The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42bn (R547bn) of market value over the weekend and extending this year’s slump in bitcoin to more than 50%. Some observers pinned the retreat on an
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Xbox previewed a flurry of new titles and deals with studios as the videogaming division of Microsoft looks to compete more intensely with Sony’s PlayStation and a resurgent Nintendo. The new products, announced on Sunday
ZTE has pledged to overhaul its flawed management and internal culture after striking a deal with the US to get back in business after a damaging two-month hiatus. In a memo to employees, chairman
Amazon.com has bought a package of live broadcasting rights for English Premier League soccer, the first foray by a US technology giant into a top European championship. Amazon will show two full
Forget autonomous cars – your next taxi might whiz you across town through the air. Volocopter, a German start-up backed by Intel and Daimler, has built a drone-like electric helicopter to ferry travellers across
Facebook said it had data-sharing partnerships with four Chinese consumer device makers, including Huawei, escalating concerns that the social network has consistently failed to tell users how their personal
Qualcomm, the biggest maker of semiconductors for smartphones, unveiled a new chip, said Samsung Electronics is already on board as a customer and offered free wireless data for devices based on the processor
Sharp, controlled by Foxconn Technology Group, plans to buy Toshiba’s PC business as its Taiwanese parent seeks to expand beyond contract manufacturing and build a brand of its own. Toshiba is selling 80% of the unit for
Apple’s software-focused event on Monday was a momentous moment – for Facebook. Toward the tail end of a more than two-hour Apple presentation to software developers, the company announced changes to
Microsoft said on Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy GitHub, the code repository company popular with many software developers, for $7.5bn (about R94bn) in shares. The acquisition provides a way forward