Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unfurled an Amazon Echo-like device and fellow Chinese internet giants Tencent and Baidu prepare to develop their own. Alibaba’s “Tmall Genie X1” will go for 499 yuan ($73) to the first 1,000 people during a one-month trial.
Xiaomi Corp. pioneered an online flash-sales model that lifted it to dizzying heights and made it Asia’s most valuable startup, but it’s since fallen on hard times. Now it’s counting on old-fashioned retail to make a comeback, and that’s proving a much stiffer challenge.
The Information Commissioner’s Office said Monday that the National Health Service hospital that conducted the trial with DeepMind improperly shared 1.6 million patient records with the tech company, failing to inform patients that their data would be used to test a new mobile app.
Xiaomi Corp has acquired a swathe of patents from Nokia, making its latest acquisition of technology to drive a global expansion. The Chinese smartphone maker is getting its hands on a trove of intellectual property from the Finnish company that once led the world in phone sales before Apple Inc
Fitbit Inc., months away from the debut of its smartwatch, has lost several people working on the project and fallen behind on its app store putting in peril the company’s most important product in years. Hard hit by the sinking popularity of its fitness trackers, Fitbit has bet its future on the smartwatch.
LeEco is trying to resolve a dispute with one of China’s largest banks over unpaid interest on debt, a spat that’s prompted a Shanghai court to freeze 1.24 billion yuan ($182 million) of assets held by the tech conglomerate and its billionaire founder Jia Yueting.
Apple iPhone 8 rumours: Apple is testing an improved security system that allows users to log in, authenticate payments, and launch secure apps by scanning their face, according to people familiar with the product. This is powered by a new 3D sensor.
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is examining whether Facebook essentially takes advantage of its popularity to bully users into agreeing to terms and conditions they might not understand. The details that users provide help generate the targeted ads that make the company so rich.
At a secret testing track outside Bangalore, an arm of the Tata conglomerate is recreating the jumble of Indian roads to develop an autonomous driving system. The country, forecast to soon be the world’s third-largest auto market, is loath to be left behind even as its chaotic roads and regulations create unique hurdles.
Ten years after the introduction of Apple's iPhone, and the broader category of smartphones, it’s worth stepping back to see what we have learned. As with most major technological innovations, it’s brought a number of collateral surprises about the rest of our world.
Petya cyber attack similar to WannaCry entered its second day, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems around the world, with companies struggling to retake control of their networks. AP Moller-Maersk A/S shut down systems across its operations to contain the cyber attack.
Uber Technologies Inc. said it didn’t know about the alleged theft of proprietary information from Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit by an executive until Waymo filed a lawsuit in February. The ride-hailing company is seeking to refute Waymo’s claim that Uber conspired with Anthony Levandowski to download 14,000 files and steal trade secrets before he left Waymo in January 2016.
A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry has reached Asia after spreading from Europe to the US overnight, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems. A terminal operated by AP Moller-Maersk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai was also impacted.
Google lost its biggest regulatory battle yet, getting a record 2.4 billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine from European Union enforcers who say the search-engine giant skewed results in its favour to thwart smaller shopping search services.
Amazon.com Inc., the pioneer, has been churning out Alexa-powered devices for the past few years. This week, the online retailer is taking it a step further, adding a screen to its popular speaker system with a device called the Echo Show, and here's the review.
Apple Inc. is leasing a small fleet of cars from Hertz Global Holdings Inc. to test self-driving technology, an agreement that echoes a larger deal between competitors Alphabet Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc. Hertz shares soared the most in almost two years.
Nintendo Co. is discovering that nothing sells like nostalgia. The Japanese gaming company is bringing back the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the hit console that debuted in 1990, as a smaller device with 21 pre-installed classic games and two controllers.
PM Modi said his economic plan and Trump’s “Make America Great Again” stance “will add new dimensions to our cooperation” and it is “very clear” each nation’s interests are bolstered by the other’s prosperity.
The year’s not half over, and Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is about to launch more missions than it completed in all of 2016. SpaceX successfully fired up a Falcon 9 rocket for the eighth time this year on Friday, matching its flight total for all of last year.
Waymo alleges that in 2015, Anthony Levandowski and Uber Technologies Inc. hatched a plan for him to steal more than 14,000 proprietary files, including the designs for lidar technology that helps driverless cars see their surroundings. Waymo hasn’t sued Levandowski directly.
Google is stopping one of the most controversial advertising formats: ads inside Gmail that scan users’ email contents. The decision didn’t come from Google’s ad team, but from its cloud unit, which is angling to sign up more corporate customers.
Facebook is no longer just about "connecting the world." Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has written a new mission statement: to "give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.'' Facebook said it aims to have 1 billion people involved in "meaningful groups."
Weibo, AcFun and Ifeng.com are “broadcasting large amounts of programming that don’t meet national standards and which propagate negative opinions on public affairs,” the national broadcasting regulator said in a statement posted on its website.
Chris Urmson, the former head of Google’s car project, is now running an autonomous driving startup with another former Tesla executive. And the prior hardware chief at Waymo, Bryan Salesky, co-founded his own self-driving startup, Argo AI, which received the majority of its investment from Ford Motor Co.
Apple Inc. is seeking to reduce record labels’ share of revenue from streaming, part of negotiations to revise the iPhone maker’s overall relationship with the music industry, according to people familiar with the matter. Streaming services have been a source of renewed hope following a decade of decline in the digital age.
