Facebook warns EU regulators seeking data access about privacy, liability risks
Facebook warned European Union regulators on Monday against forcing tech giants to open their vast troves of data to rivals, saying such a move would...
Facebook to allow transfer of photos, videos to Google Photos
Facebook Inc said on Monday it has introduced an option to transfer photos and videos from the social media network directly to other services, starting...
Putin signs law making Russian apps mandatory on smartphones, computers
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian...
Retailers see biggest-ever Cyber Monday after record online Black Friday
U.S. retailers kicked off Cyber Monday by launching a slew of deals earlier than usual over the weekend, seeking to sustain the momentum of a...
Black Friday sales in Britain jump 16.5% by value: Barclaycard
The value of Black Friday sales in Britain jumped 16.5% compared with last year, according to data from payments firm Barclaycard, in a much needed...
Russia to upgrade homegrown encyclopedia after Putin pans Wikipedia
Russia is to set up a new online site for its national encyclopedia after President Vladimir Putin said Wikipedia was unreliable and should be replaced....
Amazon pulls Auschwitz Christmas decorations from site
Amazon has withdrawn from sale products decorated with images of the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland including Christmas decorations after a complaint from the...
China’s facial recognition rollout reaches into mobile phones, shops and homes
China on Sunday put into effect new regulations that require Chinese telecom carriers to scan the faces of users registering new mobile phone services, a...
Ocado launches $642 million bond issue to fund robotic warehouse deals
British online grocer and technology company Ocado has launched a 500 million pounds ($642 million) convertible bond offering, partly to fund the construction of robotic...
Britain’s competition watchdog reviewing Google’s Looker buyout deal
Britain’s competition watchdog on Monday said it was probing Google’s $2.6 billion buyout of privately held big-data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences....