Amazon sales outlook disappoints after record holiday quarter
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday forecast first-quarter sales below Wall Street estimates as new regulations in India created uncertainty…
Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: NYT
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of the WhatsApp, Instagram…
Irish data watchdog investigates Twitter over privacy rules breach
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) – Twitter’s…
EU tax on big digital companies could be struck by March: French minister
FILE PHOTO – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in…
Netflix shares fall as weak forecast dampens investor optimism
(Reuters) – Shares of Netflix Inc fell nearly 5 percent on Friday, as investors looked past its record subscriber numbers…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, and wife MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing…
Chinese gay dating app halts registration after underage HIV report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday,…
Britain’s HMV faces the music as retailer calls in administrators
(Reuters) – Music retailer HMV said on Friday it was calling in the administrators, blaming a worsening market for entertainment…
Facebook says preferential data access was with user permission
A woman looks at the Facebook logo on an iPad in this photo illustration taken June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration…
Tech giants in spotlight as EU lawmakers consider strong action
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and other tech giants face one of their biggest challenges this…
Alphabet misses Wall Street revenue estimates; shares fall
(Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) on Thursday missed analysts’ quarterly revenue estimates for the first time in at…
Netflix adds to growing debt pile with $2 billion bond issue
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) announced on Monday it will tap debt markets for a second time this year, aiming…
Google to charge Android partners up to $40 per device for apps: source
(This Oct. 19 story has been refiled to fix wording in fourth paragraph) A 3D printed Android mascot Bugdroid is…
With market on edge, investors look to tech trio
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The pressure is on for Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft as they prepare to report quarterly results…
Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site
(Reuters) – Facebook said on Wednesday in response to a lawsuit accusing it of not doing enough to protect users…
Comcast outbids Fox with $40 billion offer for Sky in auction
LONDON (Reuters) – Comcast (CMCSA.O) beat Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA.O) in the battle for Sky (SKYB.L) on Saturday…
What sector overhaul means for tech stocks, Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The most significant changes to Wall Street’s broad industry sectors since 1999 will take effect Monday,…
AstraZeneca plots China robot offensive to counter price cuts
WUXI, China/LONDON (Reuters) – With smart cancer diagnostics, one-stop-shop diabetes kits and AI systems to improve ambulance pick-ups for patients…
Tariffs threaten market-leading tech, consumer stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. technology and consumer discretionary stocks have been insulated from global trade tensions, but if another…
Amazon’s Bezos says Trump should be ‘glad’ of media scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday the company would announce a decision on…
Alibaba’s Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman
BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to…
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to retire: New York Times
(Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) co-founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma, will retire from the e-commerce company on…
Department of Justice looks into social media firms over free speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Wednesday it has convened a meeting with state attorneys general to discuss…
Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will defend their companies in the U.S.…
In India, Google races to parry the rise of Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google retains only a slight lead over Facebook in the competition for digital ad dollars in…
U.S. calls foreign mail system unfair in surprise win for Amazon
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday said it would push for foreign postal carriers to pay the U.S.…
U.S. firms warn next China tariffs to cost Americans from cradle to grave
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A broad cross-section of U.S. businesses has a message for the Trump administration: new tariffs on $200…
Chinese internet stock sell-off may shake faith in FANGs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A steep downturn in heavyweight Chinese internet stocks and recent weakness in half of the so-called…
Google employees demand more oversight of China search engine plan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive told…
Baidu ready to beat Google if U.S. firm returns to China: CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) – Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) is prepared to win against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google in China, its chief executive…
Huawei in British spotlight over use of U.S. firm’s software
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies is facing increased scrutiny in Britain because it is using an aging software component…
Facebook fakers get better at covering tracks, security experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Creators of fake accounts and news pages on Facebook (FB.O) are learning from their past mistakes and…
Walmart stumbles with its ‘last mile’ package delivery plan
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Reuters) – Standing before an audience of 14,000 people last year, Walmart Inc executives described a radical…
Instagram not an instant fix for ailing Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Revenue forecasts from Facebook Inc that alarmed investors, fueling the worst day ever for its shares…
Amazon earnings skyrocket on cloud computing, advertising
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) posted a profit that was double Wall Street targets on Thursday and forecast a strong…
Amazon, Toyota, Alcoa and others working to counter Trump’s tariff plans
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and…
Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying…
Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet to testify at U.S. House hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday to take testimony from Facebook Inc,…
Silicon Valley employees flex newfound political muscles
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Employees at several of the world’s biggest technology companies have been exercising newfound political power where…
Twitter says removal of fake accounts does not hurt user metrics
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Monday it has removed fake accounts but that does not impact its reported user…
Paypal to spend $3 billion a year on M&A: CEO to German paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – PayPal Holdings Inc is on the lookout for further acquisitions following its recent takeover of iZettle, the…
France says Europe united against U.S. tariffs as Germany eyes negotiation
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – The French government insisted on Sunday that Washington should expect united retaliation from Europe to further…
Amazon to buy PillPack in potentially disruptive drug retail push
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would buy small online pharmacy PillPack, a move that will put the…
Twitter, Facebook launch tools to track advertising
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Thursday made it easier for users to identify political campaign ads and know who…
TECH parenting style could help kids manage their media use
(Reuters Health) – The TECH parenting style, an acronym for Talk, Educate, Co-view and House Rules, could help families manage…
Uber battles to keep London license in court appeal
LONDON (Reuters) – Uber goes to court on Monday to overturn a decision stripping it of its license in London…
AT&T wins court approval to buy Time Warner over Trump opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an…
Fed up with rising costs, big U.S. firms dig into healthcare
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – At its Silicon Valley headquarters, network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is going to unusual…
Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including…
Facebook’s size no barrier to deals in new areas: executive
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc believes it could acquire other large companies without running afoul of antitrust…
FBI warns Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers
(Reuters) – The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office…
New privacy law forces some U.S. media offline in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – Major U.S.-media outlets including the LA Times and Chicago Tribune were forced to shutter their websites in…
Facebook users unite! ‘Data Labour Union’ launches in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Activists in Amsterdam on Wednesday launched the ‘Datavakbond’ or “data labor union”, which hopes to elect leaders…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg to apologise to EU lawmakers over data leak
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg arrived to meet European Union lawmakers on Tuesday ready to apologise for a…
Trump urged U.S. Postal Service to double package rates for Amazon: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has personally pushed the postmaster general to double the rates the U.S. Postal Service…
Apple pays Ireland first tranche of disputed taxes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Apple has paid 1.5 billion euros ($1.18 billion) into an escrow account set up by the Irish…
Walmart’s first quarter margins under pressure, e-commerce rebounds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc on Thursday said profit margins during the first quarter remained under pressure due to…
Trump tweets: China has ‘much to give’ in trade negotiations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Wednesday that “nothing has happened” with China’s ZTE Corp…
Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices for Prime members in new grocery showdown
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Whole Foods Market are making a surgical strike in the already brutal grocery price…