WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the makers of popular video games "Grand Theft Auto" and "Doom" to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month's school shooting in Florida.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated “bot” accounts, researchers said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop project...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snapchat owner Snap Inc will cut just over 120 engineers and reorganize its engineering team, according to a company memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc, the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, is in danger of being beaten by Amazon.com Inc to the $1 trillion mark. FILE PHOTO: The Amazon logo is seen at the Young Entrepreneurs fair in Paris, France, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Wall S...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general in Europe said on Thursday that the U.S. government did not have an effective unified approach to deal with Russia’s cyber threat. FILE PHOTO - Commander of the U.S. European Command Curtis M. Scaparrotti speaks during his presentation for Finnish Na...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Drivers for Uber in the Czech Republic will need to get business certificates and be licensed, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday after meeting with company officials. The Uber logo is seen on a screen in Singapore August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White Taxi drivers...

LONDON (LPC) - Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is considering raising around US$5bn of loans though its UK-based tech firm ARM Holdings, banking sources said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File...

How good are you at telling the difference between domain names you know and trust and impostor or look-alike domains? The answer may depend on how familiar you are with the nuances of internationalized domain names (IDNs), as well as which browser or Web application you’re using. For example,...

How good are you at telling the difference between domain names you know and trust and impostor or look-alike domains? The answer may depend on how familiar you are with the nuances of internationalized domain names (IDNs), as well as which browser or Web application you’re using. For example,...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has approved the Shanghai listing of an internet and industrial-focused subsidiary of Taiwan’s Foxconn, which the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer hopes will help fund new projects. FILE PHOTO: Logos of Foxconn and Ennoconn are seen during the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After criticizing video games in the wake of a school shooting in Florida last month, U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with industry executives on Thursday to discuss what the president believes is a link between the games and violent acts. U.S. President Donald Trump mee...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Grab, is in advanced negotiations to buy parts of Uber Technologies Inc’s business in the region, said a source with knowledge of the talks, in what would be Uber’s second retreat from an Asian market. FILE PHOTO: Ne...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - German software maker SAP found compliance breaches and “indications of misconduct” in $50 million of public sector deals in South Africa involving the Guptas, friends of former president Jacob Zuma accused of corruption, it said on Thursday. SAP logo at SAP head...

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union’s executive has proposed a draft law to offer crowdfunding platforms bloc-wide access to customers as part of efforts to boost growth in the financial technology sector. European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Grab, is in advanced negotiations to buy parts of Uber Technologies Inc’s business in the region, said a source with knowledge of the talks, in what would be Uber’s second retreat from an Asian market. FILE PHOTO: Ne...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler (DAIGn.DE) said on Thursday it would deepen its cooperation with China’s BAIC Group (1958.HK) in the area of new energy vehicles, even as rival Geely seeks to gain access to the German carmakers’ electric vehicle technologies. FILE PHOTO: A sign showing the ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Grab, is in advanced negotiations to buy parts of Uber Technologies Inc’s business in the region and offer a stake in itself, said a source with knowledge of the talks, in a move that would mark Uber’s pullback from ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Activist fund Elliott’s acquisition of a stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) is not a cause of concern for the phone group and its main shareholder Vivendi, the TIM Chairman and Vivendi CEO said on Thursday in a newspaper interview. FILE PHOTO - Vivendi's Chief Executive Officer Ar...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Thursday punished seven cryptocurrency exchanges, ordering two of them to suspend business, in an effort to shore up consumer protection after the $530 million theft of digital money from Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc. FILE PHOTO: Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck's signboard ...

When shopping online, always use your credit cards instead of a debit card. If any fraud happens, it is far easier to recover your money from a credit card transaction. Gift cards and one-time-use credit card numbers are even more secure.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd aims to more than double its annual sales to 2 million vehicles by 2025, with roughly a third of those expected to be all-electric battery cars. FILE PHOTO: A Great Wall Motors Haval HB-02 concept vehicle is presented during the Auto China 20...

(Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Wednesday it had found a higher number of serious violations of its labor and environmental policies for suppliers, such as falsifying work hours data, as it expanded the scope of its annual audit of conditions of workers making its iPhones and other products. ...

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Wednesday that it had found violations of its labor and environmental policies for suppliers, such falsifying work hours data, as it expanded the scope of its annual audit of conditions of workers making its iPhones and other products. FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pict...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc met in Brazil last week with an array of manufacturers to discuss plans to stock and sell products from consumer electronics to perfume in the country, according to two people that took part in the meetings. FILE PHOTO: An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Businesses can now describe themselves in Google Maps listings as being owned, led or founded by women, the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit announced Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google Maps app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. R...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell to a 1-1/2 week low on Wednesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission warned of “potentially unlawful” systems that trade crypto-currencies, which investors may use with an unearned sense of safety. FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin (virtual currency) coi...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators on Wednesday asked major vendors of U.S. voting equipment whether they have allowed Russian entities to scrutinize their software, saying the practice could allow Moscow to hack into American elections infrastructure. FILE PHOTO - A child looks through ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - The FBI views companies hit by cyber attacks as victims and will not rush to share their information with other agencies investigating whether they failed to protect customer data, its chief said Wednesday. FILE PHOTO - FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks at the 2018 Boston Confe...

(Reuters) - Twitter (TWTR.N) is taking measures to prevent cryptocurrency-related accounts from running scams on its platform, the company said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28,...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s cabinet approved on Wednesday an increase to the cap on airwaves that a mobile operator can hold to 35 percent from 25 percent, the federal government said in a statement. Based on recommendations of India’s telecoms regulator and the Telecom Commission, the ca...