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Chinese writers navigate censors to earn cash via apps

Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)

China's widely-used applications have given writers like Qiao an outlet to self-publish and make money -- as long as their words respect the boundaries set by o...

Colorizing images with deep neural networks

Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)

However, the process of manually adding color can be very time consuming and require expertise, with typical professional processes taking hours or days per ima...

Amazon pushes into SE Asia with Singapore launch

Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)

Prime Now allows online shoppers in the affluent city-state of five million people to order a wide range of goods from baby products to food, electronic items a...

Facebook profit jumps as user ranks grow

Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)

Net profit in the second quarter leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion while revenue climbed 45 percent to $9.3 billion. In after-hours trade, Facebo...

Alphabet profit hit by EU fine on Google

Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)

Alphabet reported a quarterly profit of $3.5 billion, in a sharp decline from a year ago, with a $2.74 billion antitrust fine in Europe biting into earnings. Th...

India's top court considers whether privacy is a right

Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)

A group of plaintiffs brought the case to protest against the government's Aadhaar programme, which has recorded the fingerprints and iris scans of more than on...

Michael takes long view with Dell 2.0; Qualcomm sees settlement with Apple

Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)

Dell Technologies is the result of the private buyout of the original Dell computer firm, bolstered by the massive $67 billion deal for computer storage firm EM...

Windows Phone 8 fades out as Microsoft mulls mobile strategy

Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)

Users of Windows-powered phones -- which have failed badly against rivals from Apple and Google Android -- were invited to upgrade to its latest Windows 10 vers...

Apple to invest $900mn in Danish data plant

Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)

Ground-breaking at the plant in Aabenraa, which will employ between 50 and 100 people, will start in the final quarter of 2017, with construction due to be comp...

Out of the woods: Thai 'hermits' harness web to go global

Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)

'Near-zero-power' temperature sensor could make wearables, smart devices less power-hungry

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

The technology could also enable a new class of devices that can be powered by harvesting energy from low-power sources, such as the body or the surrounding env...

Powerful new photodetector can enable optoelectronics advances

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

Smaller also is better for optoelectronic devices - like camera sensors or solar cells - which collect light and convert it to electrical energy. Think, for exa...

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)

The News Media Alliance said that because Google and Facebook dominate online news traffic digital advertising, "publishers are forced to surrender their conten...

Facebook wants to turn campus into a 'village'

Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)

Impetus for the "Willow Campus" includes inadequate housing and public transit, making it tough for Facebook workers to live and commute where the leading socia...

Qualcomm steps up legal battle with Apple, asks iPhone ban

Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)

Qualcomm said it filed two separate legal actions including a complaint asking for the iPhone import ban with the US International Trade Commission, a quasi-jud...

Need a ball or umbrella? In China there's a sharing app for that

Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)

Where once Chinese consumers would look to shell out on items such as luxury handbags or cars, now they can rent them for short periods taking advantage of the ...

'Some' job cuts confirmed by Microsoft

Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)

"Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated," Microsoft said in an e...

China's WeChat fans can chat on the go in Europe

Jul 05, 2017 (AFP)

KPN said Thursday it has teamed up with Chinese technology giant Tencent as well as internet video operator Sunway Culture Media "to launch the WeChat Go SIM ca...

Troubled China tech giant LeEco confirms assets frozen

Jul 05, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese financial magazine Caixin first reported Monday that a Shanghai court had ordered the freezing of 1.237 billion yuan ($182 million) in assets connected ...

China's young gamers face 'King of Glory' playing time limits

Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)

Young players will be restricted to one or two hours on the mobile online multiplayer battle game, which boasts 80 million daily users, as concerns grow in Chin...