Reuters Technology Report: March 8, 2016

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, March 8, 2016 DirecTV says multiple channels facing audio, video loss (Reuters) - DirecTV, the satellite TV provider owned by No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc , said multiple national channels were experiencing loss of audio and video. Congress will hear from head of Google self-driving car project WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the Google self-driving car project and auto industry executives will testify before Congress next week on efforts to develop safe and effective autonomous cars. Home Depot settles consumer lawsuit over big 2014 data breach (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc agreed to pay at least $19.5 million to compensate U.S. consumers harmed by a 2014 data breach affecting more than 50 million cardholders. The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's hoodie-wearing tech entrepreneurs are the poster kids of innovation. But the innovators who are really changing the world are more likely to wear labcoats and hold government-related jobs in Grenoble, Munich or Tokyo. That's the conclusion of Reuters' Top 25 Global Innovators – Government, a list that identifies and ranks the publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology. Buhari says MTN in talks with Nigerian regulator on $3.9 billion fine ABUJA (Reuters) - South African company MTN is in talks with the telecoms industry regulator in Nigeria to reduce a $3.9 billion fine imposed for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards from its local network, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Canon front-runner with $6 billion bid for Toshiba Medical: Nikkei TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc is front-runner to buy the healthcare business of Toshiba Corp with a bid of over 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion), Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported. FCC unveils proposal for $9.25/month low-income broadband subsidy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission circulated Tuesday a final proposal seeking approval for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for low-income Americans to get broadband Internet access. Top U.S. arms buyer to meet Raytheon CEO on long-delayed GPS ground system WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Pentagon and Air Force officials will meet on Tuesday with Raytheon Chief Executive Tom Kennedy for another "deep dive review" of the company's long-delayed ground control system for next generation GPS satellites, U.S. defense officials said. Orange CEO says needs invite from Bollore to look at Telecom Italia CAIRO (Reuters) - Orange Chief Executive Officer Stephane Richard has said he might look into the possibility of a merger deal with Telecom Italia if French billionaire Vincent Bollore invited him to, but does not think that would happen. Related Video For winter sport enthusiasts, enter the age drones Bionic fingertip gives sense of touch to amputee 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 2016 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