Reuters Technology Report: September 15, 2015

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Google does not intend to become a carmaker: executive FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google Inc. does not intend to become a vehicle manufacturer, the company's managing director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland said on Tuesday at the Frankfurt auto show. U.S. judge certifies class action over Target Corp data breach (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday certified a class action against Target Corp brought by several banks over the retailer's massive data breach in 2013. HP says to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in enterprise business (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co said it expects to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs as part of its restructuring and cost-saving efforts at it enterprise services business. Amazon's Jeff Bezos ups his stake in billionaires' space race CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled plans on Tuesday to build a rocket manufacturing plant and launch site in Florida to better compete with fellow billionaires using their fortunes and tech prowess to open a new frontier in human space travel and exploration. Homeland Security websites vulnerable to cyber attack: audit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. department charged with protecting government computers needs to secure its own information systems better, according to an audit released on Tuesday that showed lapses in internal systems used by the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. BMW eyes new business opportunities with autonomous cars FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmarker BMW is preparing to rethink its products, design and business models for the advent of driverless cars, a board member at the Bavarian company said on Tuesday. U.S. does not plan cyber sanctions before Xi visit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not plan to impose sanctions on Chinese entities for economic cyber attacks ahead of next week's U.S. visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a U.S. official and a person briefed on the White House's thinking said on Tuesday. Market turbulence or not, North American investors plow into farm tech WINNIPEG/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - North American investors are pouring money into agriculture technology despite turbulent financial and commodity markets, as cutting-edge advances that enhance farm production bring opportunities for profits. Twitter partners with Square Inc to add campaign donation buttons NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. political campaigns are increasingly using Twitter to get their message out, and now they can accept donations via the social media site. Wall Street-backed chat company Symphony up and running with new media partners (Reuters) - Wall Street-backed messaging platform Symphony Communications Services LLC announced a number of partnerships with major media companies during a kick-off event on Tuesday. Related Video Beach mat charges phones, keeps drinks cool Finnish post office tests drone for parcel delivery 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