The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) has propelled plans to beef up the nation’s defence industry with an agreement that could see the development of quantum computing technology for its new guided weapons systems. The deal arrives amid burgeoning global tensions with […]

BERLIN—IBM on Tuesday unveiled one of Europe’s most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country’s efforts to stay in the race for what’s considered a key technology of the future. Quantum computers use subatomic particles to get around the […]

FedEx and robotics company Nuro on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles in the package delivery company’s network, starting with a pilot program in Houston. The partnership comes as parcel companies race to reduce the cost of last-mile […]

Hackers using custom malware stole nearly 26 million login credentials—emails or usernames and associated passwords—from almost a million websites over a two-year period, including Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter, according to cybersecurity provider NordLocker. The […]

WASHINGTON—A U.S. senator on June 10 slammed American companies, including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., and Nike Inc. for turning a blind eye to allegations of forced labor in China, arguing they are making American consumers complicit in Beijing’s repressive policies. […]

MOSCOW—Russian authorities on Thursday ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content. A Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). It […]

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on June 8 pressed Microsoft for more information on how and why its search engine returned no results for an iconic Tiananmen Square Massacre image on the anniversary of the communist suppression. On June 4, searches on Microsoft-powered engines […]