High-profile Snap stakeholders revealed in filings Some of the biggest U.S. mutual and hedge funds, including Daniel Loeb's Third Point and Daniel Och's Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM.N), owned stakes in Snap Inc (SNAP.N), parent of the wildly popular Snapchat messaging app, at the end of March, regulatory filings on Friday […]
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Apple iTunes is coming to the Windows Store Apple iTunes is coming to the Windows Store:- Microsoft previewed the next version of Windows 10 on day two of its Build developer conference in Seattle. One surprise, and this is a big win for Microsoft, is how chummy it has gotten […]
German cyber agency chides Yahoo for not helping hacking probe Germany's federal cyber agency said on Thursday that Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) had not cooperated with its investigation into a series of hacks that compromised more than one billion of the U.S. company's email users between 2013 and 2016. Yahoo's Dublin-based […]
Uber's self-driving car legal fight with Waymo headed to court Uber's self-driving car legal fight with Waymo headed to court:- Uber suffered a setback in a court case that could affect the development of self-driving cars when the judge referred the case to the U.S. Attorney for an investigation into […]
President Trump signs cybersecurity executive order President Trump signs cybersecurity executive order:- President Trump signed a long-awaited executive order on Thursday designed to improve the nation's cybersecurity. As U.S. government officials and networks have been hacked in recent years, Trump's homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said the order is designed […]
U.S. judge calls for criminal probe into trade secrets theft raised in Uber case A U.S. judge on Thursday called for an investigation into allegations of trade secret theft that were raised in a court battle between Silicon Valley giants Uber [UBER.UL] and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) over their rival self-driving car […]
China's tech money heads for Israel as U.S. welcome wanes China's tech money heads for Israel as U.S. welcome wanes:- Struggling to seal deals in the United States as regulatory scrutiny tightens, Chinese companies looking to invest in promising technology are finding a warmer welcome for their cash in Israel. […]
Tesla starts taking orders for premium solar roofs Tesla starts taking orders for premium solar roofs:- on Wednesday began taking orders for its solar roof tiles, a cornerstone of Elon Musk's strategy to sell a fossil-fuel-free lifestyle under the brand name of its luxury electric vehicles. Tesla said the product, […]
Amazon adds video calling with Echo Show Amazon adds video calling with Echo Show:- Amazon.com Inc launched Echo Show, a touchscreen device that will allow users to video call and watch clips from CNN, the latest in the company's series of popular Echo voice-controlled speakers. The device, which will go […]
U.S. regulator's throttling lawsuit against AT&T to be reheard U.S. government claims that AT&T Mobility illegally slowed down or "throttled" data sent to wireless devices will be reheard, a U.S. appeals court in California said on Tuesday after it dismissed the case last year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
