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Apr 24, 2018
American companies that supply chips, antennas and other gear to ZTE are bracing for a sizable revenue loss after the U.S. said they no longer would be able to sell components to the Chinese telecommunications giant.
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Apr 24, 2018
Big tech companies gain while smaller online ad firms are squeezed under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which takes effect in May.
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Apr 24, 2018
Didi Chuxing Technology is holding discussions about a multibillion-dollar initial public offering that could happen as soon as this year, as it looks to amass a large war chest to fend off rivals in China and other countries.
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Apr 24, 2018
Alphabet posted surging profits as advertisers kept swarming to the search giant amid a global debate about internet privacy that threatens to affect its main revenue generator.
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Apr 24, 2018
The company said it has teamed with General Motors Co. and Volvo Cars to start offering in-car deliveries, giving its couriers access to potentially millions of vehicles in 37 U.S. markets.
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Apr 24, 2018
Startups are raising money from wealthy investors by rewarding them with new cryptocurrencies, in a bid to avoid much of the cost and regulation of traditional stock sales.
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Apr 24, 2018
New competitors are forcing Televisa and other Latin American broadcasters to develop real-life, edgier dramas and crime stories to replace the torrid romances that once enthralled millions.
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Apr 24, 2018
Nintendo is scheduled to report results for fiscal 2017, which ended March 31, after the market close on Thursday. Here's what you need to know.
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Apr 23, 2018
European Union antitrust authorities opened a full probe into Apple's proposed acquisition of the popular song-recognition app Shazam on concerns it could reduce choice for users of music-streaming services.
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Apr 23, 2018
Qualcomm stepped into the escalating spat between the U.S. and China. Now it is grappling with the fallout.
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Apr 23, 2018
Japan's SoftBank and Alphabet's late-stage venture investment fund are among investors plowing close to $2 billion into a Chinese truck-hailing company.
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Apr 23, 2018
Competitive videogaming is a $1.5 billion industry—with resources to match. A team of top female gamers used the tricks and trainers of an NBA franchise to win the biggest competition of their careers.
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Apr 23, 2018
Smartphones, apps and even emojis are finding their way to logistics operations as companies look to lure workers raised on mobile tech.
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Apr 21, 2018
Greek god antihero Kratos takes to parenting in the franchise reboot, which enters more emotive, cinematic territory.
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Apr 20, 2018
The posting, tagging and uploading that we do online may be fun, but it's labor too, and we should be compensated for it.
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Apr 19, 2018
Traditional games are hot again, with mom and dad keen to pull children away from screens, but what happens when they go on and on and on?
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Apr 19, 2018
A school outside Pittsburgh transformed its library into an immersive learning space with a robotics area, 3D printer and indoor treehouse
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Apr 19, 2018
A school outside Pittsburgh is reimagining classroom design to foster creative thinking.
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Apr 19, 2018
India, the world's last major untapped tech market, is drawing billions in investments as internet heavyweights prepare to cash in when hundreds of millions of people get access to the Web.
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Apr 18, 2018
Neural devices could give us computer-like recall and increased cognitive speed. Rob Franklin, the director of product development at one of the top neural device makers, discusses the scientific—and societal—implications.
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Apr 18, 2018
Scientists and agriculture-industry executives say using Crispr technology in plants could transform agriculture and help feed a growing global population. Organic farmers and natural-food companies say it may pose risks to human health and permanently alter the environment.
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Jan 31, 2018
The city of South Burlington, Vt., is embarking on a pilot project with a startup blockchain firm in a possible step toward using the secure technology to replace the city's system for recording property transactions.
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Jan 31, 2018
Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire thousands of people in the area it picks as a second home from a shortlist of 20 locations. That's worrying other companies in those areas because it could become more difficult to attract talent.
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Jan 31, 2018
The cryptocurrency's price is down by about 30% in January. It's down by about half from its all-time high of close to $20,000, reached in December.
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Jan 31, 2018
AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson learned about Mexico's telecom market two decades ago from the billionaire industrialist Carlos Slim. Today, AT&T is challenging Mr. Slim's América Móvil and has helped erase $8 billion from his fortune. The relationship between the two men is strained.
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Jan 31, 2018
Analysts expect Microsoft to post revenue of $28.41 billion, up from $25.83 billion a year earlier.
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Jan 31, 2018
Google continues to stymie competition in online shopping despite a record fine from European authorities and an order to modify its behavior, rivals say.
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Jan 31, 2018
Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. rattled the stock market with plans to form a health-care not-for-profit that will use technology to cut costs.
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Jan 31, 2018
Facebook Inc. is scheduled to announce fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes. Investors will watch for details on its news feed overhaul, regulation risk and any impact of the new tax law.
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Jan 31, 2018
A strong holiday season for Nintendo's Switch console and related software drove sharply higher profit at the videogame powerhouse.
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Jan 31, 2018
Ebay reports fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, and two years of initiatives aimed at improving aspects of eBay's site are expected to continue to pay off.
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Jan 31, 2018
Samsung Electronics delivered its third consecutive quarter of record results, owing to robust demand for its memory chips, though operating profit at its smartphone unit fell.
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Jan 31, 2018
A shortage of Model 3 sedans has created a frenzy among curious competitors, Tesla enthusiasts and auto reviewers to get their hands on the electric car. One engineering firm is buying cars from early buyers and selling data and CT scans to other auto makers.
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Jan 30, 2018
Shutterfly Inc. said Tuesday it will acquire the privately held photography company Lifetouch Inc. for $825 million in cash, deepening its presence in the school-photos market and expanding its reach among potential customers of its online platform.
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Jan 30, 2018
Apple Inc. is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission over potential securities violations related to its disclosure of a software update that slowed older iPhones, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jan 30, 2018
Federal regulators moved to halt an initial coin offering that allegedly raised $600 million in what amounts to the biggest U.S. intervention yet into the world of raising money by issuing digital tokens.
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Jan 30, 2018
Retailers may be closing some store locations, but the ones they are keeping are embracing technology to compete with online shopping.
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Jan 30, 2018
Apple is slashing planned production of the iPhone X for the three-month period ending March 31 in a sign of weaker-than-expected demand for the pricey handset.
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Jan 30, 2018
Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan are forming a company to figure out how to reduce health-care costs for their hundreds of thousands of U.S. employees.
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Jan 30, 2018
Would Amazon be OK with this? The question pops up in Atlanta, a finalist for Amazon's second headquarters, as Georgians debate a range of issues, including religious freedom.
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Jan 30, 2018
Silicon Valley threw its support behind the congressional tax overhaul. How much will the new rules help the bottom line of firms such as Amazon, Apple and Alphabet?
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Jan 30, 2018
The Pentagon is reviewing policies that allow deployed troops to use activity-measuring devices and fitness apps that rely on GPS tracking, after a digital map online accidentally exposed information that could reveal where American troops are deployed or even precisely where they exercise overseas.
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Jan 30, 2018
The sale of a company known for its popular casino-style games for smartphones has hit a regulatory hurdle that could potentially thwart the deal and make it the latest high-profile deal to be affected by the country's clampdown on foreign acquisitions.
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Jan 30, 2018
Electronic Arts Inc. reports results for its fiscal third quarter after the close of trading Tuesday, and sales of "Star Wars Battlefront II," its biggest release of the period, will be in focus.
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Jan 30, 2018
Booming demand for cellphone and electric-vehicle batteries has created a once-unthinkable metals-industry player: the pure cobalt company.
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Jan 30, 2018
Waymo LLC on Tuesday signaled a large expansion of its robot taxi fleet as the company prepares to open its driverless ride-hailing service to the general public.
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Jan 29, 2018
Investors including China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. and online retailer JD.com Inc. are buying a stake in Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin's commercial-property company as he faces a deadline to relist the business in China.
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Jan 29, 2018
Chipmunks, kissy lips and champagne bottles are becoming bones of contention in legal disputes; a court considers the ‘:P'
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Jan 29, 2018
A number of regulators and elected officials on Monday rejected as overly expensive and unrealistic the idea of a "moonshot" effort by the government to build a nationwide, next-generation wireless network.
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Jan 29, 2018
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Foxconn Technology Group have led a $348 million funding round into Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer Xiaopeng Motors, the auto maker said in a statement.
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Jan 29, 2018
In initial disclosures about critical security flaws discovered in its processors, Intel notified a small group of customers, including Chinese technology companies, but left out the U.S. government, according to people familiar with the matter and some of the companies involved.
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Jan 29, 2018
A federal copyright board has raised the music streaming royalties for songwriters and music publishers by more than 40%.
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Jan 28, 2018
The operator of one of Japan's leading trading platforms for cryptocurrencies said it lost $530 million worth of customer assets after getting hacked, the latest security problem connected to the fast-growing market.
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Jan 26, 2018
Wal-Mart Stores is joining with Japan's largest online retailer Rakuten to bolster its efforts to compete with Amazon.com in both Asia and the U.S.
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Jan 26, 2018
Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan relishes his role as the chip industry's most visible deal maker, but some customers and former employees worry he is skimping on research and innovation.
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Jan 26, 2018
Dell is considering a range of options that could transform the maker of PCs and data-storage devices, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jan 26, 2018
Intel reported record fourth-quarter revenue as sales in its data-center business jumped 20%, but it swung to a loss on a $5.4 billion charge after changes in U.S. tax law.
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Jan 25, 2018
Ford is acquiring two software firms to help build out its mobility business, a move that highlights the need for auto companies to seed management teams with tech talent.
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Jan 25, 2018
The White House's next NASA budget is expected to propose government-industry moon initiatives and ending space-station funding by the middle of next decade, according to people familiar with the details.
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Jan 25, 2018
Nintendo said it would soon terminate its smartphone app "Miitomo"—which had gained attention as the game maker's initial foray into the smartphone business—because it failed to attract enough number of players.
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Jan 24, 2018
In a world first, Chinese scientists say they cloned two monkeys by transplanting donor cells into eggs, a feat that could lead to genetically engineered primates for drug testing, gene editing and brain research. ?
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Jan 24, 2018
Prices for bitcoin and other digital currencies on Jan. 8 lost more than $100 billion in collective market value. The move can be traced to one address: A Long Island City apartment that is the home of Brandon Chez, a 31-year-old computer programmer behind website coinmarketcap.com.
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Jan 24, 2018
Tesla unleashed a bold pay package for Chief Executive Elon Musk that again ties his compensation entirely to key performance benchmarks. This time, the goals take the electric-car maker to cosmic heights, including an ultimate aim of hitting $650 billion in market value.
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Jan 23, 2018
Some users on Snapchat will now be able to share videos and other content they encounter within the app outside the walls, as the social-media app comes under pressure to grow.
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Jan 23, 2018
Twitter operating chief Anthony Noto will become the next chief executive of online lender Social Finance.
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Jan 23, 2018
Amazon Go, the online retailer's cashierless convenience store, is slated to finally open to the public on Monday, after a yearlong delay during which the company trained the store's algorithms to account properly for customers and their habits.
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Jan 23, 2018
Adobe Systems Inc. finance chief Mark Garrett is retiring from the company after spending more than a decade in that role.
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Jan 23, 2018
Netflix Inc. again posted strong subscriber growth even as it faces increased competition for viewers and programming.
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Jan 23, 2018
News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch said if Facebook is serious about promoting "trusted content" and filtering fake news out of its news feed, it should pay publishers fees similar to those cable distributors pay to TV channels.
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Jan 22, 2018
In a letter made public Monday, billionaires Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason wrote, ‘Every day that the 'old guard' remains in power—feebly overseeing the company's steady decline—is a waste of time.'
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Jan 22, 2018
U.S. scientists helped devise the Crispr biotechnology tool that has captured global attention for its potential to treat incurable diseases. The first to test it in humans are Chinese doctors, who don't face the same regulatory hurdles as American counterparts.
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Jan 22, 2018
The company had initially told congressional investigators it discovered more than 2,700 accounts linked to a shadowy so-called troll farm believed to have spread disinformation to sow political division among Americans.
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Jan 20, 2018
Publicis Groupe, one of the world's largest ad agencies, is trying to force old-school "creatives" to work more closely with new technology hires to hang on to big clients. One tool: an algorithm dubbed "Marcel" that selects teams from across the company's sprawling operations.
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Jan 19, 2018
The wild virtual currency has obsessive fans and investors. Behind them are loved ones who are really, really tired of hearing about it; ‘I tune it out.'
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Jan 18, 2018
A trip to Silicon Valley is something of a rite for ambitious Chinese startups and investors looking for inspiration in global tech's mecca of innovation. But a visit last week failed to impress. Silicon Valley's allure is fading.
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Jan 17, 2018
Facebook, Google and Amazon dominate their worlds just as Standard Oil and AT&T once did. Critics say they should get the same treatment. The answer to the antitrust question depends on a narrow test: Are consumers worse off?
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Jan 17, 2018
It threatens to make emails and data transmissions by foreign companies more vulnerable, security analysts say.
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