Worldwide PC shipments fell by 4.3% in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same period a year ago, marking the 11th straight quarter of declining shipments, according to analyst firm Gartner. Just over 61m PCs
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The cryptocurrency Cassandras are starting to look right. The sector has lost about a third of its market value since peaking in early June, pushing it into what traditional equity market analysts label as a bear market. Bitcoin, the
Microsoft is setting up a new research lab focused on artificial intelligence with the goal of creating more general-purpose learning systems. The new lab, called Microsoft Research AI, will be based at the company’s
It’s time for bitcoin traders to batten down the hatches. The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency, whose 160% surge this year has captivated everyone from Wall Street bankers to Chinese grandmothers, could be headed for one of its
American President Donald Trump and high ranking members of the White House staff were sued on Tuesday by the Knight First Amendment Institute, which alleges the president’s blocking of dissenting Twitter users violates the US constitution
Jawbone is liquidating, though its CEO is starting again with a company that moves out of the fitness-tracker business in favour of health-related products, an area that deeper-pocketed rivals also are entering. Founded in 1999, Jawbone
Samsung Electronics heir Jay Y Lee has refused to testify at the bribery trial of former President Park Geun-hye, arguing that doing so risked affecting his own corruption hearing. Lawyers for the de facto chief of the
It’s finally here: the Model 3, Tesla’s $35 000 electric game changer. A single black Model 3 rolled off the production line on Friday with a serial number all its own, kicking off a company-defining six months. The car will belong to Elon Musk, Tesla’s
Alphabet CEO Larry Page was ordered to submit to questioning by Uber Technologies in his company’s lawsuit over trade secrets for self-driving car technology. Uber’s lawyers want to question Page in their defence
Samsung Electronics topped analyst estimates with its best-ever operating profit as global demand for semiconductors remained strong and the new Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone won over customers. Operating income rose to