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Researchers offer new technology for liquid-crystal displays
May 14, 2018 (SPX)
"This is first and foremost a fundamental study exploring the mechanisms of liquid crystal orientation," says Dimitri Ivanov, the head of the Laboratory of Func...
US looking at alternative sanctions for China's ZTE: Ross
May 14, 2018 (AFP)
He also said he expected Chinese officials to raise the issue in talks in Washington this week on behalf of the company that was cut off from US technology prod...
Apple, Goldman Sachs collaborating on credit card: report
May 10, 2018 (AFP)
The move comes as Apple puts increasing focus on revenue from online services and content, and as Goldman Sachs seeks to make more money from consumer banking o...
China's Alibaba buys Pakistan e-commerce firm Daraz
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
The move came after Alibaba announced in March a doubling of its investment in Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada. China is seeking closer economic ties wit...
Xerox CEO to stay as Icahn deal deadline expires
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Xerox Chief Executive Jeff Jacobson and six board members were to resign in exchange for ending a lawsuit by activists Carl Icahn and David Deason. The powerful...
Alibaba says annual net profit up 47% in 2017/2018
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Profit climbed to 63.985 billion yuan ($10.2 billion), boosted by a 60 percent rise in revenue from its core business, the online retailer said. The New York-li...
Newly improved glass slide turns microscopes into thermometers
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
A study published online in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now enable scientists to see tiny ...
Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California -- emphasizing that the focus would be on helpi...
Researchers decipher ancient Dead Sea Scrolls with help of advanced imaging
May 02, 2018 (UPI)
The breakthrough was announced Tuesday evening in Jerusalem at a press conference to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the scrolls' discovery. Archeologists b...
Stuck in second gear: Chinese fans ponder life without 'Friends'
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
Millions of Chinese "Friends" fans are heartbroken after a video site pulled the US sitcom, beloved by millennials in China for its endearing young characters a...
WhatsApp co-founder leaving Facebook
May 01, 2018 (AFP)
Koum said in a post on his Facebook page that he is taking time off to pursue interests such as collecting air-cooled Porsches, working on cars and playing ulti...
T-Mobile, Sprint to merge: CEOs
Apr 29, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came months after the two companies called off merger talks when they failed to clinch mutually agreeable terms. "I'm excited to announce that ...
Baidu net profit jumps after video unit spin-off
Apr 27, 2018 (AFP)
The Beijing-based company said net income for January-March soared 277 percent to 6.7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion). "We had a strong start in 2018, with our core...
Amazon delivers hefty profits, led by web services
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
The earnings beat market expectations and came with an announcement that Amazon is raising the annual Prime subscription rate in the US to $119 from $99, effect...
Microsoft gets earnings boost from 'cloud'
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
The tech giant reported earnings were up 35 percent to $7.4 billion in the fiscal third quarter, with revenue rising 16 percent to $26.8 billion. Once the world...
India merger to create world's second-largest mobile mast firm
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
The merged entity will boast 163,000 towers across India, behind just China Towers for the number of masts internationally, the firms announced in separate stat...
Profits up at Facebook, no impact from privacy scandal
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
Profit in the first quarter of 2018 leapt 63 percent from a year ago to $5 billion, and total revenues increased 49 percent to $11.97 billion, Facebook said in ...
Twitter gains momentum with second straight profitable quarter
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
The San Francisco-based social network earned $61 million in the first three months of the year, helped by strong growth in advertising revenue and modest gains...
Your package is in the trunk: Amazon wants keys to your car
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
The online giant said its Amazon Key, which enables in-home delivery and keyless guest access, now offers customers an option for deliveries inside their vehicl...
Army develops face recognition technology that works in the dark
Apr 22, 2018 (SPX)
Thermal cameras like FLIR, or Forward Looking Infrared, sensors are actively deployed on aerial and ground vehicles, in watch towers and at check points for sur...
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