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Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched its second rocket in as many months on Sunday, bringing it a 10th of the way to its goal of deploying 20 to 24 rockets this year. The Falcon 9 rocket that launched SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft

Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee was formally arrested on allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement, an extraordinary step that jeopardises the executive’s ascent to the top role at the world’s biggest smartphone maker. The Seoul central district court

Lenovo’s mobile phone business continues to shrink, while its PC division managed anaemic growth in the face of brutal holiday-season competition. The world’s largest PC maker’s profit plummeted more

India’s space agency put 104 satellites into orbit on Wednesday, the most in history, as it looks to cement its position as the dominant destination for low-cost launches. The workhorse Polar Satellite Launch

BlackBerry has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nokia, demanding royalties on the Finnish company’s mobile network products that use an industry-wide technology standard. Nokia’s products including

Jay Y Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Group, has returned home after being questioned for the second time over influence-peddling allegations including bribery that led to the impeachment of

Apple shares hit a record on optimism the next iPhone will drive a resurgence in sales and help the company’s services businesses grow. The stock climbed less than 1% to US$133,29 at the close Monday in

Bitcoin is showing signs of becoming a serious asset class. Last week’s price swings hardly back up that assertion. The cryptocurrency dropped 7,8% on Thursday after news that the People’s Bank of China threatened to shut exchanges

A parade of up-and-coming musicians from Universal Music took the stage at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in California on Saturday in a pre-Grammy Awards performance for a room