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New Amazon HQ split between New York, Washington suburbs

Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)

The chosen locations are Long Island City neighborhood in the New York borough of Queens, across the East River from Manhattan, and the Crystal City section of ...

After conquering the world, smartphone faces uncertain future

Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)

Even as top makers like Apple and Samsung unveil new handsets with new features and improved performance, smartphone sales have flattened with most major market...

USNS Zeus cable-laying ship to undergo overhaul

Nov 12, 2018 (UPI)

The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will include general ship services, main propulsion inspection, cable-laying equipment, sensors and...

Despite restrictions, digital spending hits record in US midterms

Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)

Digital media campaign spending rose 2,400 percent from the 2014 midterms to $1.8 billion, roughly 20 percent of the total $8.9 billion in ad spending, accordin...

Alibaba hits another 'Singles Day' record but growth slows

Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)

The world's biggest 24-hour shopping event, celebrating its tenth year, kicked off early Sunday and once again shattered its own sales mark as Chinese online bu...

Police 'kidnap' 10 labour activists across China: rights group

Nov 10, 2018 (AFP)

Student-led activism from China's top universities has surged in recent years, as young college students rally behind labour rights and unions despite pressure ...

French NGO threatens Facebook with privacy lawsuit

Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)

Internet Society France, part of the Internet Society global advocacy group, said it had sent Facebook a formal notice listing seven areas where it had allegedl...

Mozilla chief regrets internet's addictive quality

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

Mitchell Baker told the Web Summit in Lisbon how "...the biggest uses, the biggest companies, the biggest commercial uses, are built-in systems that look like a...

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi debuts in London

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

Xiaomi, which is looking to gain ground on rivals Apple, Huawei and Samsung, revealed the flagship product at a launch event at the Barbican Centre. The Mi 8 Pr...

Samsung folding screen lets smartphone open into tablet

Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)

Senior vice president of mobile product marketing Justin Denison pulled a prototype foldable smartphone from a suit jacket inner pocket at a Samsung developer c...

Google touts progress in fight against piracy

Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)

A 64-page report released by Google claimed progress in the war on piracy, but also noted a new battlefront in the form of "add-on" software that can be install...

Foxconn may import workers for US plant: report

Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)

The report said Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple and other tech firms, is facing a tight labor market for the manufacturing plant, which is...

Under fire tech sector gathers in Portugal

Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)

Some 70,000 people are expected to take part in the four-day gathering, dubbed "the Davos for geeks", including speakers from leading global tech companies, pol...

Apple delivers strong profits; Spotify hits flat note

Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)

The California-based technology giant makes most of its money from iPhones, and sales numbers have been seen as a bellwether of the company's fortunes. Apple sh...

Alibaba revenue jumps ahead of shopping bonanza Singles Day

Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)

Alibaba reported a net profit of 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion), a 13 percent year-on-year increase, with strong revenue from its core business. This compared t...

Smartphone sales down for fourth straight quarter

Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)

A report by research firm IDC late Thursday showed 355 million handsets delivered in the third quarter, a year-on-year decline of six percent. "IDC maintains it...

Apple market value tests $1 trillion level amid selloff

Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)

Apple skidded 6.6 percent to close at $207.48. That left the valuation right at $1 trillion, after briefly slipping below the milestone it topped in August. The...

High-resolution MRI imaging inspired by the humble antenna

Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)

How can you make a high-frequency MRI machine more precise? By taking an electrical engineering approach to creating a better, uniform magnetic field. In a new ...

Apple unveils new Macs, iPad Pro

Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)

Nearly 10 years after the launch of the first MacBook Air by the late Steve Jobs, his successor Tim Cook presented on Tuesday the latest version of this PC, jus...

Baidu profit grows 56% as apps and AI lift revenues

Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)

Net income grew to 12.4 billion yuan ($1.78 billion) for the three months ending September 30. The Beijing-based, Nasdaq-listed company credited "impressive" ga...