Reuters

In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials seeking to minimize the impact of short-term rentals on neighborhoods.

No automaker, including Tesla, currently offers a fully self-driving car, although most major manufacturers and suppliers are working furiously on different technology suites to enable vehicles to drive themselves.

Weak September core retail sales, which strip out auto and gasoline sales, provide a window into the pain the holders of mall debt face in coming months as retailers with a physical presence keep discounting to stave off lagging sales.

Car makers have rushed to invest in so-called mobility services, hoping to capture the potential trillions of dollars in revenue from selling both vehicles and such on-demand services.

People had trouble accessing sites including Twitter and Vox, but others found the sites accessible in Europe or via mobile phones.

They raised a litany of concerns about California's proposal at a hearing in Sacramento on Wednesday.

This year's event would feature a performance by Katy Perry, virtual reality shopping and a live-streamed fashion show in Shanghai allowing viewers to pre-order items as they appear on the catwalk.

The company said that its Model S and Model X electric cars are already being produced with the new hardware, which includes eight cameras, 12 updated sensors and radar with faster processing.

Users will also be able to get quotes from businesses, buy movie tickets and book appointments at spas and salons, Facebook said in a blog post.

The world's top smartphone maker last week permanently ended sales of the fire-prone Note 7 smartphone less than two months after its launch.

The company's shares were up 18 percent at $117.93 in premarket trading.

Twitter and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey may now have to chart an independent course in the face of stagnant user growth, heavy losses and mounting competition from the likes of Instagram and Snapchat.

The open interface will help corporate and cloud data centers to speed up big data, machine learning, analytics and other emerging workloads.

Earlier this year, the nation invested $3.5 billion in U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber, surprising many.

The premium device that was meant to compete with the latest iPhones at the top end of the smartphone market had to be scrapped earlier this week.

Chief Executive Dion Weisler said the market continues to be volatile, facing pressures and uncertainties.

Verizon has had preliminary briefings from Yahoo but it still needs 'significant information' from the company before it makes a final decision on the acquisition.

Last year, Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds of flights and delayed many others after a power outage hit its computer systems.

The average billionaire was worth $3.7 billion.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued recalls for battery packs, snow blowers, hoverboards, flashlights and power recliners in the past year, all because of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday the Note 7's 'battery can overheat and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazard to consumers.'

The new streaming service, called 'Amazon Music Unlimited,' lets users access a vast catalog of songs on demand, similar to Spotify and Apple Music.

The Shenzhen hub follows a similar plan for a center in Beijing, and comes as Apple is looking to bounce back in China.

The firm received 92 reports of batteries overheating in the United States, including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage.

Workplace is a subscription product -- a departure for advertising-driven Facebook -- with businesses paying $1 to $3 per user. Slack's least expensive business plan charges about $7 per user.

The lawsuit also claims former Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Savitt 'intentionally hired and promoted women because of their gender.'

In a regulatory filing, Samsung said it was 'adjusting' shipments of Note 7s to allow for inspections and stronger quality control due to some devices catching fire.

Backpage, the second-largest U.S. online classified ad service after Craigslist, has faced scrutiny from the U.S. Senate as well as civil lawsuits over allegations that the site facilitates sex trafficking, especially of children.

Last month Yahoo said at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014.

It would also represent the largest IPO by a technology company since Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. went public in 2014.