Uber Technologies Inc. has joined Alphabet Inc. in participating in a $335 million round into electric scooter startup LimeBike Inc. as the ride-hailing company continues investing in a multimodal ecosystem. Also participating in the Series C round, led by GV, were IVP, Atomico, Fidelity Management, Research Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Fifth Wall and GIC, the Singapore ...

Thieves have stolen 600 gallons of fuel worth $1,800 from a Detroit gas station in an apparent case of fuel management system hacking. The hack and subsequent theft took place at 1 p.m. June 23. with two men (pictured) reported to have led a convoy of 10 vehicles into a Marathon Gas Station in Detroit. ...

Wireless fitness band maker Polar Electro Oy has suspended a public workout-sharing feature after it was found that the location data could be used to track soldiers and spies on military bases. The discovery, detailed today in a joint investigation from Bellingcat and Dutch journalism platform De Correspondent, involves Polar sharing data from its users, complete ...

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has stepped up his attack on the media on multiple fronts. On Thursday, Musk (pictured) accused one journalist of making bribes and working on behalf of an investor to damage the electric car maker’s reputation. He also attacked a number of other outlets for reporting incorrect data and ...

A new report from famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple is set to offer its new iPhone’s in a range of new colors, a shift away from Apple’s usual black, white and occasionally silver phones. Detailed in a research note reported by 9to5Mac, Kuo said the new iPhones will come in a “plethora of ...

ZTE Corp. has replaced its entire executive team as the company scrambles to comply with the conditions of a deal that will allow it to regain access to U.S. technology. The deal, brokered by the Trump administration and signed on June 6, requires the smartphone maker to pay a $1 billion fine, place $400 million in ...

Both Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have held acquisition talks with Skedaddle Inc., a New York City-based crowdsourced bus startup, according to reports Thursday. Axios claimed that the two ride-hailing companies each held acquisition talks with the company, but Lyft said it’s currently “not in discussions to acquire Skedaddle.” TechCrunch reported that Uber has been in acquisition ...

A new form of macOS malwares is being distributed in a novel way by targeting Slack and Discord cryptocurrency fans with fake messages. The malware, dubbed OSX.Dummy by Remco Verhoef, founder of network security firm DutchSec, involves those behind it impersonating administrators or key people in crypto-related chat groups, sharing “small snippets” that attempt to ...

Confidential medical information relating to 150,000 patients of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service has been released because of what has been described as a “coding error” in software provided by a third-party vendor. The data disclosure came about following an issue in software from healthcare technology solutions provider TPP that ignored Type 2 opt-outs, ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce has temporarily lifted a portion of its ban on ZTE Corp. accessing U.S. technology as a deal brokered by the Trump administration moves closer to fruition despite attempts to block it. Under the temporary reprieve issued Monday, ZTE will be able to resume some business activities with Bloomberg reporting that the decision may ...