Toyota eyes mass EV output in China as early as 2019: report Toyota Motor Corp is likely to begin mass production of electric vehicles (EVs) in China as early as 2019, the Asahi daily reported on Saturday. The model will be based on the C-HR sport utility vehicle and manufactured […]
Southeast Asia’s Grab to get $2.5 billion extra firepower in battle with Uber Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab expects to raise $2.5 billion in a record round of fundraising to cement its lead over Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] in the region and grow its payments platform. Southeast Asia has become […]
Google Street View Explores the Space Station With one small click, you can now take that giant leap for mankind. Google announced on Thursday that its Street View mapping tool now allows users to explore the International Space Station. The new feature provides panoramic, 360-degree views of the areas where […]
iPhone 8 Exclusive: Apple’s Biggest Changes Revealed One week ago I was able to exclusively confirm the iPhone 8 design , but there wasn’t a lot of detail. That changes today… Expanding upon that report I have again worked with luxury case maker Nodus to delve deeper into Apple’s supply […]
Google wants to be more like Facebook as it rolls out its own news feed After announcing the feed in its Google app in December last year, Google is now updating the feed, allowing users to follow certain topics, including world events, top news, sports highlights and more, via advanced […]
Bitcoin averts split as miners back new software upgrade Digital currency bitcoin on Friday averted a split into two currencies after its network supported an upgrade to its software that would enhance its ability to process an increasing number of transactions. Bitcoin’s miners have signaled their support for the so-called […]
Lyft accelerates efforts to develop self-driving cars Lyft Inc has formed a self-driving car division, company executives said, a bold investment for the second-largest U.S. ride-services firm as it jockeys for position in the highly competitive autonomous vehicle race. The executives said on Thursday the company would soon open a […]
Exclusive: Baidu, JD.com to join others investing $12 billion in state-owned China Unicom – sources Baidu Inc and JD.com will join other big Chinese technology firms to jointly invest about $12 billion in the Shanghai-listed unit of China Unicom, the weakest of three big state-owned telecoms firms, two people with […]
Kenya’s latest mobile phone bond falls short of target An innovative Kenyan bond which is bought via mobile phone had raised far less than the 1 billion shillings ($9.6 million) targeted on Friday, failing to match a previous success. In March, the East African nation became the first country to […]
Half of German companies hit by sabotage, spying in last two years, BSI says More than half the companies in Germany have been hit by spying, sabotage or data theft in the last two years, the German IT industry association Bitkom said on Friday, and estimated the attacks caused around […]
