By Julie Gordon TORONTO (Reuters) – The mayor of Canada's largest city, facing allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, and made racial and homophobic slurs on video, must either refute the accusations or step down, fellow city politicians say. “If the allegations are false, then the mayor is owed some apologies,” said Councilor Josh Matlow, who has clashed with Ford on transit issues, but who usually takes a centrist line in a polarized city council. “If the allegations are proven true beyond a reasonable doubt, then the mayor should resign.” An editor from U.S

By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry.

By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) – A group of British hackers who “ran riot” causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday. Police said four men, members of the hacking collective known as “LulzSec”, put thousands of internet users' personal data at risk through their high-profile cyber attacks in 2011

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – A retired British politician sued the wife of the House of Commons Speaker for defamation on Thursday, accusing her of implying in a tweet that he was a pedophile guilty of sexually abusing boys living in a care home. Alistair McAlpine, an associate of the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is seeking damages from Sally Bercow in Britain’s most high-profile Twitter defamation case to date

By Deepa Seetharaman WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) – General Motors Co said it is investing $546 million in two new Michigan data centers in hopes it will free up millions of dollars to boost vehicle quality more quickly. The largest U.S.

By Swati Pandey and Supantha Mukherjee MUMBAI/BANGALORE (Reuters) – The Indian government's cyber watchdog is investigating how security at two companies that are part of the country's vast IT services industry was breached in a global ATM heist that saw $45 million stolen from two banks in the Middle East. EnStage Inc, which operates from Bangalore, and ElectraCard Services, based in the Indian city of Pune, processed card payments for the two banks that were hit in the theft, several people familiar with the situation said

By Soyoung Kim and Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) – SoftBank Corp is playing it rough in its attempt to keep Dish Network Corp from breaking up its $20.1 billion deal to take control of Sprint Nextel Corp.

(Reuters) – Netflix Inc's U.S. streaming video service added five children's shows from Walt Disney Co's Disney Junior and Disney XD cable networks under a multiyear licensing deal announced on Thursday.

By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 69 to 27 to back the measure, which pits brick-and-mortar stores like Wal-Mart Stores Inc and cash-hungry state governments against such Web retailers as eBay Inc and Republicans wary of new tax measures. …

PARIS (Reuters) – There is no need for France Telecom's Dailymotion, an online video-sharing website, to remain wholly French-owned, and all options must be studied, the junior minister for digital economy, Fleur Pellerin, told French media on Sunday. Last week, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said he had blocked Yahoo Inc's plan to buy a majority stake in Dailymotion because the U.S

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sentenced a former provincial deputy governor to life in prison for accepting almost $2 million in bribes, the most senior official to be punished since the country’s new leadership made tackling corruption its top priority. Huang Sheng, former deputy governor of the eastern province of Shandong, accepted more than 12 million yuan ($1.95 million) from organizations and individuals between 1998 and 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …

By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the “Clerks” director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled “Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?” “NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad,” he began, “But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. …