Reuters Technology Report: June 1, 2017

Click to View in Browser Thursday, June 1, 2017 T-Mobile's expanded network has rivals - and suitors - taking notice NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc has built a reputation as a scrappy underdog by offering cell service with no contracts and cheap prices. Dutch group sets up hyperloop test center AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch team that won this year's edition of the competition held by entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop superfast hyperloop transport technology is setting up a full-scale testing center for the technology. Western Digital considering new memory plant in western Japan: source TOKYO (Reuters) - Western Digital is considering fresh investment to build another flash memory chip plant in western Japan in an effort to show its commitment to the country, a source familiar with the matter said. Daimler, BAIC agree to make electric cars in China BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation agreed to upgrade the Mercedes-Benz factory in Beijing to make electric cars, the German carmaker said on Thursday. Chinese bitcoin exchanges resume withdrawals after freeze SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Major Chinese bitcoin exchanges have started to resume allowing withdrawals of the cryptocurrency after nearly a four-month freeze that followed increased scrutiny from the central bank. Blame game for cyber attacks grows murkier as spying, crime tools mix TALLINN, Estonia (Reuters) - Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. Uber's finance head leaves; company's quarterly loss narrows (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said its head of finance is leaving, and the privately held ride-hailing company also said that its first-quarter loss narrowed substantially from the prior quarter, putting it on a path toward profitability. Exclusive: SoftBank to let OneWeb-Intelsat merger collapse - sources (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group Corp will let the $14 billion merger between its satellite startup OneWeb and peer Intelsat SA fall through, after failing to get enough of Intelsat creditors to back it, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Robocop joins Dubai police to fight real life crime DUBAI (Reuters) - A robotic policeman which can help identify wanted criminals and collect evidence has joined Dubai's police force and will patrol busy areas in the city, as part of a government program aimed at replacing some human crime-fighters with machines. Social media companies step up removals of online hate speech: EU (Reuters) - Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to EU pressure to do more to tackle the issue, results of an EU evaluation seen by Reuters showed. Related Video Smart algorithm builds 'living' 3D model of Zurich Huge twin-fuselage Stratolaunch plane leaves hangar for fuel tests 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 2017 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