Record $3.1 million paid in New Year’s tuna auction at Japan’s new market
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo´s new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year´s...
View ArticleApple inks deal with Samsung to distribute iTunes shows on TVs
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said Sunday it will add an app to its smart televisions in the coming months to let owners watch content bought on Apple Inc’s iTunes service, a possible first sign Apple is...
View ArticleBreadmaking robot startup eyes fresh connections
The robot breadmaker came to Las Vegas this week, aiming to bring some freshness to a sector that may be ready for disruption. Wilkinson Baking Company unveiled its BreadBot at the Consumer Electronics...
View ArticleApple’s Tim Cook got big pay bump in 2018: filing
Apple gave its chief executive Tim Cook a hefty 22 percent pay raise in 2018, bringing his total compensation for the year to almost $15.7 million according to a filing submitted to the Securities and...
View ArticleOlder people, conservatives more likely to share fake news: study
Facebook users aged 65 plus and conservatives are more likely to share fake news on the platform than younger or more liberal counterparts, according to a new study published Wednesday. Researchers...
View ArticleVirtual reality makes splash, but not ready for prime time
Virtual reality showed off its spectacular side at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, whisking people onto hockey arenas, baseball fields and even into the internet with animated film...
View ArticleGM electric vehicle strategy last chance for Cadillac’s success: executive
DETROIT – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) strategy to make its luxury Cadillac marque its lead electric vehicle brand is the automaker’s final opportunity to turn the unit around and make it a success, a...
View ArticleMobile phone prices likely to rise by Rs20,000 as govt ramps up import duties
ISLAMABAD : The government of Pakistan on Friday bumped up the import duty on mobile phones 15 percent to 44-52 percent. According to the Karachi Electronic Dealers Association (KEDA), the duties,...
View ArticleNASA and China collaborate on Moon mission
The space agencies of the United States and China are in touch and coordinating efforts on Moon exploration, NASA said Friday as it navigates a strict legal framework aimed at preventing technology...
View ArticleSeeking thrifty ways to cut pollution, Rotterdam links up with hybrid BMW owners
ROTTERDAM : – As Daan Hosli’s hybrid BMW glides into downtown Rotterdam, it passes a virtual boundary into the city’s “electric-only zone” and his mobile phone trills out a reminder to switch off his...
View ArticleScientists develop ‘Liquid Fuel’ to store solar energy up to 18 years
Web Desk – Solar power – the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity – is the cheapest and efficient long-term storage for the energy. There have been various evolving innovations taking...
View ArticleIrish data watchdog investigates Twitter over privacy rules breach
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), said on Friday it was investigating the company for a breach notification received from...
View ArticleFacebook sees higher profits, more friends
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Wednesday its quarterly profit climbed to an all-time record $6.9 billion as it boosted its global user base despite scandals that have dented the leading social network’s...
View ArticleFacebook at 15: a titan with grown-up woes
Fifteen years after its founding, Facebook has made strides toward Mark Zuckerberg´s goal of connecting the world. But it has also made some huge missteps that have turned some of its cheerleaders into...
View ArticleOnce red-hot smartphone market sees cooler trend
SAN FRANCISCO : The smartphone market is down but not out, with high prices and other factors combining to chill what had previously been a red-hot sector. Fresh surveys show global sales had their...
View ArticleTech giants respond more quickly to hate speech: EU
BRUSSELS: Internet giants have more than doubled the rate at which they fight hate speech online than when they joined the European Union´s voluntary approach in 2016, EU officials said yesterday....
View ArticleLumentum expects Android devices with Apple-like 3D sensing tech in 2019
(Reuters) – Lumentum Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it expects Android smartphone makers to launch devices with facial recognition technology this year even as the Apple Inc supplier forecast slightly...
View ArticlePakistani artist meets PM Imran, gifts calligraphy portrait
ISLAMABAD : Pakistani sketch artist Sonia Nisa, who made a calligraphy portrait of Prime Minister Imran Khan, met the premier at his Bani Gala residence on Wednesday and gifted him the sketch. Sonia,...
View ArticleVoyage into the unknown explores Indian Ocean’s hidden depths
LONDON: A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean was launched on Wednesday, hoping to discover hundreds of new species and find out what impact plastic is having way below the surface....
View ArticleFact-check: Does Amazon pay ‘$0’ in taxes?
A tweet by a popular US Congresswoman spotlighted a report about US tech behemoth Amazon´s tax burden for the past two years. While the company paid no US federal income tax, it reported “cash taxes...
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