The United States disrupted a botnet used by China to conceal hacking of critical infrastructure, a senior FBI official said during a media briefing on Wednesday.
The U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) said it had received 4,700 reports last year about content generated by artificial intelligence that depicted child sexual exploitation.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday that it will provisionally start collecting the electricity consumption data from U.S. cryptocurrency mining companies.
EBay agreed to pay $59 million and enhance its compliance program to resolve U.S. Department of Justice allegations it didn’t try hard enough to stop criminals from buying devices for producing counterfeit drugs.
Rockwell Automation reported lower-than-expected first-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, blaming high inventory levels at customers and delayed shipments due to supply snarls, sending its shares down 6.6% before the bell.
Industrial conglomerate Fortive forecast its annual profit and revenue above estimates on Wednesday, benefiting from a rise in companies increasing spending on automation amid a tight labor market.
Spanish travel booking group Amadeus will buy Portugal-based face-recognition technology company Vision-Box for 320 million euros ($346.7 million), it said in a filing to the CNMV stock market regulator.
Software firm Roper Technologies on Wednesday forecast full-year 2024 earnings below Wall Street estimates, due to weaker spending by its target industries.
Aptiv said on Wednesday it will reduce its stake in self-driving technology company Motional and will not provide any funding in the future after incurring millions in losses related to the investment.
Chinese EV giant BYD’s five models on sale in Germany will be showcased at a new BYD-only store in Berlin run by dealership Sternauto, in the latest sign that the carmaker is rapidly encroaching on European competitors’ turf.
