A SOFTWARE ENGINEER who used to work at IBM has pleaded guilty to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets after admitting stealing proprietary software code belonging to the firm. Jiaqiang Xu pleaded guilty in a court in White Plains, New York. He had been...

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said on Tuesday it underpaid its New York City drivers for the past two-and-a-half years, an error that could cost the ride-hailing company tens of millions of dollars.Uber generally takes a commission from its drivers after deducting...

Apple has hired its first head of diversity.Longtime Apple employee Denise Young Smith has taken on a new role as vice president of inclusion and diversity. The company hasn't had someone heading up those efforts since Jeffrey Siminoff left the company to join Twitter...

Google has tried to restrict reporting on a high-stakes gender discrimination case brought by the US government and fought to have the case thrown out of court because of a federal attorney’s comments to a reporter.Court documents reveal that Google unsuccessfully...

EU antitrust regulators will rule in the "next few months" whether Alphabet's Google abused its dominance of internet searches and other areas, a senior European Commission official said on Monday, an outcome that could lead to a hefty fine.The world's most popular...

United Nations experts investigating violations of sanctions on North Korea have suffered a "sustained" cyber attack by unknown hackers with "very detailed insight" into their work, according to an email warning seen by Reuters on Monday.The hackers eventually...

The majority of machines hit by the WannaCry ransomware worm in the cyber-attack earlier this month were running Windows 7, security firms suggest.More than 97% of the infections seen by Kaspersky Lab and 66% of those seen by BitSight used the older software.WannaCry...

Apple has been accused of violating the patents of a Boston-based company through its launch of Apple Pay. Universal Secure Registry CEO Kenneth Weiss says he ‘was the first in the space, and the secure payment technology that he developed goes right to the core of...

The value of Bitcoin has hit a new high with each individual coin now worth more than $2,100 (£1,615).The valuation caps a strong month for the virtual currency, with its value growing by more than 65% in a month.The steady rise in value is believed to be linked to...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tightened rules for where patent lawsuits can be filed in a decision that may make it harder for so-called patent "trolls" to launch sometimes dodgy patent cases in friendly courts, a major irritant for high-tech giants like Apple and...

Russian cyber criminals used malware planted on Android mobile devices to steal from domestic bank customers and were planning to target European lenders before their arrest, investigators and sources with knowledge of the case told Reuters.Their campaign raised a...

When Fu Gui was six, he was abducted on his way home from school in Chongqing, China. He was then trafficked to Quznahou, about 1,000 miles away, where he was sold to foster parents. Now, 27 years after he was taken from his family, he has been reunited with them. And...