Technology

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand stock market was hit by a fifth day of cyber attacks on Monday, crashing its website, but maintained trading after switching to a contingency plan for the release of market announcements. NZX Ltd (NZX.NZ)…

WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) – Forty percent of Americans back President Donald Trump’s threat to ban videosharing app TikTok if it is not sold to a U.S. buyer, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national poll, suggesting that many support the effort…

(Reuters) – The high-flying shares of Apple Inc and Tesla Inc gained more ground on Monday, ahead of their first official trading following a split into smaller portions that makes it easier for retail investors to own the shares. It…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares in wireless carrier SoftBank Corp (9434.T) fell 3% on Monday after parent SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said it would sell up to 22% of the telco’s shares, which could slash its holding in the carrier to…

TOKYO (Reuters) – At a factory south of Japan’s Toyota City, robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors, as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota’s vaunted “go and see” system which helped revolutionise mass production in the…

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish tax authorities have initiated a review of Google’s accounts in Denmark to determine whether the tech giant has any outstanding tax obligation, the company said on Monday. Google’s Danish unit, Google Denmark Aps, said in its…

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand stock market’s website crashed again on Monday, the fifth day in row after a series of cyber attacks last week hit the bourse’s ability to operate normally, but trading was unaffected. The disruption came…

(Reuters) – Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is focusing on its budding cloud business, which still has access to U.S. chips despite sanctions against the company, to secure its survival, the Financial Times newspaper reported. Huawei’s cloud…

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations could need Beijing’s approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment. ByteDance has…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the short-video app had made a $20 billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that China’s ByteDance is…