Technology

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award of a $10 billion contract to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) over Amazon (AMZN.O) after several officials said their conversations were…

PARIS (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) has no visibility yet on when its six warehouses in France might reopen, after a French court ordered it to limit its activities while it reinforces safety protocols during the coronavirus outbreak, its head of…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) new iPhone SE for the budget-conscious is unlikely to be a major driver of sales in China, with analysts noting it lacks the 5G capability that most new Chinese smartphones in a similar price…

(Reuters) – Tesla’s (TSLA.O) stock extended its recent rally on Wednesday following a surge in China car registrations and after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the electric car maker with a “buy” recommendation. Shares of the Silicon Valley automaker rose…

BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecoms industry’s biggest annual gathering, will be held in Barcelona until 2024, extending its current contract by one year, the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday. “By extending…

(Reuters) – Lyft Inc (LYFT.O) on Wednesday said it has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods, including groceries, meals and medical supplies, to people in need during the coronavirus crisis. The U.S. company said the offer…

(Reuters) – A federal judge said Tesla Inc and Chief Executive Elon Musk must face a lawsuit claiming they misled shareholders when Musk tweeted that he had secured funding to take his electric car company private in a $72 billion…

(Reuters) – American semiconductor firm Xilinx Inc said on Wednesday it had won a deal to supply chips to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for 5G networking equipment. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Xilinx makes programmable chips used in…

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told the company’s staff in a memo on Wednesday. “We’ll be slowing down the pace of hiring, while maintaining momentum…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any apps to help track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus will not lead to a violation of their privacy, Senator…