Letters spell the word ''Alphabet'' as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is in late-stage talks with Alphabet Inc's self-driving car division for a tec...

The rear of a Lexus SUV equipped with Google self-driving sensors is seen during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California, U.S., September 29, 2015. Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo U.S. consumers who are under 40 are more open than older people to se...

The American Dental Association (ADA) says it may have inadvertently mailed malware-laced USB thumb drives to thousands of dental offices nationwide. The problem first came to light in a post on the DSL Reports Security Forum. DSLR member “Mike” from Pittsburgh got curious about the...

The American Dental Association (ADA) says it may have inadvertently mailed malware-laced USB thumb drives to thousands of dental offices nationwide. The problem first came to light in a post on the DSL Reports Security Forum. DSLR member “Mike” from Pittsburgh got curious about the...

The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group is pictured in this September 24, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Shares in German ecommerce investor Rocket Internet took another tumble on Thursday as concerns grew over the value of its portfolio and after a do...

A man works on a tent for NXP Semiconductors in preparation for the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada January 4, 2015. Reuters/Steve Marcus Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors, the world's top manufacturer of electronics in cars and a pro...

The sun rises behind the entrance sign to Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park before the company's IPO launch, May 18, 2012. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo Wow. After underwhelming results from Apple Inc, Google Inc and other big tech names, investors finally found a friend in Facebook Inc after...

Electronic cables are silhouetted next to the logo of Twitter in this September 23, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Anyone who has had embarrassing photos posted on social media or been deluged with angry messages can attest to the high emotional cost of cyber bullying. But t...

WPP founder and CEO Martin Sorrell, speaks at the British chambers of Commerce annual conference in London Britain, March 3, 2016. Reuters/Peter Nicholls/File photo Britain's WPP, the world's biggest advertising company, enjoyed a solid first three months to the year after it outperformed rivals in ...

The Uber logo is seen on a vehicle near Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S. May 7, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith/File Photo Uber's proposed settlement of a high-profile class-action lawsuit last week has drawn opposition from some drivers and other concerned parties as the ride-hailing ...

The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) said it would buy cloud-based payment management services provider Textura Corp (TXTR.N) for $663 million in cash. The $26-per-share offer represents a premium of 30.7 perce...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss-American technology accessories maker Logitech could benefit from a slowdown in the smartphone market, Chief Executive Bracken Darrell said on Thursday after it reported its best annual retail sales growth in five years.

New Samsung S7 (R) and S7 edge smartphones are displayed after their unveiling ceremony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Thursday tipped a pickup in second-quarter profits after reporting a 12...

Redmi Note 3 smartphones by Xiaomi are seen during a launching ceremony in Hong Kong, China March 21, 2016. Reuters/Bobby Yip Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL] aims to double sales of smart home technology devices like rice cookers and air purifiers this year, the company's vice president...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Apple Inc expanded its Apple Pay digital wallet in Australia on Thursday after ANZ became the country's first bank to support the mobile payment service, executives at the pair told Reuters.

A logo of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) is seen at their main building in Manila, Philippines March 23, 2016. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco The Philippine central bank has foiled attempts to hack its website, its governor said on Thursday amid a warning from global financial n...

Visitors check their smartphones at the world's biggest computer and software fair CeBit in Hanover, Germany, March 14, 2016. Reuters/Nigel Treblin Global shipments of smartphones shrank 3 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier in the market's first year-on-year contraction on record, rese...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco, California April 12, 2016. Reuters/Stephen Lam - Facebook announced on Wednesday it will create a new class of non-voting shares in a move aimed at letting Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg give aw...

The U.S. Congress on Wednesday passed and sent to President Barack Obama legislation strengthening legal protection for companies' trade secrets, including manufacturing processes and computer methods. The House of Representatives voted 410-2 to approve the "Defend Trade Secrets Act" on the heels of...

A strike by nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications Inc workers is in its third week with unions and the company still far apart on contract talks, even as employee healthcare benefits are set to expire on Saturday. Workers, from network technicians to customer service representatives, in Verizon's Fio...

A PayPal sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California May 28, 2014. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach PayPal Holdings Inc's (PYPL.O) quarterly revenue rose 19 percent as the company added customers and processed more digital payments on its network. Shares of the payment processor, which was spu...

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic Facebook Inc (FB.O) reported a better-than-expected 51.9 percent rise in quarterly revenue as its increasingl...

People walk in front of a branch of U.S. technology company Apple in Zurich, Switzerland April 5, 2016. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann If Apple (AAPL.O) could cash in the value it lost in the first minute of trading on Wednesday, it would be nearly enough to buy General Motors, Target or Caterpillar. In fact...

A woman looks at her mobile next to AT&T logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea/File Photo U.S. telecoms provider AT&T is betting it can carve out a significant business in connecting objects with one another, the head of that unit tol...

Social media sentiment for Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.K) dropped sharply on Wednesday, a day after the companies reported disappointing quarterly earnings, while online circles remained confident about Facebook Inc (FB.O), which is scheduled to post results after the market closes. Twi...

A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it did not own the rights to the technical method a contractor used to open an Apple iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and ther...

A neon Google sign is seen in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power/File Photo BRUSSELS - Photo agency Getty Images has become the latest company to ask European competition regulators to investigate Google, ...

Two freshly delivered Amazon boxes are seen on a counter in Golden, Colorado August 27, 2014. Reuters/Rick Wilking A federal judge has ruled that Amazon.com was liable for billing parents for unauthorized charges that children made within apps, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. A judge...

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk has told investors his electric car company will stop burning cash and turn a profit this year, and corralling costs associated with quality problems will be critical to making good on that pledge. While Tesla has trimmed its average warranty repai...