TOKYO (Reuters) - China regulatory authorities have approved the $18 billion sale of Toshiba Corp's chip unit to a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday, without citing sources.

LONDON (Reuters) - British game maker Bossa Studios will release Worlds Adrift on Thursday, an ambitious adventure game designed to appeal to the Minecraft generation that has taken three years and 50,000 gamers to create.

BEIJING (Reuters) - High school students in one Chinese school may want to think twice before dozing off in class. Artificially intelligent cameras with facial recognition tools will be watching.

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom on Thursday urged Germany to auction frequencies for fifth-generation mobile services on reasonable terms to ensure that there is enough money left over to invest in infrastructure.

NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Beijing's unslakeable thirst for the latest technology has spurred a proliferation of "accelerators" in Silicon Valley that aim to identify promising startups and bring them to China.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the "Angry Birds" mobile games and movie, posted better than expected quarterly profit on Thursday, representing a fillip to investor confidence dented by a dramatic profit warning in February.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Robust earnings from Tencent Holdings sent its market value surging by as much as $34 billion on Thursday, helping the Chinese technology giant briefly reclaim the mantle of Asia's most valuable listed company.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the "Angry Birds" mobile game series and movie, doubled operating profit in the first quarter as growth in its top games offset negative effects from currency exchange rates.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mobileye, Intel Corp's Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply eight million cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, a company official told Reuters.

(Reuters) - Google's YouTube said on Wednesday it will launch a new music streaming service, YouTube Music, next week and unveil soon a premium service that will charge more for its original shows.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's northern port city of Tianjin announced plans on Thursday to set up funds worth 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) to support the artificial intelligence industry, official news agency Xinhua said.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd opened up 7 percent in Hong Kong on Thursday after it reported better-than-expected first-quarter results.

(Reuters) - Google's YouTube is launching a new version of its music service and also getting ready to charge more on its original shows like "Cobra Kai", Recode reported on Wednesday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd opened up 7 percent in Hong Kong on Thursday after it reported better-than-expected first-quarter results.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended Facebook Inc investors withhold support from five directors including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and vote in favor of shareholder proposals aimed at improving the social media company's response to ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank said on Wednesday a cyber attack that has affected a payments system in the country had hit a total of five companies and that an estimated 300 million pesos ($15.33 million) of irregular transactions had been detected so far.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk needs to raise even more money, there may be a way.

(Reuters) - Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc reported third-quarter profit and revenue that topped analysts' estimates on Wednesday, but shares fell 4 percent after dour current-quarter forecasts indicated that the transition to a software-focused business remained a work in progress.

(Reuters) - Former Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] cyber security chief Joe Sullivan is joining internet security firm Cloudflare Inc as its new chief security officer, a spokeswoman for Cloudflare said on Wednesday.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy court is set to hear a dispute involving Brazilian telecoms company Oi SA and major shareholder Bratel Brasil SA, Bratel said on Wednesday, as investor discontent with Oi's bankruptcy reorganization process shows no signs of abating.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended investors withhold their support from five Facebook Inc directors, including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, citing issues including the social media company's la...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has sent a team to investigate the crash of a Tesla Inc vehicle that the driver said occurred while the vehicle was in autopilot mode.

MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in first-quarter earnings, hit by provisions made for fines Italy imposed on the phone group as part of the so-called golden power decree which the group is appealing.

(Reuters) - Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc reported a 4.4 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Wednesday, its second straight quarterly rise, driven by strong growth in its newer businesses such as cyber security.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 47 on Wednesday to reverse the Federal Communications Commission decision in December to repeal landmark 2015 net neutrality rules, but it still faces an uphill battle.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the law enforcement agency is "deeply concerned" about any company like China's ZTE gaining positions of power in the U.S. telecommunications market.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A New York court is set to hear a dispute involving Brazilian telecoms company Oi SA and major shareholder Bratel Brasil SA, Bratel said in a statement on Wednesday, as shareholder discontent with Oi's bankruptcy recovery process shows no signs of abating.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Square Inc's decision to allow users of its mobile app to buy and sell bitcoin this year was a "pretty contentious move within the company" and remains a source of internal tension, the payment processor's CEO Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 47 to advance a bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission decision in December to repeal landmark 2015 net neutrality rules.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will meet the leaders of the European Parliament to answer questions about the improper use of millions of users' data by a political consultancy, as pressure on the company's protection of data continues.