A parade of initial public offerings from Silicon Valley this year has garnered a mixed reception from investors. Slack Technologies took a different route, and saw its shares soar as it went public without an IPO.
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Dell Technologies, HP, Intel and Microsoft are joining forces to oppose US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on laptop computers and tablets among $300-billion in Chinese goods targeted for duties.
Apple has urged the Trump administration not to proceed with tariffs of as much as 25% on a new slate of products imported from China, saying it would reduce the company’s contribution to the US economy.
Facebook’s plans to create a new cryptocurrency that can be used for everything from commerce to money transfers is facing pushback from angry US lawmakers.
Nokia and Ericsson have recently wrested notable long-term deals from Huawei to build 5G wireless networks, with analysts say more could come their way as Huawei grapples with a US export ban.
Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo could one day be used to detect signs of cardiac arrest, scientists believe.
Facebook, a centralised corporate giant with a history of customer data-use controversies, is an unlikely candidate for bringing cryptocurrencies to the masses.
Volkswagen plans to pool 5 000 digital experts into a single unit that will develop “vw.os”, a uniform software operating system across all new models.
Laptops made by Huawei have reappeared on the Microsoft online store after they were removed in the wake of a US executive order which cracked down on the Chinese company.
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei expects US sanctions to curtail its revenue by about $30-billion over the coming two years, wiping out its growth by withholding critical American technology.