Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, uses his phone to live cast during an event outside of the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the IPO of Square Inc., in New York November 19, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson Square Inc, the mobile payments company co-founded and run by Twitter Inc Chief ...
Tesla posts 13th straight loss, says on track for second-half deliveries
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) reported a steeper than expected quarterly loss on Wednesday on higher spending at its vehicle and battery factories, even as the company said it planned to accelerate store openings around the world. The 13th straight quarterly loss for the Silicon Valley electric carmaker...
Apple reports progress in workforce diversity
Store employees stand in front of a screen displaying iPhones during a preview event at the new Apple Store Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 28, 2016. Reuters/Andrew Kelly Apple Inc on Wednesday reported improvements in gender and ethnic diversity in June as the U.S. technology company...
Pokemon no-go: New Jersey resident sues over trespassing players
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 A New Jersey man has a message for the millions of players obsessed with the mobile game Pokemon Go: "Get off my lawn!" Jeffrey Ma...
Hulu mounts push to draw and keep subscribers: executive
Hulu has beefed up its customer service staff and is hiring executives from outside and within the online video business to slow subscriber defections ahead of the introduction of its live TV service, a top official of the streaming company said. "As we think about that offering of live TV, (viewers...
Massive funding, Apple backing helped Didi outrun Uber in China
The Apple logo hangs from the front of the new Apple Store Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 28, 2016. Reuters/Andrew Kelly - RTSK4LQ Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) $1 billion investment in car-hailing app Didi Chuxing in May helped accelerate Uber's decision to agree a halt to a costly two-year ...
Wal-Mart in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com: WSJ
Shopping carts are seen outside a new Wal-Mart Express store in Chicago July 26, 2011. Reuters/John Gress/Files Wal-Mart Stores Inc is in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. It was not clear how much Wal-Mart wo...
The Reincarnation of a Bulletproof Hoster
In April 2016, security firm Trend Micro published a damning report about a Web hosting provider referred to only as a “cyber-attack facilitator in the Netherlands.” If the Trend analysis lacked any real punch that might have been because — shortly after the report was pu...
The Reincarnation of a Bulletproof Hoster
In April 2016, security firm Trend Micro published a damning report about a Web hosting provider referred to only as a “cyber-attack facilitator in the Netherlands.” If the Trend analysis lacked any real punch that might have been because — shortly after the report was pu...
Facebook to let emerging market companies sell through their pages
A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Facebook Inc is to let small businesses in emerging markets sell to customers for free directly through th...
Private company wins U.S. clearance to fly to the moon
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in this July, 1969 file photo. Photo courtesy of NASA/Handout via Reuters A Florida-based company won U.S. government permiss...
Bosch launches electric scooter sharing service in Berlin
A company logo on BOSCH building is pictured at the company's new research and advance development centre Campus Renningen during a guided media tour in Renningen, Germany, September 30, 2015. Reuters/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo - RTSJ1IS Auto parts supplier Robert Bosch [ROBG.UL] has launched an elec...
Bitfinex executive says 119,756 bitcoin stolen from Hong Kong exchange
An attendant holds a bitcoin sign during the opening of Hong Kong's first bitcoin retail store February 28, 2014. Reuters/Bobby Yip/File Photo Nearly 120,000 bitcoin has been stolen from the exchange platform Bitfinex in Hong Kong, an executive from the bourse said on Wednesday. Zane Tackett, Direct...
China's robotics rush shows how its debt can get out of control
Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze river, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical music. The Wuhu Hands On Café's waiter, named "H...
FBI took months to warn Democrats of suspected Russian role in hack: sources
A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in a photo illustration in Paris April 15, 2014. Reuters/Mal Langsdon The FBI did not tell the Democratic National Committee that U.S officials suspected it was the target of a Russian government-backed...
Pokemon Go creator wants more tie ups like McDonald's Japan
The creator of mobile gaming phenomenon Pokemon Go is exploring more sponsorships by companies that want to attract character-hunting players to their businesses, the chief executive of developer Niantic Labs said on Tuesday. Niantic is talking with several companies interested in partnerships simil...
Taiwan says set to order Uber to exit market
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks to students during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Mumbai, India, January 19, 2016. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui Taiwan's Investment Commission said on Wednesday it is set to order Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] to exit the domestic ma...
U.S. military communications satellite fails to reach intended orbit
A propulsion system problem has left a U.S. military communications satellite short of its intended orbit, leaving a key communications network over the Middle East, Africa and Asia without a spare, officials said on Tuesday. The satellite, known as MUOS-5, is the second spacecraft built by Lockheed...
Under Tesla's wing, SolarCity's future remains uncertain
After four rocky years as a publicly traded company in the volatile renewable energy sector, SolarCity Corp (SCTY.O) may now be wading into an equally uncertain future. With a tentative agreement to be purchased by its sister company, Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O), SolarCity is going all in on a st...
Famed hacker creates new ratings system for software
A famed hacker who nearly 20 years ago told Congress he could take down the internet in 30 minutes is now going after the computer software industry, whose standard practices all but guarantee that most products will be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Peiter Zatko, known in the hacker world as Mudge, w...
EA revenue beats estimates on higher game downloads
An Electronic Arts (EA) video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 17, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc, known for titles such as "FIFA" and "Star Wars Battlefront", reported first-quarter ...
NBA 2K videogame maker wins dismissal of big tattoo damages claim
Fomer Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant pauses during a break in playing against the Utah Jazz during Game 4 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final playoff series in Salt Lake City, Utah, in this file May 10, 2010 photo. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson The maker of the popular NBA 2K video game series...
Exclusive: LexisNexis and start-up join to curb bitcoin money-laundering
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture shot May 27, 2015. Reuters/Benoit Tessier/Illustration A company that provides banks with anti-money-laundering controls has teamed up with a bitcoin security firm to try to curb nefarious uses of ...
Georgia man pleads guilty in insider trading hacking case
A Georgia man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trading on inside information that authorities say was obtained by hackers through a worldwide scheme to steal information from services that distribute corporate news releases. Leonid Momotok, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to one count of...
Musk, big investors likely to boost stakes in Tesla
Elon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCityÕs Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York October 2, 2015. Reuters/Rashid Umar Abbasi/File Photo - RTSKHHA Elon Musk and key institutional investors will probably tighten their control over electric car maker Te...
OpenTV owner settles patent dispute with Apple
The Apple Inc. logo is shown outside the company's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 13, 2016. Reuters/Stephen Lam - RTX2G0BO Swiss digital TV security company Kudelski (KUD.S) on Tuesday reached a settlement with Apple Inc(AAPL.O), ending a patent dispute ...
New Instagram feature makes content disappear after 24 hours
A screen displays the Instagram logo during a presentation in New York December 12, 2013. Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo - RTSGU5I Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, is taking aim at fast-growing messaging app Snapchat with a new feature that gives users the option to make picture...
Samsung Electronics unveils new curved-screen Galaxy Note phone in H2 sales push
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 28, 2016. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji - RTSK0I9 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a new Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved screen and iris-recognition technology, seeking to build on the sales momentum t...
Exclusive: Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran - researchers
Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users, the largest known breach of the encrypted communications system, cyber researchers told Reuters. The attacks, which took place this year...
Hundreds of Uber drivers in Kenya go on strike after price cuts
The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this photo illustration taken December 10, 2014. Reuters/Sergio Perez/Illustration/File Photo - RTSKHW2 Hundreds of drivers signed up with ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in Kenya went ...