Police in Largo, Florida, went to a funeral home to press a dead man's finger against his phone in a failed attempt to unlock the handset. This was not the first attempt by police in the United States to unlock a phone in this way. Other tech options exist for law enforcement to hack phones that don't require corpses. Two officers of the Largo Police Department in Florida arriv
Florida police failed to unlock phone using a dead man's finger — but corpses may still help in hacking handsets
The EY Item Club predicts two rises this year and two next year, despite sluggish economic growth.
Interest rates to rise twice this year, says EY Item Club
A shower of paper airplanes darted through the skies of Moscow and other towns in Russia today, as users answered the call of entrepreneur Pavel Durov to send the blank missives out of their windows at a pre-appointed time in support of Telegram, a messaging app he founded that was blocked last week by Russian regulator Roskomnadzor (RKN) that uses a paper airplane icon. RKN believ
Google confirms some of its own services are now getting blocked in Russia over the Telegram ban
PayPal reports financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, and analysts expect another quarter of strong earnings growth.
Earnings Outlook: PayPal earnings: Expansion plans focus on debit cards, foreign countries
President Donald Trump will urge North Korea to act quickly to dismantle its nuclear arsenal when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and isn’t willing to grant Pyongyang substantial sanctions relief in return for a freeze of its nuclear and missile tests, administration officials said.
The Wall Street Journal: Trump to North Korea: Nuclear dismantlement must happen before sanctions lifted
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China’s largest music-streaming company, is preparing what would be one of the biggest technology IPOs ever following the successful debut of its European counterpart, Spotify Technology SA.
The Wall Street Journal: China streaming giant Tencent Music tunes up for massive IPO
Do-it-yourself trading can be very rewarding—both psychologically and for your wallet.
Create Your Own Trading Strategies
Do-it-yourself trading can be very rewarding—both psychologically and for your wallet.
Create Your Own Trading Strategies
Mexico and the European Union have reached a trade deal that virtually eliminates tariffs.
Mexico and EU reach new trade deal
Amid the ongoing fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving improperly handled Facebook Inc. member data, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said on several occasions that the company hasn’t seen a business impact. When Facebook reports first-quarter earnings Wednesday, Zuckerberg will have to prove it for the first time.
Earnings Watch: Facebook earnings: The numbers to watch for an advertiser revolt
The Denver Post has been tough on Mayor Michael Hancock.
Denver's mayor sticks up for local paper: 'It's important for democracy'
Twitter shares are up sharply this year on perceived product enhancements and doubts about Facebook, but analysts will be looking at the company’s Wednesday morning earnings report for signs of actual impact in financial performance.
Earnings Outlook: Twitter earnings: Will product changes pay off as stock soars?
Martin Lewis is to sue Facebook over claims it has published over 50 bogus adverts bearing his name, many of which have been used to scam thousands of pounds out of people.
Martin Lewis to sue Facebook over fake ads
Can blockchain technology fix the soul sucking tedium and cost of back-and-forth bureaucracy? The Swiss team behind a blockchain-based platform, called Proxeus, believes it can — and that that will be just the tip of what decentralization brings down the pipe, once components such as crypto identities become an accepted (and legal) standard. Blockchain’s big picture vision is embed