Nintendo might have scored a hit with the explosive debut of Pokémon Go this year. On its home turf, however, Sony has quietly dispatched its rival with a popular mobile game called Fate/Grand Order. The game, based on an
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Nokia smartphones will make a comeback next year, and the current owners of the Finnish brand are betting that the connection it built with billions of consumers during a decade of dominance hasn’t been broken. HMD Global has secured
In a news cycle still fixated on the US election result, on 15 November members of the UK’s upper house of parliament gave final approval to the country’s most invasive surveillance legislation to date. The Investigatory Powers Act gives government
GoPro, struggling to get traction with its action-cameras and new drone, said it will eliminate about 15% of its workforce and shut down its entertainment division to reduce costs. The company, which isn’t profitable, will cut more
BMW’s new 5-Series sedan can drive itself at speeds as fast as 210km/h, turn up the radio with the wave of a hand and warn other cars of fog. But you might not know it has all that gadgetry by looking at it. While BMW has packed one
British public broadcaster, the BBC, plans to launch a “Netflix of the spoken word” to take its radio content beyond the UK. Director-general Tony Hall in a London speech on Wednesday said that the BBC plans to offer all of its audio content, in addition to its BBC
After fuelling the 20th century car culture that reshaped cities and defined modern life, petrol has had its day. The International Energy Agency forecasts that global petrol consumption has all but peaked as more efficient cars and the
Symantec, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies, agreed to buy LifeLock for about US$2,3bn (R33,2bn) including debt to expand in services for identity protection. The offer for LifeLock values its shares at $24 apiece, according
Facebook is taking steps to address its role in spreading fake news, such as enlisting the help of third-party fact checkers and posting warnings on dubious stories. CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday responded to
US President-elect Donald Trump made the vilification of China a key plank of his stormy campaign. Yet its technology giants are already figuring out how they can profit off his victorious White House bid