Cybersecurity

Opinion: The holidays offer opportunities for cybercriminals. Protect yourself

People should be especially sceptical of messages or ads that use urgent language like "limited time only" or "act now" – a common trick scammers use to provoke hasty decisions.

Cybersecurity

Here’s why Google is warning you to avoid using public WiFi at all costs

Google has issued a blaring warning, telling all smartphone users to abstain from using the public WiFi that's available in such shared areas as hotel lobbies, airports, cafés, and other spaces.

Smartphones

Apple dropped a new iPhone accessory. The Internet can’t decide if it’s whimsical or a ‘piece of cloth’

Other users accused Apple of being deaf to the current economy and the state of the average person's finances.

Technology

Google plans $40 billion Texas data center investment amid AI boom

(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google said on Friday it would invest $40 billion in three new data centers in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial intelligence initiatives.

Technology

Berkshire reveals new $4.3 billion Alphabet stake, sells more Apple

(Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway revealed a $4.3 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet and further reduced its stake in Apple, detailing its equity portfolio for the last time before Warren Buffett ends his 60-year run as chief executive officer.

Technology

Tiger Global slashes Meta stake by 63%

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tiger Global Management, the hedge fund founded and led by Chase Coleman, slashed its stake in Facebook parent Meta Platforms during the third quarter, according to a filing released on Friday.

Technology

JPMorgan secures deals with fintech aggregators over fees to access data, CNBC reports

(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase has secured deals that will ensure it receives payments from fintech companies for access to its customer bank account data by third-party apps, CNBC reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Technology

Oracle bonds sell off as AI investment fuels investor concerns

(Reuters) -Oracle bonds have taken a hit in recent days following a report that the cloud and artificial intelligence service provider plans to add another $38 billion to its heavy debt load to fund its AI infrastructure, according to analysts and investors.

Technology

US trade tribunal to consider new Apple Watch import ban

(Reuters) -The U.S. International Trade Commission decided on Friday to hold a new proceeding to determine whether imports of Apple's updated Apple Watches should be banned as part of a patent dispute with medical monitoring technology company Masimo. 

Technology

UK mobile companies face mass lawsuit for allegedly overcharging customers

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's biggest mobile network providers including Vodafone and BT's EE are facing a multi-billion-pound lawsuit for allegedly overcharging customers, after a London tribunal ruled on Friday that part of it could continue.

Technology

Reliance to set up 1 gigawatt AI data centre in India's Andhra Pradesh

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Reliance Industries plans to set up a 1-gigawatt AI data center in India's Andhra Pradesh, the state's chief minister said on Friday, adding to infrastructure capacity in India where the likes of Google and Microsoft have made huge AI investments.

Technology

India strengthens privacy law with new data collection rules

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India put new privacy rules into force on Friday that will make Meta, Google, OpenAI and other companies minimize collection of personal data and give people more control over their information.

Technology

Exclusive-Teamshares to list in US via $746 million T. Rowe Price-backed SPAC deal

(Reuters) -Teamshares, a buyer of small- to medium-sized enterprises, said on Friday it would go public in the U.S. through a $746 million blank-check deal with Live Oak Acquisition Corp backed by accounts advised by investment giant T. Rowe Price.

Technology

Google must pay German price comparison platform 465 million euros in damages, court says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Google must pay the German price comparison platform Idealo approximately 465 million euros ($542 million) in damages for market abuse, a Berlin court has ruled.

Technology

Trump brothers-backed American Bitcoin swings to profit on margin expansion

(Reuters) -American Bitcoin, backed by two of U.S. President Donald Trump's sons, swung to third-quarter profit on Friday as the miner and buyer of the world's largest digital asset benefited from wider margins.

Technology

Bitcoin sinks to six-month low as risk-off sentiment persists

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin dropped to its lowest level in six months on Friday, as a broad sell-off in risk assets deepened amid fading hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut U.S. interest rates at its upcoming policy meeting.

Technology

'No playbook' for AI bubble fears, says Deutsche Bank investment arm CEO

LONDON (Reuters) -The explosion in the value of artificial intelligence stocks poses risks to global markets for which there is "no playbook", the CEO of Deutsche Bank's 1.1 trillion euro ($1.3 trillion) money manager DWS told Reuters, amid growing concerns that the sector is in a bubble.

Technology

SAP has offered concessions to settle EU antitrust probe, Commission says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -SAP has offered to make it easier for customers to switch to rival software, clarify the basis for its fees, and abolish its reinstatement fee as part of concessions proposed to settle an EU antitrust probe, the European Commission said on Friday.

Robotics

Rise of the robots: the promise of physical AI

A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician.

Technology

ACS, BlackRock launch 2 billion euro data centre joint venture

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's ACS and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners have created a joint venture to develop an initial 2 billion euro ($2.33 billion), 1.7 gigawatt portfolio of data centres, the Spanish company said on Friday.