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Future of TV in balance as AT&T, Time Warner plead merger case - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fans will be glued to the "March Madness" college basketball tournament as the joint owner of rights for the games, Time Warner Inc, goes before a judge on Thursda... ow.ly/cQTD50gXweG

Naspers to raise up to $11 billion by trimming Tencent stake - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Naspers is cutting its stake in lucrative Chinese investment Tencent by as much as 2 percent in a deal that could net the South African media and e-commerce group ... ow.ly/oPBA50gXo51

Telecom Italia open to network IPO once fully regulated: sources - ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) is open to selling a stake in its soon-to-be-created network company and list the unit, but only once it becomes a fully regulated business to ens... ow.ly/rwXz50gXgpR

Best Buy cuts ties with China's Huawei: source - LAS VEGAS/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc, the largest U.S. consumer electronics retailer, will cut ties with China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a person familiar with the matter said, amid heigh... ow.ly/ZRnV50gXblm

Chinese drone maker DJI seeking at least $500 million in pre-IPO funding: sources - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd is seeking at least $500 million at a valuation of about $15 billion ahead of a planned stock market... ow.ly/jpSh50gX7f2

Zuckerberg says Facebook made mistakes on user data, vows curbs - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that his company made mistakes in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and p... ow.ly/eoQg50gWZOW

In Canada, driverless cars learn to see in the snow - STRATFORD, Ontario (Reuters) - A Canadian town known for its annual theater festival is emerging as a hub of "snowtonomous" research, as automakers face demands to produce self-driving cars that ca... ow.ly/NyOw50gWQ8J

Cryptocurrency issuers clean up, shun U.S. investors as SEC gets tough - WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tech start-ups that issue digital tokens to raise funds are falling in line with U.S. securities laws or seeking legal ways to skirt them after th... ow.ly/BG5T50gWIN4

EU proposes online turnover tax for big tech firms - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed rules on Wednesday to make digital companies pay more tax, with U.S. tech giants such as Google , Facebook and Amazon set to foot a large chunk ... ow.ly/mmgr50gWAlU

Designed in California, made in China: how the iPhone skews U.S. trade deficit - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. But... ow.ly/QGA250gWs9J

Academic behind Facebook breach says he is a 'scapegoat': BBC - LONDON (Reuters) - A Cambridge University academic who harvested data on millions of Facebook users said he has been made a scapegoat by the social network and a UK-based political consul... ow.ly/Fnf750gWkgQ

Exclusive: Kaspersky Lab plans Swiss data center to combat spying allegations - documents - MOSCOW/TORONTO (Reuters) - Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab plans to open a data center in Switzerland to address Western government concerns that Russia exploits it... ow.ly/j9Zg50gWfq8

Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook questioned - LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political c... ow.ly/677L50gWaNz

EU to unveil plan to tax turnover of big U.S. tech firms - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose rules on Wednesday designed to make digital companies pay their fair share of tax and set to hit U.S. tech giants such as Google and F... ow.ly/UHWM50gW3xW

Amazon is now second most valuable U.S.-listed company, tops Alphabet - (Reuters) - Amazon.com became the second most valuable publicly listed U.S. company on Tuesday, surpassing Google parent Alphabet Inc for the first time. ow.ly/9WaE50gVToh

Toyota pauses self-driving car testing amid Uber accident probe - TEMPE, Ariz./DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it will pause autonomous vehicle testing following an accident in which an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle ... ow.ly/vDxr50gVM0V

UK investigates Facebook over data breach, to raid Cambridge Analytica - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by Donald Trump impr... ow.ly/b0Bl50gVDnx

Former Israeli spy chief and team of elite hackers form cybersecurity firm - TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Retired Mossad chief Tamir Pardo said he has assembled a team of more than 30 hackers from Israel's security and intelligence services into a startup cal... ow.ly/tvJc50gVvDX

'Socially responsible' investors reassess Facebook ownership - NEW YORK (Reuters) - With European and U.S. lawmakers calling for investigations into reports that Facebook user data was accessed by UK based consultancy Cambridge Analytica to help Presi... ow.ly/2EjS50gVnzP

Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street - TEMPE, Ariz./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said on Monday, marking the first fatality involving an autonomou... ow.ly/qUab50gVek7