Technology

FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft logo is shown on the Microsoft Theatre at the E3 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 13, 2017. REUTERS/ Mike Blake (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its workplace messaging app, Teams, has more than 20 million daily active users, up from 13 million users in

TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd unveiled its first Japanese store on Tuesday in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya shopping district, in a step towards greater commercialization of its cast of popular characters. FILE PHOTO: An attendee uses a Nintendo Switch game console while playing a video game at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair

FILE PHOTO: Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks at the WSJTECH Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 21, 2019.    REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Monday he backs a public auction to free up spectrum in the C-Band for next-generation 5G wireless networks.

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government approved a 7% digital tax proposal on Monday aimed at boosting state coffers by taxing advertising by global internet giants like Google and Facebook, broadcaster Czech

LONDON (Reuters) – Some are backed by dollars. Others by gold. But this “stablecoin” isn’t tied to any major asset – it’s backed by another cryptocurrency. FILE PHOTO: An electric board showing exchange rate between South Korean Won and Bitcoin at a cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul, South Korea December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo/File Photo

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The international police organization Interpol plans to condemn the spread of strong encryption in a statement Monday saying it protects child sex predators, three people briefed on the matter told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man passes an Interpol logo during the handing over ceremony of the new premises for Interpol’s Global

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it funded complies with its ethics principles, the company said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft sign is shown on top of the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles,

(Reuters) – Online platforms including Facebook (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the U.S. presidential election. FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019.

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed outside the company offices in New York, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Google’s bid to escape Oracle Corp’s multi-billion dollar lawsuit accusing Google of infringing software copyrights to build the Android operating system that

BERLIN (Reuters) – Apple said on Friday moves in Germany to force it to open up its Apple Pay mobile payments system to rivals could hurt data protection and the security of financial information. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S.,

TORONTO (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Sidewalk Labs has provided more details on the technology it intends to use to develop a futuristic smart city in Toronto, which includes self-driving garbage cans and infra-red sensors to track foot traffic in stores, a document released by the company on Friday said. FILE PHOTO – The downtown skyline

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party plans to nationalize BT’s broadband network to provide free internet for all, a radical election pledge to roll back 35 years of private ownership that caught both the company and its shareholders by surprise. BT Tower owned by British Telecom is pictured in London, Britain, November 15, 2019.

SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday rejected any suggestion of bias in a Pentagon decision to award Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) an up to $10 billion cloud computing contract, after Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) announced plans to challenge it. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at a joint press conference after the 51st

FILE PHOTO: NVIDIA computer graphic cards are shown for sale at a retail store in San Marcos, California, U.S. August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday on higher demand for its gaming chips and predicted strong growth in data center business, sending

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – SoftBank, whose $5 billion Latin America fund has showered regional startups with cash, is also courting local venture capital funds, an unusual move for the Japanese investor that has jolted the region’s tech scene. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers pressed top U.S. antitrust enforcers on their probes of tech giants Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), Facebook (FB.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday, with the chair of a House subcommittee expressing frustration over the companies’ continued acquisitions. FILE PHOTO: Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo

A Cisco Systems sign is seen outside a Cisco health clinic at Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, U.S., March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue and profit below estimates as the network gear maker struggles to shift to a software-focused

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to ramp up investment in its online entertainment, content and travel platforms with the proceeds from a planned $13.4 billion Hong Kong listing. A draft prospectus lodged with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late on Wednesday showed that the company was increasing its investment in

FILE PHOTO: People shop at a UNIQLO by Fast Retailing store at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese fashion group Fast Retailing Co Ltd (9983.T), owner of clothing chain Uniqlo, on Wednesday said it has partnered two robotics startups to help improve efficiency in warehousing and

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Environmental group the Sierra Club on Tuesday urged automakers and dealerships to help cut U.S. carbon emissions and fight the climate crisis by making more electric vehicle available in U.S. showrooms. FILE PHOTO: An official New York State electric car is displayed in a New York State exhibit at the 2019 New

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – During commercial breaks in a broadcast of World Wrestling Entertainment’s WWE SmackDown, fans were shown ads for Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) new streaming service, Disney+. So were “Monday Night Football” viewers and video gamers watching Twitch. FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney

(Reuters) – China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, as the music streaming company added more paying users. FILE PHOTO: Tencent Music Entertainment celebrate the company’s IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith/File Photo However, the company

(Reuters) – WeWork has started a search for a new chief executive following the departure of its co-founder Adam Neumann, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the U.S. office-sharing start-up seeks to reverse its widening losses. FILE PHOTO: The WeWork logo is displayed outside of a co-working space in New York City,

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Latin America, long a safe haven for Uber, was the biggest weak spot in the money-losing company’s latest financial results, registering just 2% growth, the worst of any region. FILE PHOTO: Uber sign is seen on a car in New York, U.S., April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo The main culprit:

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Accumulated waste from China’s e-commerce and express delivery sectors stands to more than quadruple by 2025 unless action is taken to rein it in, green groups said on Monday, as an online shopping spree known as Singles’ Day broke new sales records. The logo of Alibaba Group is seen during Alibaba Group’s

PARIS (Reuters) – Chinese video gamers crushed a team from Europe on Sunday who were hoping to break the domination of Asian players in the world championship finals of online game “League of Legends”. Team FunPlus Phoenix members raise the trophy after winning the League of Legends (LOL) World Championship Finals in Paris, France, November

FILE PHOTO: Director Woody Allen arrives for a screening of the film “Wonder Wheel” in New York, U.S., November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc for backing out of a four-picture production and distribution agreement and refusing to distribute a film he

FILE PHOTO: Makan Delrahim, assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice speaks at the WSJTECH live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. October 22, 2019. REUTERS/ Mike Blake BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department antitrust chief said on Friday that existent U.S. antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to address harm caused by

FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia logo is seen at the headquarter in Rozzano neighbourhood of Milan, Italy, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) plans to spin off its data center operations and look for an investor ahead of a potential market listing, it said on Friday, after announcing a partnership

NEW YORK (Reuters) – WeWork officials, including co-founder and former Chief Executive Adam Neumann, are being sued by minority shareholders to recoup losses as the shared workspace provider pulled its initial public offering and saw its value plunge more than 87%. FILE PHOTO: The WeWork logo is displayed outside of a co-working space in New