McDonald’s says it’s Twitter was hackedNEW YORK — McDonald’s says it has determined that its Twitter account was “hacked by an external source” after it sent a message calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.”The tweet to Trump on Thursday from the official account for McDonald’s Corp. has since been deleted but was captured in screenshots. The message said it would love to have President Obama back and “also you have tiny hands.”The tweet was also temporarily pinned to the top of the McDonald’s account so that it would be the top message people see if they visited the company’s Twitter profile.McDonald’s said in a statement that it took swift action to secure its account, and apologized that the tweet was sent through its corporate account. The company earlier had said it was notified by Twitter that its account was “compromised.” McDonald’s did not provide any other details.

Israeli firm revs up self-driving carsJERUSALEM — As the world moves toward an era of self-driving cars, Israel is positioning itself to be the Detroit of the future.The country has emerged as a global leader in the fast-growing field of driverless cars, as illustrated by Intel’s more than $15 billion acquisition of Israeli firm Mobileye this week.Israel is now home to hundreds of startups that provide everything from censors to cybersecurity to data collection for autonomous vehicles, putting it alongside Silicon Valley at the forefront of an industry that many expect to take off over the next decade.“In the last 12 months, the global interest is rising more and more,” said Lior Zeno-Zamansky, executive director of EcoMotion, a nonprofit group that promotes the smart transportation sector in Israel. “Everyone is looking for the next Mobileye.”She said the Israeli smart transportation sector has attracted some $4 billion in investment over the past four years, roughly half of it driven by two industry leaders, Mobileye and Waze.