Bloomberg Google is preparing to upgrade its security tools for online accounts to better insulate users from cyberattacks and politically motivated hacks, according to two people familiar with the company’s plan. The Alphabet Inc. company next month will begin offering a service called the Advanced Protection Program that places a collection of features onto accounts such as email, including a ...

Bloomberg Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy recently joined Water Street Capital and has pushed the secretive hedge fund firm to build a large stake in Micron Technology Inc., arguing the market for its main product is set for a sustained boom without the wild ups and crushing downs of the past. The rise of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and augmented ...

Bloomberg Chinese co-working company UrWork plans to open its first location in Manhattan early next year, but its name likely won’t be on the door. WeWork Cos., the New York-based startup, sued UrWork this month, arguing that the Chinese company’s name infringes on its trademarks. As part of the case, a judge ruled that Serendipity Labs, a co-working company that ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. lost one of its best alibis for why its former self-driving engineer downloaded files that Waymo claims are stolen trade secrets. But the company did get a pair of earrings to use in a trial against the Alphabet Inc. unit next month. As the two companies formulate arguments for a trial starting October 10, US District ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc.’s first National Football League broadcast drew 372,000 viewers who watched the game an average of 55 minutes on the internet giant’s Prime Video service—a small part of the overall audience for Thursday’s game. About 1.6 million viewers at least initiated a stream of the Green Bay Packers’ 35-14 victory over the Chicago Bears, the NFL’s oldest rivalry. ...

Bloomberg The cost of repairing Big Ben, the iconic clock tower of Britain’s Parliament, doubled following a detailed analysis by surveyors. Repairs to the Elizabeth Tower, as the tower is properly known, will cost $82 million, up from an original estimate of 29 million pounds, the House of Commons said on Friday in an emailed statement. The name “Big Ben” ...

Top US officials have said repeatedly that America is seeking a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis with North Korea. But President Trump’s insulting comments towards North Korean leader Kim Jong un appear to have made such a negotiated settlement more difficult. In the chaotic government-by-Twitter atmosphere of the Trump administration, no senior leader has publicly questioned whether the president’s ...

One of the unfortunate aspects of Trumpian populism is the effect it is having on our discussion of economic policy, and thereby on our understanding of the underlying goals that policies are meant to advance. This is perhaps most stark in discussions of international trade. The right used to discuss trade as a way to enrich the nation and raise ...

On Tuesday, Twitter announced that a select group of users would be able to send 280-character tweets—double the platform’s signature 140-character limit. It’s part of an experiment testing whether longer character limits would be better for everyone. The company explained that, in languages where a single character carries more meaning—Chinese, Japanese and Korean—they see “more people tweeting—which is awesome!” If ...

Until now, the defining feature of the Trump administration’s trade policy has been a worrisome yet vague recklessness. The US Commerce Department’s new ruling on Boeing’s dispute with Bombardier, a Canadian aircraft maker, shows the harm that comes when the administration gets specific. The rules that regulate trade can’t work without restraint and a commitment to a liberal economic order. ...