Microsoft delays ‘Halo Infinite,’ biggest game for Xbox launch

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox team delayed “Halo Infinite,” the biggest video game planned for the November launch of its new console, partly due to the challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Airbnb is close to filing to go public after travel rebound

Airbnb Inc. plans to file paperwork for a stock market listing in the next few weeks paving the way for its shares to start trading as soon as the fourth quarter, according to people familiar with the matter.

Facebook removed 7 million posts in Q2 for false coronavirus information

Facebook Inc. said on Tuesday it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content...

Tired of Zoom calls? Company offers at-home hologram machines

LOS ANGELES — Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam...

US, China lead number of unicorns in Global Unicorn Index 2020

The world has 586 known unicorns—startups valued at more than US$1 billion—and the US and China account for 79% of them, according to Hurun Research Institute’s Global Unicorn Index 2020 released this August. The 586 unicorns are based in 29 countries and 145 cities. The total value of all known unicorns is US$1.9 trillion, close to Italy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The Philippines’ place in space

The Philippines has a space agency. Not space as in land area, which might make more sense for a country that is among the densest and most populous in the world, but space as in the final frontier. “I know that some people ask, ‘Why should we even care about space?,’” said Joseph S. Marciano, Director-General of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), a national body founded in August 2019 with an initial operating fund of P1 billion.

Facebook employees to work from home until July 2021 due to coronavirus outbreak; get...

Facebook Inc. will allow employees to work from home until July 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak and will give them $1,000 for home...

After the cloud, the edge is computing’s next frontier

by Patricia B. Mirasol We are in the cloud-computing era. Many of us already use cloud-based services like Dropbox, Gmail, Office 365, and Slack, even...

Sony’s end-June profit tops estimates

SONY CORP. reported profit that outpaced estimates on strong demand for its games products, but offered a measured forecast for the fiscal year due to uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pushes shoppers online much faster than expected

KIMARIE SANTIAGO’s small business is the kind of operation US banks and payments companies have been trying to lure online for years. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic finally made it happen.

Pandemic sparks greater appreciation for IT professionals

THE PANDEMIC is changing how skilled workers in the information technology (IT) industry are viewed and treated, said ManageEngine, a global technology company, noting they are expected to get higher pay and budgets after the crisis.

Microsoft’s rescue attempt of TikTok endears old company to new generation

Microsoft has emerged as a savior to young users of TikTok, who praised the tech industry giant for trying to buy parts of the social media company’s operations, in hopes of avoiding a US shutdown.