Reuters Technology Report: May 6, 2016

Click to View in Browser Friday, May 6, 2016 Exclusive: Apple's Tim Cook to visit China for government meetings - source BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook plans to visit Beijing later this month to meet high-level government officials, at a time when it is facing some setbacks in its most important overseas market, a source familiar with the matter said. Facebook loses first round in suit over storing biometric data (Reuters) - Facebook Inc lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it "unlawfully" collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs. WhatsApp judge wins little love in Brazil; but respect in his hometown LAGARTO, Brazil (Reuters) - Judge Marcel Montalvão joined some of Brazil's top politicians as one of the country's most-hated public figures when he ordered a 72-hour shutdown of WhatsApp this week, abruptly cutting off the messaging service for some 100 million users. Uber, Lyft spend big to erase fingerprinting in Texas vote AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - On-demand ride companies have spent millions of dollars ahead of a Saturday vote to overturn a measure mandating fingerprinting for their drivers in Austin, Texas, a sign they are willing to play hardball politics with cities pursuing such requirements. Fiat Chrysler CEO: Unclear who owns self-driving cars' data WINDSOR, Ont. (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Alphabet Inc's Google have yet to determine who will own data collected in their collaboration on testing self-driving vehicles, FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said Friday. Toshiba nominates new CEO in bid to put accounting scandal behind it TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said it had nominated Satoshi Tsunakawa, a former head of its medical equipment division, to be its next chief executive officer - a move that it hopes will draw a line under a damaging accounting scandal. President of Philippine bank at center of $81 million heist quits MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Rizal Commercial Banking Corp said it has accepted the resignation of its president, Lorenzo Tan, even as it cleared the official of any wrongdoing in connection with a $81 million money laundering scandal. U.S. trade panel to probe devices of eight smartphone vendors HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is launching an investigation into mobile devices made by eight smartphone vendors including Samsung Electronics Co over an alleged patent violation, the trade panel said on its website. Cognizant sees more deals from healthcare, financial clients (Reuters) - IT services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp said it expects a pipeline of new projects from its healthcare and financial services clients to fuel growth for the remainder of the year, after a weak first quarter. Related Video Nasal spray device could help those with schizophrenia Why tax funding slows down high-speed trains 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