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Alibaba confirms huge Hong Kong public listing worth at least $13bn

Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)

The enormous IPO, which Hong Kong had lobbied for, will come as a boost for authorities wrestling with pro-democracy protests that have tarnished the financial ...

Taiwan halts sales of three Huawei phones in wording row

Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)

Starting Thursday, sales of Huawei's P30, P30 pro and Nova 5T models will be banned until the Chinese tech giant tweaks their operating system, Taiwan's Nationa...

Disrupting the disruptor: Disney+ signs up 10 mn in day

Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)

Disney said in a statement it has seen "extraordinary consumer demand" and "has already reached a major milestone, achieving a remarkable 10 million sign-ups si...

China retail giant Alibaba given OK for huge Hong Kong listing

Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)

Approval for the sale will also give the city's financial authorities a huge boost as Hong Kong is battered by months of pro-democracy protests that have tarnis...

Thuraya and eSAT Global complete tests of pioneering satellite IoT tech

Nov 13, 2019 (SPX)

As a leading provider of mobile satellite services (MSS) over its geostationary (GEO) satellites, Thuraya offers an expanding range of compelling voice, broadba...

Art meets AI: computer-generated works set for New York sale

Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)

The art world was stunned last year when an AI painting sold for $432,500, and auctioneers are keen to further test demand for computer-generated works. "Art is...

SpaceX sends up 60 mini-satellites with plans for thousands more

Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)

A Falcon-9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, placed 60 mini-satellites in orbit, joining 60 others launched in May. The American company's Starlink ...

Alibaba sets eyes on $15 bn Hong Kong listing: report

Nov 08, 2019 (AFP)

The share sale by Asia's biggest company would also come as Hong Kong authorities battle months of sometimes violent protests that have dented the financial hub...

First launch of UK OneWeb communications satellites from Baikonur postponed

Nov 08, 2019 (Sputnik)

The launch of UK OneWeb space internet system satellites from the Baikonur space centre was postponed from December this year to January 2020, three sources in ...

Skip the queue: Singapore hotels use face recognition check-in

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

The tech-savvy country of 5.7 million people is increasingly turning to automation to speed up services and deal with workforce shortages, with robots deployed ...

EU hails 'fast, ambitious' pace towards digital tax

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who takes over as the EU's digital supremo next month, made her comments at the Web Summit in Lisbon, a major Europ...

Airbnb to verify listings as deadly incident prompts safety move

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

Chief executive and co-founder Brian Chesky said the home-sharing service decided on new steps as part of an effort to instill more trust in Airbnb. "By Decembe...

Documents show Facebook controlling competitors with user data: report

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

Some 7,000 pages of documents reveal how Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his team harnessed users' personal information to reward partners by giving them pre...

Baidu Q3 revenue beats expectations but profit drops

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

The Beijing-based search leader said its total revenues in the third quarter ending September 30 came in at 28.1 billion yuan ($4.0 billion), down slightly from...

China imposes curfew on minors in gaming crackdown

Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)

The regulations will mean those under 18 cannot play games online between 10pm and 8am, and for only ninety minutes at a time during the daytime. In addition, t...

California says Facebook impeding privacy probe

Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)

State attorney general Xavier Becerra said that a filing in a San Francisco court calls on a judge to compel Facebook to "comply adequately" with an outstanding...

US telecom regulator approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger

Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)

The Federal Communications Commission cleared the $26 billion deal three months after approval by antitrust officials at the US Justice Department. The 3-2 FCC ...

Pentagon to prepare four U.S. bases for 5G broadband technology

Nov 04, 2019 (UPI)

It announced the bases to host initial 5G testing and experimentation last week: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash; Hill AFB, Utah; Naval Base San Diego, Calif., a...

Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power'

Nov 04, 2019 (AFP)

"When we see government and corporations working in concert... they become the left and right hands of the same body. What we see is the concentration of power,...

'Transformative electronics systems' to broaden wearable applications

Nov 03, 2019 (SPX)

A team working under Professor Jae-Woong Jeong from the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST has invented a multifunctional electronic platform that can me...