Digital mapping firm HERE wants new investor by year-end: Handelsblatt

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Digital maps company HERE, controlled by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen , aims to find a new investor by the end of the year, HERE chief Edzard Overbeek told a German newspaper.

Vivendi's pay-TV discusses distribution offers with Iliad in France: media

PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi's pay-TV unit Canal Plus is holding talks with French telecoms firm Iliad about new distribution offers as it tries to stem subscription losses in the country, newspaper Les Echos reported on Tuesday, without citing a source.

Livestream of Kim Dotcom extradition hearing a first for New Zealand

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand judge gave permission on Tuesday for the hearing of German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's appeal against his extradition to be streamed on YouTube, making it the country's first court case to be broadcast on the Internet.

Alphabet executive steps down from Uber board amid growing competition

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet executive David Drummond, who has been a director on the Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] board for close to three years, has stepped down, the ride-hailing firm confirmed on Monday.

U.S. appeals court dismisses AT&T data throttling lawsuit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels.

EU likely to hand Apple Irish tax bill of over 1 billion euro: source

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Commission will rule against Ireland's tax dealings with Apple on Tuesday, two source familiar with the decision told Reuters, one of whom said Dublin would be told to recoup over 1 billion euros in back taxes.

Facebook CEO says group will not become a media company

ROME (Reuters) - Facebook Inc. will not become a media company, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, telling students the firm would remain a technology platform.

Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government wants Facebook to be more proactive in monitoring and, if necessary, removing forbidden as well as offensive content from its social network platform.

Apple is sued over unresponsive iPhone 6 touchscreens

A man holds an iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Megaupload's Dotcom argues extradition appeal should be live streamed

German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom appears in an Auckland court, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Cameron

Vienna Airport says glitch that disrupted dozens of flights resolved

Planes are waiting next to Vienna's International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

HostSailor Threatens to Sue KrebsOnSecurity

Earlier this month, KrebsOnSecurity published The Reincarnation of a Bulletproof Hoster, which examined evidence suggesting that a Web hosting company called HostSailor was created out of the ashes of another, now-defunct hosting firm notorious for harboring spammers, scammers and other on...

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HostSailor Threatens to Sue KrebsOnSecurity

Earlier this month, KrebsOnSecurity published The Reincarnation of a Bulletproof Hoster, which examined evidence suggesting that a Web hosting company called HostSailor was created out of the ashes of another, now-defunct hosting firm notorious for harboring spammers, scammers and other on...

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Nutanix acquires two startups amid IPO delay

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - High-tech computing company Nutanix has acquired two startups to enhance its data and storage services, as the firm continues to grow its business despite a protracted delay in its initial public offering.

Cost-cutting, growth could lift Symantec shares 25 percent: Barron's

(Reuters) - Symantec Corp shares could gain 25 percent or more following steps to cut costs and a recent acquisition that could propel the company's business in the hot cybersecurity market, a Barron's report said on Sunday.

Uber, Careem suspend services in UAE capital

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Ride-hailing services Uber [UBER.UL] and Careem have suspended services in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, since Saturday and did not know when they could resume operations, they said on Sunday.

Israeli tech group Shellanoo plans Tel Aviv IPO

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli technology company Shellanoo is planning to raise at least 100 million shekels ($26.5 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in late September or October, it said on Sunday.

Iran detects malware in petrochemical plants, says not linked to recent fires

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has detected and removed malicious software from two of its petrochemical complexes, a senior military official said on Saturday, after announcing last week it was investigating whether recent petrochemical fires were caused by cyber attacks.

St. Jude says report by short sellers 'false and misleading'

(Reuters) - Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc said on Friday a report by short-selling firm Muddy Waters and a cyber-security researcher alleging its heart devices were riddled with bugs was "false and misleading."

Facebook changes 'Trending' feature to rely less on human editors

Computer screens display the Facebook sign-in screen in this photo illustration taken in Golden, Colorado, United States July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

UK regulator to monitor WhatsApp's data sharing with Facebook

A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Inside ‘The Attack That Almost Broke the Internet’

In March 2013, a coalition of spammers and spam-friendly hosting firms pooled their resources to launch what would become the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack the Internet had ever witnessed. The assault briefly knocked offline the world’s largest anti-spam organization, and...

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Inside ‘The Attack That Almost Broke the Internet’

In March 2013, a coalition of spammers and spam-friendly hosting firms pooled their resources to launch what would become the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack the Internet had ever witnessed. The assault briefly knocked offline the world’s largest anti-spam organization, and...

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Net1 to invest up to $40 million in India's MobiKwik over 2 years

Payment services provider Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc will invest up to $40 million in Indian mobile wallet services provider MobiKwik over the next 24 months, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday. MobiKwik had previously raised three rounds of funding from investors including Sequoia Ca...

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Belgians are hunting books, instead of Pokemon

A man uses a mobile phone in front of an advertisement board bearing the image of Pokemon Go at an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Chinese man arrested in Hong Kong over FACC cyber attack in Austria

An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Australia warns shipbuilder DCNS after massive security leak

An employee looks at the propeller of a Scorpene submarine at the industrial site of the naval defence company and shipbuilder DCNS in La Montagne near Nantes, France, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

Economists see ride-hailing industry as ripe for competition

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chinese powerhouse Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber Technologies Inc's [UBER.UL] China operations marked the biggest move yet toward consolidation in an industry that many investors and Silicon Valley pundits view as a winner-take-all game.

U.S. bank group to launch Zelle instant payments brand in 2017

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A consortium of banks holding the majority of U.S. consumer accounts plans to launch its instant, person-to-person payments brand Zelle in the first half of 2017, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Russian man convicted of stealing credit card numbers in hacking scheme

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Russian was convicted on Thursday of 38 counts related to a hacking scheme that stole more than 2 million credit card numbers used for fraudulent purchases that cost financial institutions some $169 million, U.S. officials said.