Reuters Technology Report: July 19, 2017

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Google redesigns mobile search app with personalized 'feed' SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google on Wednesday announced an overhaul of its search app on mobile phones to include a personalized feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics, a move that puts the search company into more direct competition with social networks such as Facebook. Four Apple contractors accuse Qualcomm of antitrust violations (Reuters) - iPhone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc faces a fresh set of antitrust allegations from a group of four companies that assemble the iPhone and other products on behalf of Apple Inc . Toshiba says it again is blocking Western Digital access to chip JV TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said it resumed blocking access by Western Digital Corp to data at their memory chip joint venture, intensifying its dispute with the U.S. firm over the Japanese company's planned sale of the chip business. GM joins other carmakers investing in self-driving startup Nauto (Reuters) - General Motors Co and Japan's Softbank Group Corp are among the latest investors in Nauto, a Silicon Valley startup developing software for self-driving vehicles. Silicon Valley mostly quiet in internet surveillance debate in Congress WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc's Google , Apple Inc and other major technology firms are largely absent from a debate over the renewal of a broad U.S. internet surveillance law, weakening prospects for privacy reforms that would further protect customer data, according to sources familiar with the matter. London Stock Exchange Group tests blockchain for private company shares NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange Group Plc has teamed up with IBM to build a blockchain-based platform to digitally issue private shares of small and medium enterprises in Italy. Amazon makes cloud contract more customer-friendly as rivals loom SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has done away with a controversial clause in its cloud computing contracts that prohibited customers from suing the company over patent infringement, according to an updated version of the Amazon Web Services customer agreement released on Thursday. IBM misses revenue estimates, weighed down by legacy businesses (Reuters) - IBM Corp on Tuesday reported a lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, as growth in its higher-margin businesses that include cloud and artificial intelligence services failed to make up for declines across legacy business segments. Netflix wins international Crown with original shows (Reuters) - Twenty years after Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix Inc , and a decade after the company introduced video streaming, it hit another milestone - one that is key to its ability to sustain its scorching pace of growth. Britain's cyber security center says has never certified Kaspersky products LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said on Tuesday it had never certified products from Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab. Related Video Scientists create paper that can be erased and reprinted up to 80 times Usain Bolt vs. T-rex: No contest says new research 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