Reuters Technology Report: December 2, 2015

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Target in $39.4 million settlement with banks over data breach (Reuters) - Target Corp has agreed to pay $39.4 million to resolve claims by banks and credit unions that said they lost money because of the retailer's late 2013 data breach. Yahoo shares rise as board meets and considers sale of Web business (Reuters) - Plans by Yahoo Inc's board to consider selling its struggling Internet business sent the company's shares up more than 5 percent on Wednesday, as investors cheered a potential new way to separate Yahoo's traditional services from its valuable investment in Chinese Web merchant Alibaba. Freshly minted Square shares become target for short sellers SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Short sellers did not wait long to bet against mobile payments company Square Inc , whose steeply discounted initial public offering last month increased concerns about sky-high valuations for Silicon Valley's biggest startups. Deutsche Bank to sift 'big data' to get closer to customers FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is embarking on a major computer systems upgrade that will help it to make greater use of so-called "big data" to provide a detailed picture of how, when and where customers interact with it, the bank's chief data officer said in an interview. Uber launches taxi-hailing button for third-party apps (Reuters) - Online taxi-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] said it would allow third-party app developers to add a 'Ride Request' button within their apps for free. Congress wants VTech details on child data it collects (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked digital toymaker VTech Holdings Ltd why it collects data on children, and how it secures that information, following a cyber attack that exposed records on 6.4 million youngsters in company databases. Facebook to halt tracking non-Facebook users in Belgium BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook will stop tracking browsers of Facebook pages in Belgium who are not signed into a Facebook account, seeking to comply with a court ruling last month ordering it to do so or face daily fines, the company said on Wednesday. Yahoo board to weigh future of company, Marissa Mayer: source SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU (Reuters) - The board of Yahoo Inc is weighing a sale of its core Internet business when it meets this week, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Facebook's CEO and wife to give 99 percent of shares to their new foundation SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter. Canada's national police force launching cyber crime unit TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's national police force said on Wednesday it would create a team of cyber crime investigators to fight hacking attacks on the federal government and other major targets. Related Video Facebook CEO, wife to give 99 percent of shares to charity Czech firm presents new model of wall radar 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