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Uber Technologies Inc. will begin limiting the time U.K. drivers can spend on the road to 10 hours a day, responding to regulatory health concerns about tiredness and exhaustion. Uber said that starting next week it will require drivers to take a six-hour break if they’ve worked for 10 consecutive hours. To enforce compliance, workers will be prevented from logging into the app during rest periods. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/uber-limits-u-k-driver-hours-in-response-to-safety-concerns

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Japanese giant Softbank is planning to list its mobile phone business in Tokyo and overseas, according to the Nikkei newspaper. The listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and possibly in London aims to raise 2 trillion yen ($18bn; £13.1bn). Softbank confirmed in a statement that the share sale was an option, but said no decision has yet been made. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42685276

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Hackers have stolen $400,000 (£290,000) of the virtual currency Stellar Lumen in an online attack on Saturday. The group hijacked the server that hosts BlackWallet, a web-based wallet application that stores lumens and stole 669,920 from users' accounts. Stellar Lumen is thought to be the eighth most popular virtual currency in the world. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42689642

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