Google success in U.S. schools forces Microsoft, Apple to scramble Microsoft Corp's announcement of a suite of new education products on Tuesday shows the company's determination to reverse a major shift that has taken place in U.S. classrooms in recent years: for most educators and school districts, Google's Chromebook is […]
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Weak iPhone sales hit shares of Europe's Apple suppliers Shares of European suppliers of microchips, sensors and circuitry to Apple fell on Wednesday after the smartphone company's much-awaited iPhone sales missed expectations in the second quarter. Suppliers rely on strong iPhone sales for part of their profits, and in some […]
NSA collected Americans' phone records despite law change report The U.S. National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans' phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the top U.S. intelligence […]
Wall St. eyes Apple and Facebook to fuel new leg of tech rally Apple (AAPL.O) and Facebook (FB.O) may expand their already outsized share of U.S. technology revenue when they report their earnings this week, as investors look for evidence to justify this year's U.S. stock market rally. The two […]
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 S for its Surface laptops Microsoft Corp on Tuesday unveiled Windows 10 S, a streamlined version of its popular operating system, geared toward low-cost laptops for students, as it tries to take share from Google's Chrome OS-run computers. The company said the Surface laptop integrated with […]
Bitcoin soars above $1,400 to all-time high Bitcoin surged to an all-time high above $1,400 on Tuesday, after more than tripling in value over the past year, with its most recent rise attributed to strong demand in Japan, where the digital currency has been deemed a legal means of payment. […]
Tencent steps up AI push with research lab in Seattle Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings said on Tuesday it will open an artificial intelligence (AI) research facility in Seattle in the United States, to be led by former Microsoft scientist Yu Dong. Yu, who has been appointed […]
Twitter CEO Dorsey snaps up shares worth about $9.5 million Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey snapped up more than half a million of the company's shares for about $9.5 million, a regulatory filing on Friday showed. Dorsey bought 574,002 Twitter shares in multiple transactions at prices ranging between $16.47 […]
Amazon revenue soars as cloud, retail businesses dominate Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) retail and cloud-computing sales rose in the first quarter, inching above Wall Street's expectations and sending the company's shares to an all-time high in extended trading. The world's largest online retailer said on Thursday net sales rose 23 percent […]
Tesla's Klaus Grohmann ousted after clash with CEO Musk – sources Tesla executive Klaus Grohmann was ousted last month after a clash with Chief Executive Elon Musk over the strategy of Grohmann's firm, which Tesla had acquired in November, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Silicon Valley […]
