China has acquired minority stakes with special rights in two domestic units of tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, business registration records showed, as Beijing extends a campaign to strengthen control over online content. Beijing has been taking ‘golden shares’ in private online media and content companies for more than five years, and in recent […]
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All of today’s search engines operate similarly. A list of links is provided after you type a question or a few keywords, ideally including the information you are looking for. But what if search engines mixed the links and instead used artificial intelligence to send you information directly? That may soon be how Bing functions. […]
Porsche is considering fully integrating Google software into its car cockpit, a source close to the company said on Thursday, marking a shift in strategy for the newly listed carmaker. The deal, which is only being considered for the Porsche brand and not the Volkswagen Group more widely, would enable Porsche customers access to Google […]
Apple Inc is planning to start using its own custom displays in its mobile devices from 2024 onwards in an attempt to bring more components in-house, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company intends to begin by swapping out the display in the highest-end Apple Watches by the […]
Chinese display maker BOE Technology Group Co Ltd, a supplier of both Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, plans to invest a substantial sum to build two factories in Vietnam, two people familiar with the matter said. The investment may total up to $400 million, one of them said. The plan underscores efforts by […]
Shares of listed Chinese companies that count Ant Group as a major shareholder rose on Monday after announcements that Ant founder Jack Ma is giving up control of the fintech giant following an overhaul. Hong Kong-listed shares of Ma’s Alibaba jumped 7 percent. Shares of Longshine Technology Group Co Ltd, Jilin Zhengyuan, Shanghai Golden Bridge […]
Shopify Technologies Inc on Tuesday launched a new service aimed at big retailers that will allow them to select tools and services the Canadian tech giant offers and integrate it with their own online platform. The company said it had signed up toymaker Mattel Inc for the product, and was looking to bring other enterprise […]
China’s tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd estimated on Friday its 2022 revenue remained flat, suggesting that its sales decline due to U.S. sanctions had come to a halt. Despite sales increasing a mere 0.02%, rotating chairman Eric Xu struck an upbeat tone in the company’s annual New Year’s letter, where he revealed the figure. […]
Traffic surge can benefit your business by bringing in more consumers, increasing revenue, and improving website engagement. However, if your website is unprepared, a traffic surge could overwhelm your web server and cause catastrophic downtime that would harm your reputation, competitiveness, and financial situation. Business over-providing capacity for traffic surges brought on by planned or […]
Alphabet’s Google said on Friday it will appeal the Indian antitrust watchdog’s ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform and imposed a fine of $162 million for anti-competitive practices. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had said in October that Google leveraged its dominant position in markets such […]