September 14, 2017
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan’s Shinzo Abe formally kicked off a plan to build the 316-mile bullet train line -- roughly the distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
September 14, 2017
September 13, 2017
Infostellar’s network is aimed at driving down the cost of communicating with satellites and generating data now too expensive to track. As a result, digital maps could be updated more frequently, tracking the movement of people, cars and clouds in real time.
September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017
According to a Eurpoean Union advisory panel regulation set in June, employers should be banned from issuing workers with wearable fitness monitors or other health tracking devices, even with the employees’ permission. More so, they should not be allowed to access data recorded by them.
September 13, 2017
September 12, 2017
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will take the stage for the first time today in the Steve Jobs Theater at its new campus. Apple plans to unveil three phones—another first—including a premium model that could cast a halo over the rest of the smartphone industry.
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
Even as President Donald Trump’s administration touted a deal with the United Nations on new sanctions against North Korea, online sleuths were sounding the alarm over the regime’s pursuit of an asset that could keep money flowing for its weapons programs: crypto currencies.
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
How many existing iPhone owners will buy the latest models? This will be the most important figure to watch because the vast majority of new iPhones - about 81 percent of the global total this year, according to analyst Toni Sacconaghi - are sold to people who already own one.
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
Amazon.com Inc is hiring by the hundreds in China to fill jobs ranging from internet software engineers to designers for Alexa, positioning the company to recoup some of the market share it lost to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in the world’s largest online shopping arena
September 12, 2017
September 11, 2017
Google took its fight over a record European Union antitrust fine to the EU courts, starting a legal challenge that could take years to conclude. The owner of the world’s largest search engine said it filed its appeal on Monday at the EU’s General Court, based in Luxembourg.
September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017
A Chinese startup with powerful backing plans to test a fleet of self-driving trucks in Arizona and Shanghai next year, competing with Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo in transforming the way goods are delivered.
September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017
Apple Inc.’s most important new phone for years will be called the iPhone X, according to a leak of the company’s latest mobile operating system on Saturday. Strings of software code inside of the leaked operating system show the expected three new phones will be called the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.
September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017
India will have the world's biggest labour force by 2027 and the millennial generation is crucial to anchor one of the fastest paces of economic growth.
September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017
Indian buyers have traditionally been hesitant to shift to automatics because they are slightly costlier, and the country still lags far behind the US and other countries in using them.
September 11, 2017
September 8, 2017
Infineon led a $15 million funding round in Bristol-based Xmos, and now wants to pair those with its own microphones and gesture-tracking products to improve the interaction with smart home gadgets by, for instance, better filtering out background noise.
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017
Called Stride, the new software attempts to bridge gaps that occur when workers discuss a project, make decisions and assign jobs to various workers, said Atlassian co-Chief Executive Officer Mike Cannon-Brookes.
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017
SpaceX successfully launched a classified Air Force drone from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as Hurricane Irma barrels toward the state.
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017
Shoppers in the world’s biggest mobile market are accustomed to getting the latest technology with their Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi handsets. That makes it harder for Apple to convince jaded customers that marrying such attributes with its own software is worth the much higher price tag.
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017
Technology companies’ vociferous support for the children of undocumented immigrants could set the industry up for its biggest showdown yet with President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
September 8, 2017
September 7, 2017
aiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group is pressing its case to acquire Toshiba Corp.’s memory chips unit, as the Japanese conglomerate struggles to complete the sale and avoid having its shares delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
According to Facebook’s Ads Manager, the social media giant has potential access to 41 million 18 to 24 year-olds in the US. Marketers have long been wary of digital measurement, because on the internet people can make fake profiles and create bots to click on them, creating a false sense of heightened buzz.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
Apple plans to pay record labels a smaller percentage of sales from Apple Music subscribers than it did under its first deal for the streaming service, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
The EU’s top court ruled that Intel’s appeal had to be reexamined by a lower tribunal, criticizing judges for failing to properly analyze the economic aspects of the case in its 2014 decision to reject the chipmaker’s challenge.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
Russia isn't "beginning" anything in AI. It's just that its progress in the field has been somewhat below the radar: many Russians work in Silicon Valley companies developing AI, but the top names are not Russian.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
The ECJ decision could embolden more companies to challenge the commission's antitrust rulings. It's the first time the commission has lost on appeal in more than 20 years, and appears to raise the bar on what types and the amount of evidence it takes to impose antitrust fines.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
While the majority of the ads, run between June 2015 and May 2017, didn’t directly reference the election, they amplified “divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum,” Facebook said in a statement.
September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017
Apple September 12 event for iPhone 8 launch. The Steve Jobs Theater will be the day's focal point. Set apart from Apple’s main, donut-shaped headquarters, the auditorium will host the press conference.
September 7, 2017