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Friday, December 23, 2016

Uber takes self-driving cars to Arizona after California demands permit

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday removed its self-driving test cars from California and put them on trucks bound for Arizona, shuttering the autonomous vehicle project in its home state after a week-long battle with regulators.

Nokia files more patent suits against Apple

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish telecoms networks equipment maker Nokia said on Thursday it had filed a new set of patent lawsuits against Apple Inc in Asia, Europe and the United States.

'Regtech' startups see more business in Trump era

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President elect Donald Trump is pro-business and anti-red tape. But what if your business is red tape?

Dutch market regulator bans T-Mobile's 'free' streaming music service

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Consumer and Markets regulator (AFM) on Friday ordered T-Mobile to stop offering a streaming music product which did not count toward customers' data usage.

Baidu says reports of IPO for video-streaming site iQiyi.com are inaccurate

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc said on Friday that reports it is currently pushing for an initial public offering for its video-streaming site iQiyi.com are inaccurate.

Lithuania said found Russian spyware on its government computers

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Baltic state of Lithuania, on the frontline of growing tensions between the West and Russia, says the Kremlin is responsible for cyber attacks that have hit government computers over the last two years.

VW to launch ride hailing in Rwanda as part of Africa expansion

NAIROBI/KIGALI (Reuters) - Volkswagen is to start producing cars in Kenya and Rwanda and start a ride-hailing service in Kigali, as the German carmaker expands pay-per-use transportation business models in markets where rival Uber [UBER.UL] has not gained traction.

Norway aims to allow testing of self-driving cars in 2017

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government aims to pass a law in the spring of next year to allow testing of self-driving vehicles on Norwegian roads, it said on Thursday.

Bitcoin's total value hits record high above $14 billion

LONDON (Reuters) - The total value of all bitcoins in circulation hit a record high above $14 billion on Thursday, as the web-based digital currency jumped 5 percent on the day to its highest levels in three years after more than doubling in price this year.

Russian hackers tracked Ukrainian artillery units using Android implant: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyber attacks against Democrats during the U.S. presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday.