Reuters Technology Report: October 20, 2016

Click to View in Browser Thursday, October 20, 2016 Catwalks and Katy Perry: Alibaba starts countdown to Singles' Day HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd started the countdown to its annual shopping festival Singles' Day on Friday, promising consumers - and investors - a bonanza of fashion shows, virtual reality and U.S. pop star Katy Perry. Nintendo to release teaser video of next-generation console TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said it will release a short video later on Thursday of the next-generation game console it plans to launch globally in March - an announcement that sent its shares up more than 4 percent. Exclusive: Blockchain platform developed by banks to be open - source LONDON (Reuters) - A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world's biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what could become the industry standard for the nascent technology. EU court adviser backs Intel fight against record EU fine LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Intel's fight against a record 1.06 billion euro ($1.16 billion) EU antitrust fine received a boost on Thursday when a top Europe court adviser questioned whether the U.S. chipmaker's actions had really harmed competition. Tesla says self-driving hardware to be built into all its cars SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday all new Tesla Motors Inc models will come with hardware to enable them to be fully self-driving, as the Silicon Valley electric car company bids to be the first among many rivals to get autonomous vehicles on the road. Google, automakers object to California rules for self-driving cars (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit and automakers objected on Wednesday to California proposals to set new, mandatory rules for testing self-driving cars in the state, which industry officials said could hobble their efforts in the home to much of self-driving vehicle testing and development. Samsung enlists Ukrainians to beat Hungary labor crunch BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has recruited Ukrainian workers to keep its Hungarian factory running smoothly, it said on Thursday, in a sign of the unconventional efforts local companies are making to beat a deepening labor crunch. Yahoo, ACLU press U.S. to disclose secret surveillance orders SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Wednesday asked U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to declassify a surveillance order the company had received so it can respond to a Reuters report that it set up a special program last year to scan all Yahoo Mail users' incoming messages. China's LeEco unveils a car, but cannot make it drive SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chinese technology company LeEco on Wednesday made an inauspicious entry into the race to develop self-driving electric cars when its prototype car could not make it down the runway at a gala event here. Microsoft to show code in Brazil to calm fears about spy 'back doors' BRASILIA (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, still stung by accusations that it installed "back doors" for the U.S. government to access customers' communications, opened a center in Brazil on Wednesday where officials will be able to inspect its programming code, in an attempt to allay suspicions in the region that its software programs are vulnerable to spying. Related Video Son designs prosthetic arm for amputee dad Maggots under microscope for superbug-killing secretions 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