Technology
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Stripe strikes global partnerships with China's Alipay, WeChat Pay
[ad_1] NEW YORK Silicon Valley startup Stripe has partnered with digital payment providers Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants using its platform globally to accept payments from hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers. Starting…
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Trump says discussed forming cyber security unit with Putin
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that he discussed forming a cyber security unit to guard against election hacking with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tweeting after his first meeting with Putin…
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Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time
[ad_1] By David Ingram | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO The shortage of housing in California’s Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed taking homebuilding into its own hands for the…
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Waymo must disclose details of Lyft car deal to Uber: ruling
[ad_1] By Dan Levine | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo must disclose documents to attorneys representing Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] about Waymo’s partnership…
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Apple challenges Imagination Technologies' disclosure timing
[ad_1] Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Friday disputed the timeline of events leading up the disclosure by Imagination Technologies Group Plc (IMG.L) that Apple plans to drop the graphics chip supplier, a loss of the UK…
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Tesla third-quarter deliveries to include 3,500 vehicles in transit
[ad_1] Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said current-quarter deliveries would include about 3,500 vehicles that were in transit to customers at the end of the second quarter, on a day the electric-car maker’s first Model 3 rolls…
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Germany says cyber threat greater than expected, more firms affected
[ad_1] By Andrea Shalal | HAMBURG HAMBURG Germany’s BSI federal cyber agency said on Friday that the threat posed to German firms by recent cyber attacks launched via a Ukrainian auditing software was greater than…
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Whole Foods sought $45 per share offer from Amazon
[ad_1] Whole Foods Market Inc (WFM.O) said it had sought $45 per share from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) but settled for $42 per share, which the ecommerce giant called its “best and final offer”. Amazon had…
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Maersk says too early to predict financial impact of cyber attack
[ad_1] SHANGHAI Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Petya cyber attack that hit the shipping giant’s computers and delayed cargoes, but added that normal operations had…
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Mondelez second-quarter revenue growth hit by global cyber attack
[ad_1] Mondelez International Inc MDLZ.O, the world’s second-largest confectionary company, said its second-quarter revenue growth would be reduced by 3 percent due to the recent global cyber attack, sending its shares down slightly in extended…
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Maersk says shipments back to normal next week after cyber attack
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk expects container shipments to be back to normal early next week, it said on Thursday, as the impact of last week’s cyber attack extends into its third week.…
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Facebook, Twitter, Snap to seek soccer World Cup clips from Fox: Bloomberg
[ad_1] Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Snap Inc are seeking online rights to video highlights from Twenty-first Century Fox Inc for next year’s soccer World Cup, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The companies have offered tens…
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With 'sticky' customers, more payments processors may combine for growth
[ad_1] By David Henry and Anna Irrera | NEW YORK NEW YORK In the world of financial technology, where startups are the focus of M&A chatter, a $10 billion combination of two back-office processors whose…
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Hoteliers welcome Paris decision forcing Airbnb hosts to register rentals
[ad_1] By Dominique Vidalon | PARIS PARIS French hoteliers cheered on Wednesday a Paris City Council decision making it mandatory from December for people renting their apartments on short-term rental websites such as Airbnb to…
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China's Tencent shrugs off impact of play-time limits; shares rise
[ad_1] By Sijia Jiang | HONG KONG HONG KONG Tencent Holdings Ltd has shrugged off concerns that a move to limit play time for some users of its top-grossing “Honour of Kings” game could hurt…
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Denied U.S. visas, all-girl Afghan robotics team to watch their creation compete via Skype
[ad_1] By Jalil Ahmad Rezayee | HERAT, Afghanistan HERAT, Afghanistan Two Afghan girls refused visas to the United States for a robot-building competition said on Tuesday they were mystified by the decision, as the contest’s…
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Continental to invest in driverless mobility with EasyMile stake
[ad_1] FRANKFURT German auto parts and tyre maker Continental (CONG.DE) said on Tuesday it would take a minority stake in French autonomous driving company EasyMile and cooperate with it on environmental sensors, braking systems and…
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Tencent's online publisher files for Hong Kong IPO seen worth $800 million
[ad_1] By Elzio Barreto | HONG KONG HONG KONG China Literature Ltd, a Tencent Holdings Ltd unit and the country’s largest online publishing and e-book company, has filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering…
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Family firm in Ukraine says it was not responsible for cyber attack
[ad_1] By Jack Stubbs and Pavel Polityuk | KIEV KIEV Ukrainian company Intellect Service was not responsible for last week’s international cyber attack that brought down the computer systems of several major companies, the father…
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SK Hynix convertible bond proposal clouds prospects for Toshiba chip deal
[ad_1] By Se Young Lee and Kentaro Hamada | SEOUL/TOKYO SEOUL/TOKYO SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) has proposed that its financing for a consortium picked as preferred bidder for Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) chip unit be done…
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'Brain training' app improves memory in people with cognitive decline
[ad_1] LONDON A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia and could help such patients avert some symptoms…
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Indonesia sets tariff ranges for online car-hailing services
[ad_1] By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Eveline Danubrata | JAKARTA JAKARTA Indonesia has set minimum and maximum tariffs for online car-hailing services, aiming to ensure comparable pricing with conventional transport providers whose drivers have…
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Samsung Electronics to launch refurbished Note 7 phones in South Korea from July 7
[ad_1] SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Sunday it will start selling a refurbished version of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea on July 7, using batteries different from those…
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BMW to make Mini electric car plant decision by end-September
[ad_1] By Costas Pitas | CHICHESTER, England CHICHESTER, England BMW will decide whether to build its new electric Mini car in Britain or elsewhere by the end of September, its board member for sales told…
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Ukraine says Russian security services involved in recent cyber attack
[ad_1] KIEV Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said on Saturday that the Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack that hit Ukraine, saying the aim was to destroy important data and spread…
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U.S. warns businesses of hacking campaign against nuclear, energy firms
[ad_1] TORONTO The U.S government warned industrial firms this week about a hacking campaign targeting the nuclear and energy sectors, the latest event to highlight the power industry’s vulnerability to cyber attacks. Since at least…
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Despite hacking charges, U.S. tech industry fought to keep ties to Russia spy service
[ad_1] (Editors note: Attention to language in paragraph 22 that may be offensive to some readers.) WASHINGTON/MOSCOW As U.S. officials investigated in January the FSB’s alleged role in election cyber attacks, U.S. technology firms were…
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Germany gears up to defend against possible G20 cyber attacks
[ad_1] By Andrea Shalal and Thorsten Severin | BERLIN BERLIN Germany is girding itself for possible cyber attacks on next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, by hacker groups or cells linked to foreign governments, its…
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Facebook changes algorithm to curb 'tiny group' of spammers
[ad_1] By David Ingram | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed to limit the reach of people known to frequently blast out…
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Nike-Amazon deal may hurt sporting goods retailers: analysts
[ad_1] Nike’s pilot program to sell certain products on Amazon and Instagram is a precursor to it forging a deeper relationship with online retailers, and could hit sales at sporting goods retailers such as Foot…