Reuters Technology Report: July 5, 2016

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, July 5, 2016 U.S. agency warns of security bug in Symantec's anti-virus software (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agency issued a security alert over a vulnerability in Symantec Corp's anti-virus software that allows attackers to remotely control affected computers. Netflix coming to Comcast's X1 boxes later this year (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's pay television subscribers will be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc through the cable operator's X1 set-top box later this year, the companies said on Tuesday. Twitter names former Facebook technology chief to its board (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said it had appointed former Facebook Inc Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor to its board, effective immediately. BlackBerry ditches Classic, adding to smartphone future doubts TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it will stop making its Classic model, raising further doubts about the future of the smartphone pioneer's money-losing handset business as the company shifts its focus to software. Nigerian militants say their only Twitter account suspended, others are imposters YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Tuesday that its only account on microblogging website Twitter is under suspension and all other accounts claiming to represent the group were imposters. Geta load of this, Chinese robot parks your car for you SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - The dreaded act of parallel parking could soon become a thing of the past with Chinese inventors backing their new parking robot to take away the stress for anxious drivers. Kenya's Safaricom launches Little Cab app to rival Uber NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom on Tuesday launched a ride-hailing app called Little Cab to compete with Uber [UBER.UL] and which was developed with a local software firm. Samsung Electronics set for best quarter in over two years on second-quarter smartphone boost SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is poised to issue guidance for its best quarterly profit in more than two years, propelled by a surge in mobile earnings on the back of robust sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones. EU proposes stricter rules on Bitcoin, prepaid cards in terrorism fight STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Tuesday stricter rules on the use of virtual currencies and prepaid cards in a bid to reduce anonymous payments and curb the financing of terrorism. U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to anti-hacking law (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday gave the U.S. Department of Justice broad leeway to police password theft under a 1984 anti-hacking law, upholding the conviction of a former Korn/Ferry International executive for stealing confidential client data. Related Video A Chinese robot to solve city parking misery Robot could end parallel parking dread 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