Bloomberg A New York University cardiologist claims Apple Inc’s Watch uses his patented heartbeat-monitoring invention and he wants compensation. Dr Joseph Wiesel, who teaches at NYU School of Medicine, filed a suit recently against the tech giant, in federal court in Brooklyn. Wiesel claims the Apple Watch infringes his patent for a method to detect an irregular heartbeat. Apple promotes ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc’s purchase of a minority stake in UK food startup Deliveroo faces a British probe in another sign of mounting antitrust scrutiny of American tech giants. The Competition and Markets Authority said it’s opening an in-depth investigation of Amazon’s investment of about $500 million, saying it risked a “substantial lessening” of competition “in the supply of online food ...

Bloomberg The US denied a report that it’s demanding South Korea pay as much as 20% more to host American troops, as funding talks between the two nations continue. The 10%-20% figure referred to in Korean media is “ungrounded speculation,” a Trump administration official said by email. US negotiators will seek a “fair and equitable” outcome at the next round ...