File Photo: Michael Lynton, CEO Sony Entertainment and CEO and chairman Sony Pictures Entertainment, speaks during an investors' conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
SpaceX 2015 accident cost it hundreds of millions: Wall St. Journal
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - - Elon Musk’s SpaceX lost more than a quarter of a billion dollars in 2015 after a botched cargo run to the International Space Station and the subsequent grounding of its Falcon 9 rocket fleet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Startup investors fret over risks of mass data collection
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.
LeEco gets fresh $2.18 billion investment from property developer Sunac
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese technology conglomerate LeEco has secured a new round of investment worth 15.04 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) from property developer Sunac China Holdings , according to a stock exchange statement made by Sunac on Friday.
Infosys trims revenue outlook as outsourcers brace for tighter U.S. regime
MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd , India's second-biggest software services exporter, pared its full-year revenue growth outlook as it fights uncertainties in its biggest markets that could curb client spending on technology.
Nissan picks London for first European on-road autonomous car tests
LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Nissan said it will conduct its first European real-world trials of self-driving cars in London, choosing Britain just months after it said it would build two new models in the country despite concerns over Brexit.
Chinese tech giant's Taiwan deals unravel as Powertech calls off share pact
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Powertech Technology Inc said Friday it was terminating a share agreement with China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, unraveling more than $2 billion in deal-making that the state-run Chinese giant had hoped to seal on the island.
Nintendo Switch to launch March 3, to cost $299.99 in U.S.
Nintendo signage is displayed at the company's booth at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, in Los Angeles, California June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo
Taiwan's Hon Hai, Japan's Sharp considering LCD plant in U.S.: Nikkei
A man walks past Sharp Corp's advertisement board at an electronics store in Tokyo June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files
South Korea investigators mull arrest warrant for Samsung leader: Yonhap
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president's impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Po...
U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple Inc over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps by not allowing users to purchase them outside the App Store, leading to higher prices, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Takata expected to plead guilty as part of $1 billion U.S. settlement: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government's investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said.
UK lawmakers criticize Amazon.com's 'Webminster' tube ad campaign
LONDON (Reuters) - Some UK lawmakers criticized an advertising campaign by Amazon.com Inc on Thursday which involved changing the name signs at London's Westminster underground station, where parliament is located, to 'Webminster', branding it "insulting".
AT&T chief executive, Trump meet amid planned Time Warner merger
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson is meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday in New York amid the company's planned merger with Time Warner Inc . a deal that the Republican president-elect has criticized.
Amazon to create 100,000 full-time jobs in U.S.
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would create more than 100,000 full-time jobs in the United States over the next 18 months.
Flipkart reshuffle signals shift to margins over volume
MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Even before he was appointed to run India's biggest e-commerce company, Kalyan Krishnamurthy had signaled a change: as head of sales at Flipkart he focused on profitable "big ticket" items, a shift away from the industry's fixation on growth at all costs.
Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of high-skilled visa program
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
India's Tata Consultancy third-quarter net up 10.9 percent, beats estimates
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd , India's biggest software services company, posted a better-than-expected 10.9 percent rise in third-quarter profit, helped by demand for digital services.
China's Xiaomi targets 2017 sales of $14.5 billion after 2016 overhaul
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi targets 2017 sales of over 100 billion yuan ($14.47 billion), Chief Executive Lei Jun said on Thursday, after a year that saw the firm fall down the smartphone vendor rankings while it overhauled its business.
Trump news conference sets worldwide social media afire
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In his first news conference since the Nov. 8 election, President-elect Donald Trump set social media ablaze on Wednesday with remarks including harsh criticism of the press and a defense of his goal to improve ties with Russia.
Samsung Group leader Lee arrives at South Korea prosecution office for questioning
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee on Thursday arrived at the South Korean special prosecutor's office for questioning over bribery suspicions as part of a widening political scandal that may permanently unseat President Park Geun-hye.
EU says U.S. explanation of Yahoo email scanning not enough
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States has not satisfied the European Union's concerns about Yahoo's scanning of all customers' incoming emails for U.S. intelligence purposes, the bloc's justice chief told Reuters in an interview.
Third of global consumers open to Google, Amazon banking: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roughly one in three banking and insurance customers globally would consider switching their accounts to Google , Amazon or Facebook if the Silicon Valley giants offered financial services, according to a new survey on Wednesday.
Amazon removes Indian flag doormat link after visa threat
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-color flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the U.S. company's employees if they did not stop selling the product.
Canada's Shaw turns to Comcast technology to regain market share
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Shaw Communications Inc announced a voice-controlled television product on Wednesday that it hopes will help it stem years of market share losses to western Canadian telecom rival Telus Corp .
Brussels and London form 'fintech bridge'
LONDON (Reuters) - A delegation from Belgium's financial technology sector came to London with its finance minister this week to set up a "fintech bridge" with the British capital that will enable cooperation on the burgeoning sector.
Amazon to pay C$1.1 million to settle Canada pricing case
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian unit of Amazon.com will pay a C$1 million ($756,658.60) fine to settle an investigation into pricing activities on its website that gave an inaccurate view of how much consumers could save, Canada's competition watchdog said on Wednesday.
Instagram adds advertising to Instagram Stories
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Instagram is bringing more than 30 advertisers into one of its fastest-growing features, Instagram Stories, in a bid to boost advertising revenue, the company said on Wednesday.
Adobe, Microsoft Push Critical Security Fixes
Adobe and Microsoft on Tuesday each released security updates for software installed on hundreds of millions of devices. Adobe issued an update for Flash Player and for Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft released just four updates to plug some 15 security holes in Windows and related software....
Adobe, Microsoft Push Critical Security Fixes
Adobe and Microsoft on Tuesday each released security updates for software installed on hundreds of millions of devices. Adobe issued an update for Flash Player and for Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft released just four updates to plug some 15 security holes in Windows and related software....