Apple to refund at least $32.5 million in disputed kids’ app purchases
(Reuters) – Apple Inc will refund consumers at least $32.5 million to settle a longstanding complaint that the technology company billed U.S. consumers for charges incurred by...
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Exclusive: U.S. government failed to secure Obamacare site: experts
(Reuters) – A group of cyber security professionals is warning that the U.S. government has failed to implement fixes to protect the HealthCare.gov website from...
Yahoo COO de Castro departs; no reason given
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc chief operating officer Henrique de Castro, the high-profile recruit Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer poached from Google Inc shortly after she took the helm, will...
Google gains entry to home and prized team with $3.2 billion Nest deal
(Reuters) – Google Inc took its biggest step to go deeper into consumers’ homes, announcing a $3.2 billion deal to buy smart thermostat and smoke alarm-maker Nest...
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes third powered test flight
(Reuters) – Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft aiming to make the world’s first commercial suborbital spaceflights later this year, conducted its third rocket-powered...
Neiman Marcus says hackers may have stolen payment card data
(Reuters) – Luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus said on Friday that hackers may have stolen customers’ credit and debit card information, the second cyber...
China’s ambitious handset makers face tough sell in U.S.
(Reuters) – LG Electronics executive Frank Lee bounded onto a Las Vegas stage this week to show off a new phone for the U.S. market,...
U.S. to part with contractor CGI for Obamacare website
(Reuters) – The U.S. government will part ways next month with contractor CGI Federal over the troubled Obamacare enrollment website, HealthCare.gov, which failed to work...
Apple did not violate Google patent, says U.S. appeals court
(Reuters) – Apple Inc does not use patented technology owned by Google unit Motorola Mobility in making its iPhones, an appeals court said on Friday. The U.S. Court of...
Gadget Watch: The desk that tells you to stand up
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sitting down all day is bad for you, or so doctors say. There’s been a burst of interest in standing desks,...