Reuters Technology Report: October 17, 2016

Click to View in Browser Monday, October 17, 2016 Germany says Tesla should not use 'Autopilot' in advertising FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has asked Tesla to stop advertising its electric vehicles as having an Autopilot function as this might suggest drivers' attention is not needed, his ministry said on Sunday. Samsung Elec says it started mass production of 10-nanometre chips SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday its system chips business has started mass production of semiconductors using 10 nanometer technology, adding it was the first company in the industry to do so. Tesla, Panasonic to collaborate on solar cells production (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla Motors said it would collaborate with Japan's Panasonic Corp to manufacture solar cells and modules in New York. China's AVIC, CITIC, others inject $850 million to fund Tencent's Supercell purchase HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd said a consortium formed to buy game developer Supercell has raised $850 million by selling new shares to investors including Chinese state-owned investment firms AVIC Capital and CITIC Capital. Egypt completes long-delayed 4G mobile license deals CAIRO (Reuters) - Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Misr signed licensing agreements on Sunday for the operation of 4G mobile broadband networks in Egypt in deals that will allow the country to introduce long-delayed high speed telecoms services. U.S. bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from air travel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices will be banned from aircraft in the United States starting on Saturday at noon EDT (1600 GMT) under an emergency order, regulators said on Friday after numerous reports of the devices catching fire. Yahoo not to hold quarterly earnings call or webcast (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Friday that it would not hold a call or webcast when it reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, citing its pending $4.83 billion deal with Verizon Communications Inc. Twitter charts solo path as Salesforce rules out takeover (Reuters) - Twitter Inc faces an uncertain future after Saleforce.com Inc , the last of the companies believed to be interested in buying the troubled social network, said on Friday that it would not make a bid. Volkswagen to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing over emissions WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG , in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on Friday. Alaska Air says making 'good progress' on Virgin merger review WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc was making "good progress" in talks with the Justice Department on a planned merger with Virgin America Inc , an Alaska spokeswoman said on Friday. Related Video European-led Mars lander to start descent to red planet Cancer 'smoke alarm' could aid early diagnosis 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