Millennial love for Snapchat extends to the stock

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For some millennial investors, loyalty to one of their favorite apps matters more than financial details in the case of Snap Inc.

LinkedIn executive for recruiting software to depart after senior management changes

(Reuters) - Eduardo Vivas, an executive in charge of shaping one of LinkedIn's biggest revenue generators, plans to leave, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Friday.

Canada's OutsideIQ, SAP Ariba partner to tackle compliance, risk

TORONTO (Reuters) - OutsideIQ, a Canadian startup which uses cognitive computing to analyze data, is partnering with the world's largest business commerce network, SAP Ariba, to help corporations quickly screen vendors for risk and regulatory compliance, they said.

U.S. regulators reject Bitcoin ETF, digital currency plunges

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin, the digital currency.

EU reassured on U.S. privacy directive: source

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross gave no indication of any plans to change U.S. privacy protections underpinning a pact enabling billions of dollars of data flows during a meeting with the EU digital chief, a source said on Friday.

Dahua, Hikvision IoT Devices Under Siege

Dahua, the world’s second-largest maker of “Internet of Things” devices like security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs), has shipped a software update that closes a gaping security hole in a broad swath of its products. The vulnerability allows anyone to bypass the login p...

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Dahua, Hikvision IoT Devices Under Siege

Dahua, the world’s second-largest maker of “Internet of Things” devices like security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs), has shipped a software update that closes a gaping security hole in a broad swath of its products. The vulnerability allows anyone to bypass the login p...

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California paves way to self-driving car tests without humans

DETROIT (Reuters) - California, the largest U.S. car market, plans to allow testing on public roads of self-driving vehicles without human backup drivers by the end of the year, state officials said Friday.

Tech workers find communal living a solution for high rents

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zander Dejah, 25, pays $1,900 a month rent to live in a downtown San Francisco house with at least 40 other people, many of whom sleep in bunk beds.

Alphabet self-driving car unit seeks injunction against Uber

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit on Friday said it would seek a preliminary injunction against Uber [UBER.UL] in a high-profile intellectual property lawsuit, according to a court filing.

Capital One launches Eno, gender-neutral virtual assistant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp has developed a "chatbot" named Eno, an automated program that can communicate with the bank's customers via text message to give them information on their accounts and help them make credit card payments from their smartphone.

South African taxis block roads to main airport in Uber protest

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African taxi drivers blocked roads to Johannesburg's airport on Friday, holding up thousands of travelers in the latest protest against ride-hailing app Uber.

Vodafone pays the price for inertia as rivals pull ahead

LONDON (Reuters) - British mobile operator Vodafone risks being left on the sidelines as rivals converge to break free from just selling ever-cheaper data bundles and become internet companies offering combined services from phones to TV to broadband.

Exclusive: Japan to vet bidders in Toshiba chip sale for national security risks - sources

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government, fretting over the future of Toshiba Corp's flagship memory chips unit, is prepared to block a sale to bidders it deems a risk to national security, sources said, a stance that gives U.S. suitors a major advantage.

Uber drivers found guilty of unlawful commercial car hire in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Five Hong Kong Uber drivers were found guilty of illegally using their vehicles for commercial purposes by a local court on Friday, dealing a potential blow to Uber Technologies Inc's operations in the Asian financial hub.

Toshiba third-quarter release timing to depend on any Westinghouse bankruptcy filing: Finmin

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he thought Toshiba Corp's prospects of reporting its third-quarter earnings by a March 14 deadline depend in large part on whether its nuclear unit Westinghouse decides to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

State-backed rivals force India's e-payment firms to step up

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Electronic payment firms got a big boost when India abolished most of the country's banknotes last year, but rival state-sponsored e-payment services are forcing them to raise their game to hang on to their new customers.

WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days

When WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of files documenting hacking tools used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, many feared WikiLeaks would soon publish a trove of so-called “zero days,” the actual computer code that the CIA uses to exploit previously unknown flaws in a range...

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WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days

When WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of files documenting hacking tools used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, many feared WikiLeaks would soon publish a trove of so-called “zero days,” the actual computer code that the CIA uses to exploit previously unknown flaws in a range...

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After Snap IPO, U.S. regulator Stein questions voting rights

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - One of two current members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission raised questions on Thursday about Snap Inc and other companies that offer shareholders unequal voting rights, saying the agency should "focus on how some innovations may prove detrimental to inve...

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FCC investigating AT&T 911 outage

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it will investigate a problem that prevented some AT&T wireless subscribers from making emergency calls late Wednesday.

Airbnb raises $1 billion in latest round of funding

(Reuters) - Online room renting service Airbnb Inc said on Thursday it had raised $1 billion in its latest round of funding, valuing the company at $31 billion.

Julian Assange says WikiLeaks will share CIA hacking tools with tech companies

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files

Alibaba seeks $5 billion loan amid tech financing rush: Basis Point

An employee is seen behind a glass wall with the logo of Alibaba at the company's headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 23, 2014. REUTERS/Chance Chan/File Photo

Technology is now at root of almost all serious crime: Europol

A padlock is displayed at the Alert Logic booth during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 3, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker

Exclusive: ING, SocGen to test LNG trading with blockchain in months

A pedestrian walks past the logo of ING bank by the group's main office in Brussels, Belgium, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

EU court sets limit on right to be forgotten in company registers

An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

STMicro shares slump on concerns over Apple supplies

PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in chipmaker STMicroelectronics slumped on Thursday, making them among the worst performers in Europe, on concerns that it could be late on supplying some components for Apple's next-generation smartphone.

Apple's Siri learns Shanghainese as voice assistants race to cover languages

CEO Tim Cook talks about Siri during an Apple event in San Francisco, California March 7, 2012. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

EU court upholds cathode ray tube cartel fines on Samsung SDI

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court upheld fines of 150.8 million euros ($159.1 million) imposed on Korea's Samsung SDI and subsidiaries for participating in cartels to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes used in televisions and as computer monitors.