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 ...

Uber Technologies Inc. is aiming to consolidate its international operations ahead of an initial public offering, with the ride-hailing giant said to be in talks with Middle Eastern startup Careem Networks FZ. Bloomberg reported that the companies are in preliminary talks about a deal. Options on the table include Uber merging its Middle Eastern operations with Careem ...

More than $1 billion has been lost through at least 1,000 dead coins and tokens offered through initial coin offerings in 2017, according to an analysis of two leading sites. The numbers come from Coinopsy and DeadCoins, two sites that track so-called “dead” cryptocurrency. By “dead,” the sites mean failed or failing cryptocurrency projects, the latter ...

Troubled electric car maker Tesla Inc. has lost its top engineer, but today it said it has finally hit production targets on the Model 3 assembly line. Doug Field, Tesla’s senior vice president of engineering, left the company last week after a leave of absence, according to the Wall Street Journal. A Tesla spokesperson confirmed the news, ...

Facebook Inc. is buying U.K. artificial intelligence startup Bloomsbury AI Ltd., according to multiple reports Monday, in a move that will help the social networking giant to analyze text and combat so-called “fake news.” TechCrunch broke the story, saying the acquisition would be somewhere between $23 million and $30 million, while The Telegraph quoting its ...

Ride-hailing startup Lyft Inc. is riding into the bike sharing market in a big way, agreeing to acquire the core assets of Motivate International Inc., the largest operator in North America. The price of the acquisition wasn’t disclosed, but the New York Times reported that a figure of $250 million has been previously tied to the deal. ...