Reuters Technology Report: June 12, 2015

Click to View in Browser Friday, June 12, 2015 White house: cannot confirm reports 14 million affected by hack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that it could not confirm reports that as many as 14 million current and former U.S. government employees had their personal information exposed to hackers in a recent cyber attack on the federal government. Google launches a YouTube built for gamers (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday that it is launching a live streaming gaming service called "YouTube Gaming", creating a rival to Amazon.com Inc's Twitch service. French watchdog pressures Google on right 'to be forgotten' PARIS (Reuters) - Google must scrub search results worldwide when it agrees to requests from users to be "forgotten", rather than just from European versions of its website, France's data protection regulator said on Friday. Twitter seeks new CEO, and more users, as Costolo exits (Reuters) - Some things can't be summed up in 140 characters. Exclusive: BlackBerry may put Android system on new device: sources TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s Android software for the first time, an acknowledgement that its revamped line of devices has failed to win mass appeal, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Bullish Uber plans to invest $1 billion in China in 2015 SHANGHAI/BENGALARU (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc plans to invest more than $1 billion in China this year as the controversial ride-hailing app looks to rev up growth in the world's second largest economy, an executive at the firm said on Friday. Britain's Virgin exploring possible purchase of Spain's Yoigo: report MADRID (Reuters) - Britain's Virgin Group is looking to potentially buy Spanish budget mobile operator Yoigo from Sweden's TeliaSonera , El Economista newspaper reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. Taiwan's Asustek says has not ruled out possibility of buying HTC TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc said on Friday it has not ruled out the possibility of acquiring struggling smartphone maker HTC Corp. MediaTek CEO urges Taiwan to ease cross-strait rules on chip investments TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan government rules regarding its domestic semiconductor companies investing and merging overseas, particularly in mainland China, are too strict and should be reconsidered, a leading Taiwan chip company said Friday. Watchdog proposes price controls for BT's high-speed business lines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed controlling the prices BT can charge for some of its high-speed business lines, following up on a review which recognized the former state monopoly's "significant" market power. Related Video BlackBerry may launch Android phone Stretchy spinal implant presents new paralysis treatment Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook