Reuters Technology Report: June 8, 2016

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Canada's RBC eyes Silicon Valley talent at fintech hub TORONTO (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada wants to team up with Silicon Valley's brightest talent to position itself at the forefront of new financial technologies, Vice President of Innovation Gabriel Woo said in an interview. Russian watchdog discussing out of court settlement with Google: Ifax MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state competition watchdog FAS is discussing with Alphabet Inc's Google an out of court settlement, Interfax news agency on Wednesday quoted a deputy FAS head as saying. Now roughly equal in value, Uber and Daimler trade gentle blows BERLIN (Reuters) - A promised showdown between the chief executives of German luxury car maker Daimler and ride-sharing firm Uber, Silicon Valley's most valuable private company, turned into more of a wary courtship when the two met publicly on Wednesday. Top auto regulator: Nimble rules needed for self-driving cars (Reuters) - The top U.S. vehicle safety regulator said on Wednesday the government needs to be more nimble in designing rules for self-driving vehicles. Tech-savvy patients from Gulf to China to drive Philips health AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Demand from technology-savvy patients seeking control over their medical data will overcome privacy concerns about the "connected" products and services Philips is now focused on, its chief executive said. France launches attack alert app ahead of Euro 2016 PARIS (Reuters) - France launched an app to alert users to attacks on Wednesday, two days before the Euro 2016 soccer championship gets underway under a state of emergency imposed after militant Islamists struck Paris in November. Yahoo hires investment bank to sell about 3,000 patents: WSJ (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has hired boutique investment bank Black Stone IP LLC to sell about 3,000 of the internet company's patents, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Bezos says Amazon to up India investment to $5 billion WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday the company would invest an additional $3 billion in India, boosting its committed investment in the country to over $5 billion. U.S. warns banks on cyber threat after Bangladesh heist BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday told banks to review cyber-security protections against fraudulent money transfers in the wake of revelations that a hacking group used such messages to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank. British lawmakers pass new digital surveillance law LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers passed on Tuesday a new surveillance law to give security agencies more extensive monitoring capabilities in the digital age after several amendments were added to better protect privacy. Related Video The MRI scanner that could improve diagnosis Beekeeping goes wireless 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