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Friday, September 1, 2017

Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile.

Western Digital CEO apologized to Toshiba for friction over chip unit sale

TOKYO (Reuters) - Western Digital Corp's CEO apologized to his counterpart at Toshiba Corp for strained ties after the U.S. firm sued to keep their chip joint venture from being sold to rival bidders, according to an Aug. 11 letter.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to complete software spin-off

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co completed the spin-off of much of its software business early on Friday, closing the door on the disastrous 2011 acquisition of British firm Autonomy and narrowing the company's focus to data center hardware and software.

Facebook's Watch goes up against YouTube for ad dollars

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc launched its Watch video service to U.S. users on Thursday with plans to allow people to submit shows, as the No. 1 social media network vies with Alphabet Inc's YouTube for advertising revenue.

Toshiba misses target date for chip unit sale, increasing business risks

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp failed to seal a deal to sell its prized chip business by an internal deadline of Thursday, raising doubts about whether it can plug a balance sheet hole in time to avoid a delisting and keep the unit competitive.

Britain faces huge costs to avoid power shortages with electric car plan

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must plough billions of pounds into new power plants, grid networks and electric vehicle charging points if it is to avoid local power shortages when a planned ban on new diesel and petrol cars begins.

Norway tightens IT security to prevent ballot tampering

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is tightening security procedures ahead of a parliamentary election on Sept. 11 to prevent possible vote tampering, the government said on Friday.

U.S. labor board files complaint against Tesla over worker rights

(Reuters) - The U.S. agency in charge of enforcing labor law on Thursday filed a complaint against electric carmaker Tesla Inc , saying it found merit to workers' complaints about unfair labor practices.

Samsung secures self-driving car permit in California

(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, marking the entry of the world's largest smart phone maker four months after iPhone maker and arch rival Apple Inc received a permit.

Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: U.S. judge

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches.