Reuters Technology Report: June 24, 2015

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, June 24, 2015 OPM chief rebuffs lawmakers on scope of cyber breach WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Office of Personnel Management refused on Wednesday to estimate how many millions of Americans were affected by recent attacks on her agency's computers, but rejected as premature reports 18 million were compromised. Google, GE get the most face time when lobbying the EU BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google and General Electric are some of the most active companies lobbying the European Commission, the anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Wednesday. Cree to restructure LED business, cuts revenue forecast (Reuters) - Cree Inc, a light-emitting diode maker, said it would restructure its LED products business, hurt by a decline in selling price and under-utilization of its factory. HBO offers premiere episodes of two series on Facebook (Reuters) - Television network HBO said it would offer the premiere episodes of two new comedy series on Facebook, underlining the growing popularity of the social networking site as a video platform. Indie music body endorses Apple's new music streaming service (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new music streaming service has been endorsed by the Worldwide Independent Network, an association for independent musicians, two days after the company reversed its decision of not paying musicians during a three-month trial. EU quizzes e-retailers on sanctions against cross-border online sales BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have asked e-commerce retailers to spell out the kind of sanctions imposed on them for going against digital content companies' orders to restrict cross-border online sales, as part of a broad probe to root out anti-competitive online practices. Google Genomics adds Broad Institute's DNA analysis toolkit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Genomics, the cloud-based computing business that is racing to increase its share of online DNA analytics, on Wednesday began offering a cloud service version of the popular DNA analysis software from the Broad Institute, a biomedical research organization. Norway needs more digital border surveillance, spy agency says OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian intelligence agencies should be given wide-ranging permission to gather data from electronic communications to prevent terrorism and espionage, the head of the country's military surveillance agency said on Wednesday. Getty Images takes Google grievance to EU antitrust regulators BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Getty Images [GETTY.UL] has become the latest company to take its grievances with Google to EU antitrust regulators as it accused the world's most popular Internet search engine of favoring its own images service at the expense of rivals. Bouygues shuns Altice's bid for telecom arm PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues on Tuesday snubbed an offer for its telecom unit from larger rival Altice that sources put at 10 billion euros ($11.2 billion), citing execution risks and confidence it could prosper on its own. Related Video The U.S. and China spar over cyber security Exclusive: SEC hunts corporate hackers 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