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Traders are sending signals that Nintendo’s newest console Switch may be on its way to becoming a bigger hit than the Wii, the company’s best selling home console of all time. Since the Switch went on sale on 3 March

A Canadian accused of hacking Yahoo e-mail accounts on behalf of the Russian government appeared in court seeking bail ahead of a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the US for trial. Karim Baratov, 22, was

Intel boosted CEO Brian Krzanich’s compensation package 30% to US$19,1m last year, fuelled by a bigger stock award and costs for his personal security arrangements. Intel’s board awarded Krzanich, 56, stock worth

Facebook’s WhatsApp is getting into digital payments in India, a first for a global messaging service that’s only just begun to explore ways to generate revenue. It’s chosen to kick off that maiden effort in India, a market

Tesla’s Elon Musk poked fun at short sellers as his electric car maker’s stock surged to a record, vaulting its market value past century-old rival Ford. “Stormy weather in Shortville…” the CEO tweeted Monday, as Tesla

Tesla set a record for deliveries and production in the first quarter, beating analysts’ estimates as CEO Elon Musk prepares to begin building the Model 3 in July. The maker of electric cars and energy-storage devices

Elon Musk is planning a first test run late this (northern hemisphere) summer with what his SpaceX bills as the most powerful rocket in the world, a step toward sending two paying tourists around the moon late next year.

Huawei Technologies’ earnings grew at their slowest pace in five years, as China’s biggest maker of telecommunications gear sank money into research and a marketing blitz to gain ground on Apple and Samsung in

Elon Musk’s SpaceX flew a reused rocket to space and back again, a key milestone to reducing launch costs and one day enabling people to live on other planets. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled aloft, deposited a customer’s

Ford has agreed to hire 400 employees from BlackBerry to help develop wireless technology at the car maker, deepening an ongoing partnership between the two companies involving in-car connectivity. The shift doubles