Technology

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) is planning to launch a gaming mobile app on Monday focused mainly on live game streaming in a bid to take on Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Twitch, Google’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube and Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) Mixer services,…

PARIS (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least April 22 after a stand-off with unions over sanitary conditions amid the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Sunday. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant has been…

(Reuters) – Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp on Saturday said it was hit by “Maze” ransomware, resulting in service disruptions for some of its clients. The information technology services provider said it was taking steps to contain the incident, with the…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of the five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks’ to deploy a low-power nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines, two…

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters. The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit…

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Prague Airport and a regional Czech hospital said on Saturday they had thwarted cyber attacks on their IT networks, reinforcing warnings by the national cyber security watchdog of likely attempts to harm the country’s infrastructure. “Attempted attacks…

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a near six-year long legal battle.…

LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon’s purchase of a stake in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by Britain’s competition regulator in view of a potentially fatal deterioration in the online food delivery group’s finances because of the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O)…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by the threat of a cyber attack against the Czech Republic’s healthcare sector, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, adding that anybody engaged in such activity should “expect consequences.”…

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian startup Rappi is piloting deliveries by robots as a safe way of getting food to people forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pilot started this week in Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city.…