U.S. Secret Service agent accused of sexting deemed flight risk: prosecutors
Prosecutors asked that Moore be held until trial because he was a flight risk, a danger to the public and his crimes involved a minor.
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UFO off California? Streaking light was missile test, Pentagon says
(Reuters) – Social media lit up on Saturday night with reports of streaking lights across the skies from California to Arizona, but the phenomenon turned out to be a Navy missile test flight launched off the southern California coast, the Pentagon said.
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Read moreBye bye Google, hello Alphabet
(Reuters) – Google Inc has morphed into Alphabet Inc. After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google's search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless cars
Read moreCentralNIC – Powering the xyz to Google’s abc
Ben Crawford was asleep 12,000 km (7,500 miles) from Google Inc's Mountain View, California headquarters this week when the Internet giant unveiled its new face. Crawford, chief executive of London-based CentralNIC Group Plc, woke up in Sydney to learn that the domain powered by his company – .xyz – would host the website of Google's new company, Alphabet Inc.
Read moreInternet firms to be subject to new cybersecurity rules in EU
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Internet firms such as Cisco , Google and Amazon will be subject to a new EU cybersecurity law forcing them to adopt tough security measures and possibly report serious breaches to national authorities, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Read moreTesla says it sent update for security flaws found by hackers
(Reuters) – Tesla Motors Inc said on Thursday it has sent a software patch to address security flaws in the Tesla Model S sedan that could allow hackers to take control of the vehicle.
Read moreChina developer launches Airbnb-like platform to tap unsold homes
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese developer Fantasia Holdings Group has launched a vacation rental business similar to Airbnb Inc and HomeAway Inc to utilise the scores of homes left unsold as a property boom faded. Fantasia’s Home ENE online platform, launched last month, will rival Tujia, the Chinese home rental firm that this week raised $300 million from investors including Singapore-based developer CapitaLand Ltd and Hong-Kong’s All-Stars Investment Ltd to expand at home and abroad. “There are more than 50 million vacant units in urban China, which have become a major source of properties for vacation use,” Fantasia chairman and CEO Pan Jun said in a statement on Wednesday.
Read moreBritons prefer smartphones over laptops to go online – watchdog
Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the preferred way for Britons to go online, driven by increased take-up of the devices and a jump in superfast mobile broadband subscriptions, the British telecoms regulator said on Thursday. A third of people said they turned to a smartphone first to browse the Internet, access social media or shop online, while 30 percent opened up a laptop, Ofcom said.
Read moreVideo game fans gather in real life to cheer on pros as enthusiasm grows
By Curtis Skinner SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – The lounge in downtown San Jose, California, looks like any sports pub. Fans crowd around the bar, perch over tables and stare at TV screens, rooting for favorite teams and cheering spectacular plays
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