Google parent announces stock buyback, modest beat on ad sales
Alphabet Inc. said on Tuesday it would buy back $70 billion in stock and posted first-quarter profit and revenue above estimates as demand rose for cloud services...
GM, Samsung SDI plan to build EV battery plant in US -sources
WASHINGTON/SEOUL - General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI are set to announce as early as Tuesday they plan to build a joint venture electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in the US, as the automaker diversifies its component...
SpaceX wins approval to add fifth U.S. rocket launch site
WASHINGTON - The US Space Force said on Monday that Elon Musk's SpaceX was granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex at a military base in California, setting the space company up...
Coinbase files legal challenge to push SEC to write rules on crypto
Coinbase Global Inc. filed a petition on Monday in an effort to compel the US Securities and Exchange Commission to create new rules for digital assets, the company...
Taiwan’s Gogoro targets Q4 commercial launch in PHL
Gogoro, a Taiwanese company, introduced its smart electric scooters and first battery swapping station for pilot testing in Metro Manila on Monday, with the...
European Union, 2 Philippine agencies team up for space program
The European Union (EU) and the Philippines have teamed up to establish a space cooperation program aimed at enhancing the country’s disaster mitigation and...
South Koreans tap cash-giving apps to help offset rising living costs
SEOUL - Throngs of people have been milling seemingly aimlessly around the forecourt of a museum in central Seoul, brushing silently past each other with heads...
Global digital business school Hyper Island sees opportunities in PHL, opens programs
GLOBAL DIGITAL creative business school Hyper Island Institute of Higher Education has started offering courses in the Philippines, mainly to address the increasing gap between...
With AI drones and data, Tunisia’s start-ups battle water crisis
SMINJA, Tunisia - From soil sensors to AI-powered drones, entrepreneurs in Tunisia are equipping farmers with tech tools and data to help the vital agriculture sector weather the country's worsening water crisis.
The North...
Musk says Tesla will put sales growth ahead of profit
Tesla Inc. boss Elon Musk on Wednesday doubled down on the price war he started at the end of last year, saying the electric vehicle (EV) maker would...
Seagate to pay $300 million penalty for shipping Huawei 7 million hard drives
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement with US authorities for shipping over $1.1 billion worth of hard disk drives to China's Huawei in violation of US export control laws, the...
Sony Philippines to launch latest wireless earphones
SONY Philippines is set to release this week its latest noise-cancelling wireless earbuds, the WF-C700N.
The WF-C700N, priced at P6,999, will be available at Sony...