SAN FRANCISCO — Apple exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and profits for its most recent quarter, as strong sales of Macs and digital services offset flat sales of iPhones while consumers wait for new models to be released in the fall.
The strong results eased Wall Street’s fears that...
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp aims to begin selling in 2022 an electric car powered by a new type of battery that significantly increases driving range and reduces recharging time, the Chunichi Shimbun daily reported on Tuesday.
Current electric vehicles (EVs) typically have a range of just 300-400 kilometers (185-250...
Samsung turned in a huge holiday quarter last year despite the Galaxy Note 7 debacle that cost the company billions in lost sales and cleanup expenses. The South Korean consumer electronics giant then followed up that fantastic performance with an even bigger first quarter, and unaudited results suggest the...
Snopes, the fact-checking website that once focused on debunking flimsy internet rumors but has expanded into a 16-person operation that calls out political leaders for dishonesty, is locked in a legal battle that it says has drained the money it needs to survive.
The site, which gets all of its...
Not many companies can turn a $2.7 billion fine into a financial footnote.
But that is what Google’s parent company, Alphabet, did with its quarterly earnings. The results, announced on Monday, were a microcosm of the opportunities and the risks in front of the company. On one hand, it was...
The science of prosthetics has been advancing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, and research into soft robotics has been especially complementary. The same techniques that go into making a robot arm that flexes and turns like a real one can go into making more complex,...
The past few months have been absolutely swamped with Galaxy Note 8 leaks, from schematics and components to release date rumors and concept images. Through all of these leaks, including our own exclusive leak, we’ve managed to piece together a fairly complete picture of the upcoming phablet. But on Thursday...
Cisco Systems Thursday unveiled plans to acquire forensics security software startup Observable Networks in an effort to extend the reach of its network visibility platform, Stealthwatch, into the cloud.
Observable Networks is a privately held company with network-security-as-a service technology that focuses on cloud deployments. Cisco plans to combine Observable...
Facebook is set to reveal a standalone Oculus virtual reality headset sometime later this year, Bloomberg reports, with a ship date of sometime in 2018. The headset will work without requiring a tethered PC or smartphone, according to the report, and will be branded with the Oculus name around the...
The stock market has already been disrupted. From the opening of the London Stock Exchange in 1801, via angry men in suits yelling across the trading floor, to the modern-day calm, calculated trader making precision moves from behind a screenful of data.
Now online trading startup Trading 212 is hoping...
