SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) has issued an alert about active attacks on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations, and it recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately. The FBI on Sunday said it is aware of the attacks and is working closely with its federal and private-sector...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of a House of Representatives panel on China told U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that resuming sales of Nvidia's H20 chips to China threatens to advance Beijing's AI capability, stepping up his criticism of the decision and saying the original ban was the right call. Republican Representative John Moolenaar, in a letter to Lutnick on Friday,...

MELBOURNE, July 21 (Reuters) - BHP Group ( BHP ) has opted to sell its interest in the $2.5 billion Kabanga nickel project in Tanzania to its partner Lifezone Metals ( LZM ) for as much as $83 million, Lifezone said. The NYSE-listed company will acquire BHP's 17% equity interest in Kabanga Nickel Limited (KNL), the majority owner of the...