Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million lives and deliver $200-billion-plus in savings.
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Apple has told Foxconn and Pegatron to halt plans for additional production lines dedicated to iPhone Xr, the Nikkei reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Naspers affiliate Tencent will expand its age-verification system to encompass its entire games line-up, an unprecedented undertaking in response to growing criticism it encourages addiction among youngsters.
Although Facebook may have tamped down on hoax news in the US, bigger problems remain, driven by the viral nature of shocking content.
Apple shares tumbled on Friday amid concerns that growth in its powerhouse product, the iPhone, is slowing.
Apple’s decision to stop reporting how many iPhones it sells landed with a thud. Many analysts complained it was an attempt to hide the pain of a stagnant smartphone market.
The cryptocurrency industry is plagued by scandal. Stock exchange operator Nasdaq says it can solve the problem.
Samsung Electronics has posted quarterly profit that topped analyst estimates on growth in its memory chip business, but signalled caution in semiconductors by announcing a cut in capital spending for the year.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on video and disappearing posts called “stories”, not the company’s famous news feed. Investors are buying into the vision for now.
It wasn’t a dream or an exaggeration by cautious Facebook executives. The company’s financial results are weakening, just as executives warned they would a few months ago.