in terms of synergies, its finance chief said when asked why it was proving so difficult to strike a deal with Sprint or another party.

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) shares rose 6 percent on Thursday as investors continued to bet on CEO Elon Musk's ability to successfully take the company out of "manufacturing hell" as it ramps up production of its mass-market Model 3 sedans. Gains in the high-flying stock, which has already rise...

PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury goods group Kering (PRTP.PA) has dropped a lawsuit filed in New York against Alibaba (BABA.N) and Alipay and agreed instead to co-operate with the two companies to safeguard intellectual property rights and fight counterfeiting. Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) is to send more potential hoax articles to third-party fact checkers and show their findings below the original post, the world's largest online social network said on Thursday as it tries to fight so-called fake news. The company said in a statement on its website...

(Reuters) - IT services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp reported an 86.5 percent jump in quarterly profit, benefiting from lower income tax compared with the year-ago period. The company's net income rose to $470 million, or 80 cents per share, from $252 million, or 41 cents per share, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is quickly ramping up the billions of dollars a year it spends on creating and licensing TV shows and films, signaling the retailer plans to be in show business for the long haul. The issue came to the forefront of investors' attention last week, whe...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese internet firm Meituan-Dianping, backed by Tencent Holdings Group Ltd (0700.HK), is in talks with prospective investors to raise $3 billion to $5 billion, said one person with direct knowledge of the matter. The financing round, for which Meituan is in talks with several...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it would go ahead with the capital investment to build a memory chip production line without joint venture partner Western Digital Corp. The Japanese company said it has increased the initial amount of capital investment in the Fab 6 production line to...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. retail giant Amazon.com unveiled the location of its first warehouse in Australia on Thursday, picking an industrial area outside Melbourne in a major step towards launching operations in the world's 12th-largest economy. Australians can already buy Amazon products from offsh...

(Reuters) - HBO's chief said on Wednesday that the company is conducting a forensic review of its computer systems to better understand the scope of a cyber attack that surfaced over the weekend. Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday that hackers stole 1.5 terabytes of data and leaked online a scr...

(Reuters) - Tableau Software Inc (DATA.N) reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, sending its shares up as much as 6 percent after the bell. The Seattle-based big data software company reported diluted non-GAAP earnings of 10 cents per share for the quarter ended J...

(Reuters) - Square Inc (SQ.N), the payments company co-founded by Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, reported a smaller quarterly loss on Wednesday, as customers processed more transactions through its technology. Square said net loss narrowed to $15.96 million, or 4 cents per share, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A website launched on Wednesday seeks to track Russian-supported propaganda and disinformation on Twitter, part of a growing non-governmental effort to diminish Moscow's ability to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe. The "Hamilton 68" dashboard (here...

(Reuters) - Electric-car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and backed its delivery guidance for the second half of the year. Shares of the company, which said it was averaging over 1,800 net reservations per day for its mass-market Model 3 since the handover of...

(Reuters) - Videogame publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) raised its full-year adjusted revenue forecast above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, driven by the continued success of its popular "Grand Theft Auto" game. The company now expects adjusted revenue at between $1.65 billion ...

(Reuters) - Zynga Inc, the creator of online game FarmVille, forecast current-quarter bookings below analysts' estimates on Wednesday, citing lower advertising sales and weak demand for the company's older games. The company forecast bookings of $205 million for the third quarter ending September, b...

(Reuters) - Cyber security company Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) has agreed to sell its business that helps verify the identity of websites to buyout firm Thoma Bravo LLC, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a move that extricates it from a feud with Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O). Thoma Br...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Some Banco Bradesco SA customers struggled to access online and branch services on Wednesday, after Brazil's third largest listed lender was hit by an intermittent glitch that slowed transaction systems. A spokeswoman at Osasco, Brazil-based Bradesco (BBDC4.SA) said in a teleph...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Costly cyber attacks are having a bigger impact on corporate earnings and are becoming a fact of life for companies as Oreo cookie maker Mondelez, drug maker Merck and others said that a destructive "worm" attack in the last week of the second quarter disrupted operations. Mondel...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Snap Inc (SNAP.N) slumped to new lows on Wednesday while short sellers closed out their bets following paper profits of half a billion dollars since the Snapchat owner's market debut in March. Sky-high costs to borrow Snap shares are leading many short sellers to ...

Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Face...

Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Face...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an empty mall that once bustled with trade in high-end smartphones, a Hong Kong shopkeeper sits surrounded by boxes of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) headphones, grumbling that business is grim - a domino effect of lackluster demand from mainland China. In recent years, hundreds of thou...

MILAN (Reuters) - French media group Vivendi could avoid having to sell a 20 percent stake in Mediaset by placing it into a blind trust, a source at Italy's communications watchdog AGCOM said on Wednesday. AGCOM said in April that Vivendi's stake-building at both broadcaster Mediaset and phone group...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian travel start-up Traveloka, which has raised nearly $500 million from investors including Expedia Inc and China's JD.com Inc, plans to ramp up its new tourist attraction booking service next year, a senior executive said. Investors have been pouring money into start-ups...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco is in the midst of paying back an overdue loan and discussing repayments of a larger, upcoming due loan with China Construction Bank, the company said in a statement responding to media reports on Wednesday. LeEco, one of China's most ambitious comp...

(Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) surprisingly strong quarterly results and forecast pushed the iPhone maker's shares to a record high, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI on track to breach the 22,000 mark when the market opens. Apple's shares were up 5.5 percent at $158.33 in premarket tr...