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Huawei launches new tablet in flagship phone hiatus

Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)

The laptop, the Matebook X Pro, and the tablet, the MediaPad M5, were presented on the eve of the opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona -- the scene...

Free news gets scarcer as paywalls tighten

Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)

Tougher restrictions on online content have boosted digital paid subscriptions at many news organizations, amid a growing trend keeping content behind a "paywal...

Dropbox files for public stock offering of $500 mln

Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)

The San Francisco company claimed 500 million users in 180 countries and $1 billion in annual revenues in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commi...

Snapchat parent's stock plummets after Kylie Jenner tweet

Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)

"sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad," Jenner tweeted. She later followed up with "still love you tho snap ....

Airbnb expands offerings with new upscale categories

Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)

In one of the most significant updates since the San Francisco-based firm launched a decade ago, Airbnb added what it called "Plus" and "Beyond" lodging options...

Broadcom lowers offer for Qualcomm as takeover saga continues

Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)

Broadcom reduced its offer to $79 a share, which would still be the largest-ever deal in the tech sector if completed at an estimated value of nearly $117 billi...

Top experts warn against 'malicious use' of AI

Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)

In a 100-page analysis, they outlined a rapid growth in cybercrime and the use of "bots" to interfere with news gathering and penetrate social media among a hos...

KAIST team develops flexible vertical micro LED

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

The team also succeeded in controlling animal behavior via optogenetic stimulation of the f-VLEDs. Flexible micro LEDs have become a strong candidate for the ne...

Japanese researchers develop ultrathin, highly elastic skin display

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

This latest research by a Japanese academic-industrial collaboration, led by Professor Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Engineering,...

Hybrid optics bring color imaging using ultrathin metalenses into focus

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

But today's glass-based lenses are bulky and resist miniaturization. Next-generation technologies, such as ultrathin cameras or tiny microscopes, require lenses...

Qualcomm boosts bid for NXP as it fends off bid from Broadcom

Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)

The new bid amounts to $127.50 per NXP share and aims to satisfy NXP shareholders who had expressed concern the Qualcomm bid was too low. By moving closer to a ...

Silicon nanoblock arrays create vivid colors with subwavelength resolution

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

A trio of researchers at Osaka University recently demonstrated precise color control using monocrystalline silicon. Their colorful findings were published in N...

'Nanobulb' helps see subwavelength-size objects with ordinary microscope

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

In order to examine an object using a regular optical microscope, visual light is focused using special lenses. However, if the object is less than a wavelength...

Qualcomm mulls 'next steps' in Broadcom takeover bid

Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)

"We met with representatives of Broadcom for two hours earlier today, and listened carefully to what they had to say," Qualcomm said in a statement. "The Qualco...

US IPO for Baidu video unit as Q4 net income flattens

Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)

The company said it has submitted a draft registration to the US securities regulator, the SEC, for a proposed initial public offering of iQiyi, without giving ...

Major Xerox investor sues to block takeover by Fujifilm

Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)

Darwin Deason who along with Carl Icahn controls 15.2 percent of Xerox shares, filed suit against Xerox and Fujifilm on Tuesday, alleging fraud. Xerox said the ...

Google takes on Snapchat with its own 'Stories' format

Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)

Content for its "AMP stories" initially comes from outlets like CNN, The Washington Post, Conde Nast, Wired and US People magazine, and is designed to load much...

Less-cool Facebook losing youth at fast pace: survey

Feb 12, 2018 (AFP)

A report by eMarketer said Snapchat is drawing youths away from Facebook at a quicker clip than Facebook-owned Instagram. Facebook is still growing in the US ma...

Broadcom offers $8 bn to Qualcomm if deal is blocked

Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)

The "termination fee" offer came a day after California-based Qualcomm rejected a record $121 billion hostile bid as too low, while citing a risk that the propo...

News Corp CEO rails at 'dysfunctional' online environment

Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)

Robert Thompson, CEO of the publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, stepped up his criticism of the online giants as the company released its quarterly...