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Apple faced an embarrassing technical glitch after some customers reported difficulties updating their iPhone operating system to the latest software, which became available on Tuesday. After downloading the iOS 10 update, the smartphones

Visa, the world’s largest payments network, introduced a mobile phone application to enable cashless transactions in Kenya, where the majority of wireless payments are being done through the nation’s biggest

Samsung Electronics lost US$22bn of market value over two days as investors factor in a bigger hit to its bottom line from widening bans and warnings on its Note7 smartphones. Shares have plunged 11% since Friday, the biggest

For more than a week, Samsung’s shares survived reports of its exploding Galaxy Note7 smartphone, a worldwide recall, and news of the “heartbreaking” US$1bn bill. Yet calls by airlines and regulators for passengers to follow somewhat mundane

With Facebook’s user growth in developing countries soaring, mutual funds focused on emerging economies are increasing investments in the Menlo Park, California-based company. Six years ago, 60% of the social platform’s 482m

SpaceX’s billionaire founder Elon Musk called the Falcon 9 explosion its most perplexing failure in 14 years, deepening the mystery surrounding the loss of the satellite-bearing rocket on its launchpad last week. US investigators are looking into

Edward Snowden is increasingly unhappy with the situation in Russia, where he has lived for more than three years. President Vladimir Putin once welcomed the National Security Agency contractor for his propaganda value, but he may be

While Apple fans obsessed over the lack of a headphone jack in the company’s latest iPhone, its updated smartwatch also had a notable omission: over-the-top bling. Apple’s “Series 2” watch line, unveiled Wednesday in San Francisco

Dell Technologies wrapped up the acquisition of EMC in the largest technology deal in history, positioning the company to use its size to invest in new areas and fend off competition from the cloud and other rivals. The combination creates a