‘Call of Duty’ drives big holiday quarter for Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) beat analysts’ expectations for revenue in the final quarter of 2017, helped by robust Christmas buying of its blockbuster “Call of Duty” videogame and higher digital sales. “Call of Duty: WWII”, which was released in November, […]

FireEye reports first-ever adjusted quarterly profit, shares jump Cyber security firm FireEye Inc (FEYE.O) on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly adjusted profit since going public in 2013, highlighting gains from the company’s shift to a subscription model and its cost-cutting efforts. FireEye’s shares were up 13.2 percent in extended trading. […]

China’s Didi, SoftBank target Japan in taxi-hailing push China’s Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp will roll out a venture in Japan later this year to provide ride-hailing services, amid a global battle to control the technology increasingly central to urban transport. The move into Japan underscores a recent push […]

France, Germany want progress on taxing tech giants France and Germany intensified calls on Wednesday for U.S. technology giants to pay more tax in the European Union, with Paris saying the new bill could amount to billions of euros. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted the EU […]

Senators propose bill to block U.S. from using Huawei, ZTE equipment Two Republican Senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would block the U.S. government from buying or leasing telecommunications equipment from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd or ZTE Corp, citing concern the Chinese companies would use their access to spy on […]

Alphabet shifts thermostat maker Nest into Google Alphabet Inc merged smart thermostat maker Nest, which had operated as an independent unit, into its Google hardware group, the company announced in a blog post on Wednesday. The move unifies Google’s growing hardware team, which designs smartphones, laptops and speakers, with Nest, […]