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Thousands of U.K. and U.S. websites infected with cryto-mining malware

​Thousands of websites, including ones run by U.S. and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies, technology news site The Register reported.

Written by Reuters12 Feb. 18 08:54

Twitter reports unexpected profit, shares jump

Twitter on Thursday delivered its first quarterly profit and an unexpected return to revenue growth helped by expansion outside the United States, pushing shares in the social network to more than two-year highs.

Written by Reuters09 Feb. 18 09:09

Amazon about to be worth more than Microsoft

​Amazon.com on Wednesday was on the verge of ending the day with a stock market value higher than Microsoft for the first time, as the online shopping behemoth weathered the recent turmoil on Wall Street.

Written by Reuters08 Feb. 18 09:28

Snap adds users, shares soar by 30 per cent

​Snap said on Tuesday it added more users than expected to its Snapchat messaging app as it fights to fend off competition from Facebook's Instagram, sending it shares up by nearly 30 percent.

Written by Reuters07 Feb. 18 09:16

Apple may drop Qualcomm's chips: reports

​Qualcomm's shares fell 3 percent on Monday after two brokerages said Apple might drop the chipmaker in favor of Intel as the supplier for modem chips in its next generation of iPhones.

Written by Reuters06 Feb. 18 09:55

Bitcoin drops below $7000

Digital currency bitcoin fell more than 15 percent on Monday to a nearly three-month low amid a slew of concerns ranging from a global regulatory clampdown to a ban on using credit cards to buy bitcoin by British and U.S. banks.

Written by Reuters06 Feb. 18 09:21

Waymo claims Uber cheats in race to self-driving cars

Uber was either a cheating competitor willing to break the law to win the race to develop self-driving cars, or the victim of an unproven conspiracy theory stitched together by its main rival, Waymo, jurors heard in opening statements of a trade secrets trial on Monday.

Written by Reuters06 Feb. 18 09:07

High levels of mobile phone radiation linked to tumours in rats

Male rats exposed to very high levels of the kind of radiation emitted by cellphones developed tumors in the tissues around their hearts, according to a draft report by U.S. government researchers on the potential health risks of the devices.

Written by Reuters05 Feb. 18 09:44

Apple's Q2 revenue forecast below analyst expectations

​Apple's revenue forecast for the second quarter on Thursday was below market expectations, adding to concerns of a plateau in demand for its newer iPhones, including the anniversary edition iPhone X.

Written by Reuters02 Feb. 18 09:14

Microsoft stock falls after big US tax charge

​Microsoft beat Wall Street's profit forecast on Tuesday, helped by growth in its cloud computing business, but took a US$13.8 billion one-time charge due to the new U.S. tax law.

Written by Reuters01 Feb. 18 10:02

Symantec's revenue hurt by enterprise sales drop

Symantec Corp's quarterly revenue missed estimates, hurt by lower sales at its enterprise security division, and the company lowered its profit and revenue forecast for 2018.

Written by Reuters01 Feb. 18 09:51

US government agencies investigating Apple over slowing iPhones: report

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc violated securities laws concerning its disclosures that it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Written by Reuters31 Jan. 18 08:58
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