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Recent Innovation News
After Snap IPO, U.S. regulator questions unequal voting rights
WASHINGTON/BOSTON One of two current members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission raised questions on Thursday for companies like Snap Inc that offer shareholders unequal voting rights, saying the agency should "focus on how some innovations may prove detrimental to investors."
Exclusive: ING, SocGen to test LNG trading with blockchain in months
LONDON/FRANKFURT Banks ING and Societe Generale are in talks with traders to test liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading based on blockchain, the technology starting to shake up the traditional energy industry.
Google backs UK-based payments company Currencycloud
NEW YORK Alphabet Inc's venture arm has invested in Currencycloud, a UK startup that provides technology to enable businesses to provide cross-border payments services to their customers.
U.N. expert urges states to work toward cyber surveillance treaty
GENEVA The world needs an international treaty to protect people's privacy from unfettered cybersurveillance, which is being pushed by populist politicians preying on fear of terrorism, according to a U.N. report debated on Wednesday.
SAP to offer its business apps on Google Cloud
FRANKFURT Germany's SAP is teaming up with Silicon Valley giant Google to allow customers to run SAP's big business applications on Google's cloud while offering Google's suite of web-based desktop apps to users, the company said on Wednesday.
WikiLeaks says it releases files on CIA cyber spying tools
WASHINGTON Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks on Tuesday published what it said were thousands of pages of internal CIA discussions about hacking techniques used over several years, renewing concerns about the security of consumer electronics and embarrassing yet another U.S. intelligence agency. | Video
Autos bosses focus on technology rather than PSA-Opel
GENEVA The auto industry is facing seismic changes with the rise of electric vehicles, automated driving and car sharing set to eclipse even big mergers such as PSA's purchase of Opel, executives at the Geneva auto show said. | Video
Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin signs Eutelsat as first customer
Blue Origin, a rocket company owned by Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, has signed France's Eutelsat Communications SA as its first customer for satellite launch services, he said on Tuesday. | Video
U.S. to probe some Ford imports of hybrid electric vehicles, parts
WASHINGTON The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Tuesday it has launched a patent-infringement investigation into imports of certain hybrid electric vehicles and parts by Ford Motor Co.
Thai transport authorities crack down on Uber, Grab drivers, seek ban
BANGKOK Thailand's transport authorities have begun a crackdown on drivers for ride-hailing services Uber and Grab and want the military government to ban them, a transport official said on Tuesday.
State of Innovation
Reuters Top 100: The World's Most Innovative Universities - 2016
The educational institutions that top Reuters' second annual ranking prove that in the fast-changing world of science and technology, you can't rest on your laurels. Full article
Asia’s Most Innovative Universities
From Cambridge to Copenhagen, Dresden to Dublin, Reuters ranks the academic institutions producing the most influential research and generating the largest number of patents. Full article
Europe's Most Innovative Universities
From Cambridge to Copenhagen, Dresden to Dublin, Reuters ranks the academic institutions producing the most influential research and generating the largest number of patents. Full article