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Breakthrough could launch organic electronics beyond cell phone screens

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

The research, published Nov. 13 in the journal Nature Materials, focuses on organic semiconductors, a class of materials prized for their applications in emergi...

Bezos a $100 bn man as Amazon rises on cyber shopping

Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)

Forbes magazine's real-time ranking of the richest people had Bezos on top, with a personal net worth of $100.3 billion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates saw his...

China's tech giants reach global elite with gamers, shoppers

Nov 26, 2017 (AFP)

Hong Kong-listed Tencent, famous for its games and WeChat messaging service, became the first Asian firm to break into the $500 billion league last week -- brie...

Apple says China students illegally worked overtime at supplier

Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)

The Financial Times had reported that 3,000 high school students in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou had been working 11 hours a day for Taiwanese tech gia...

China's former internet czar faces graft probe

Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)

The party's anti-graft agency said in a brief statement on its website late Tuesday that Lu Wei, 57, was being investigated for suspected "severe disciplinary v...

EU frees up cross-border online shopping

Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)

The European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission agreed late Monday to end the practice known as "geoblocking," which often limits cust...

Photopolymerization-triggered molecular motion for flexible liquid crystal display

Nov 21, 2017 (SPX)

Currently, only two approaches to dye-free methods have been explored. The first is a two-step alignment method, in which the liquid crystal materials are coate...

Peace, love and backlash: that's the beauty of a selfie

Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)

Beauty queens Sarah Idan and Adar Gandelsman are representing their respective countries at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, but Iraq's Idan probably was...

US regulator unveils plan to end 'net neutrality'

Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)

The announcement by Federal Communications chairman Ajit Pai marked the latest twist in a decade-old political dispute with both sides claiming to represent a "...

Apple pushes back release of HomePod speaker to 2018

Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)

The delay means Apple will miss the key holiday shopping season in the fast-growing segment of connected speakers. "We can't wait for people to experience HomeP...

Google's Missouri problem mirrors woes in EU

Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)

The state's Attorney General Josh Hawley has launched an investigation which appears to mirror the probe by EU authorities, demanding information on how Google ...

China's futuristic library: More fiction than books

Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)

Those rows upon rows of book spines are mostly images printed on the aluminium plates that make up the backs of the shelves. Pictures of the sleek Tianjin Binha...

Taiwan's Hon Hai quarter profit falls on iPhone X costs

Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)

Also known as Hon Hai, the firm is the world's biggest contract electronics maker and assembles Apple's iPhones. Its net income in July-September fell 39.3 perc...

Toshiba sells TV business to China's Hisense

Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)

Toshiba agreed with the Chinese group to sell 95 percent in shares of its unit Toshiba Visual Solutions (TVS) for about 12.9 billion yen ($114 million), it said...

Wireless handheld spectrometer transmits data to smartphone

Nov 14, 2017 (SPX)

Potential applications of the new device include detecting oxygen saturation in a person's blood, determining the freshness of meat in the grocery store and ide...

Nov 12, 2017 (AFP)

Participation has soared as virtual games gain traction, with a worldwide fan audience now estimated at 280 million, approaching that for the NFL. Such a leap i...

Chinese consumers spend billions in 'Singles Day' shopping binge

Nov 11, 2017 (AFP)

Also known as "Double 11" for the November 11 date, the event launched in 2009 by e-commerce giant Alibaba kicked off at midnight and ended up shattering the pr...

Twitter purists mourn end of 140-character limit on posts

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

And they have been expressing their outrage -- how else? -- with short tweets and hashtags like #140forlife. "Personally, I enjoyed the challenge of fitting my ...

China's Tencent takes 12% stake in Snapchat parent

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

A securities filing showed Tencent Holdings had purchased some 146 million shares of Snap non-voting stock in open market purchases in November. Those shares wo...

Twitter to double tweet limit to 280 characters

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

Giving users twice the space to voice their thoughts ushers in a new era for the online platform, whose hallmark 140-character cap had encouraged users to craft...