Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo keeps speeding ahead, inking a new supply deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV today and holding talks with Uber Technologies Inc. about supplying autonomous vehicles. With the Fiat Chrysler deal, which comes on top of a previous supply deal for “thousands” of vehicles announced in January, Waymo placed an order ...

A Canadian man accused of being part of a Russian group that staged a massive hacking of Yahoo Inc. in 2014 has been found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail. Karim Baratov (pictured) was one of four people indicted U.S. Department of Justice in March 2017 and was accused of working for Russian ...

Kaspersky Lab has lost its lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to ban the use of its products by the U.S. government. The lawsuit pertained to an operational directive from the DHS that bans the Kaspersky software from all federal executive branch departments and agencies and “based on security risks presented by the use of Kaspersky ...

Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi today confirmed that the ride-hailing giant is on track to go public in 2019, confirming a commitment he made in August 2017. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Khosrowshahi (pictured) said the company is well-placed going into an initial public offering, saying that “we’re in a good position in ...

Google Inc. is planning to launch a new flagship model with a notch like the iPhone X’s, according to the latest set of reports. The word comes a little over four months ahead of when the search giant will likely launch its latest phone and tablet models. The Alphabet Inc.-owned company traditionally launches the latest incarnation ...

Security researchers at IBM X-Force have uncovered a new form of banking malware that leverages a remote Microsoft SQL Server to communicate with infected machines. Dubbed MnuBot, the trojan came to the attention of the researchers because unlike typical malware that directly communicates with a command-and-control server through services such as internet relay chat or ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency order halting a fraudulent initial coin offering but only after those behind it had already managed to raise $21 million. Called “Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services” (TBIS or Titanium for short), the ICO was selling tokens to develop a “shock-proof, decentralized blockchain” platform in what has to ...

Uber Technologies Inc. today launched a new panic button for its app in response to concerns about rider safety. The new feature, now available in the U.S., allows Uber passengers to connect to 911 in the event of an emergency, be it one caused by a recalcitrant Uber driver or an external issue. The button, ...

Apple Inc. today released iOS 11.4, the latest update to its mobile operating system with a range of new features, with support for AirPlay 2 and Messages on iCloud leading the list. The AirPlay 2 update delivers multispeaker and multiroom support for Apple’s struggling HomePod smart home speakers that allows the devices to be used in stereo ...

After setting a record initial coin offering of $185 million in July 2017, decentralized blockchain platform startup Block.one has done it again with a new ICO that’s now approaching $4 billion in token sales. Based in Hong Kong, Block.One is building a blockchain platform called EOS.IO that aims to “decentralize everything.” Described by the company ...