Smartphone shipments in PHL drop in second quarter — IDC
THE VOLUME of smartphones shipped to the Philippines declined in the second quarter as local vendors faced tougher competition from their Chinese counterparts, a...
Moto Z2 Play: A mixed bag
By Samantha Gonzales
MOTOROLA’S Moto Z2 Play is its 2017 upgrade of its mid-range modular smartphone. With a thinner and lighter body than that of 2016’s...
No cash for hate: mainstream crowdfunding firms take a stand
NEW YORK -- Online fund-raising sites are turning their backs on activists looking to offer financial support for James Fields, the man accused of...
Philippines ready for its own Silicon Valley — tech CEO
WHEN Mazhar Durrani, CEO of a Los Angeles-based tech start-up, was looking for markets to expand his business in Southeast Asia, the Philippines was...
Facebook samples China’s potential with sneaky app
SHANGHAI -- Facebook’s sneaky launch of a photo-sharing app in China, where its social network is banned, gives it a small taste of the...
How technology may be getting out of control
By Mark Buchanan
Bloomberg
HUMANITY has a method for trying to prevent new technologies from getting out of hand: explore the possible negative consequences, involving all...
Why private equity is betting on your online shopping habit
PRIVATE EQUITY firms, sitting on record piles of cash, are targeting a geeky corner of the online shopping industry as the next frontier in...
Japan firm builds the Rolls Royce of fidget spinners, sells toy at $157
FUJISAWA, JAPAN -- One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any rival on the...
Meet Wim, the kitchen device that makes fro-yo in minutes
THE KITCHEN counter has become a crowded place. Alongside coffee machines, mixers, and toasters are now juicers, dehydrators, soda makers, and the darling of...
Facebook is building a device for video chat in hardware push
FACEBOOK, Inc. is working on a video chat device for the home -- the first major hardware product from its experimental Building 8 lab.
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Crime-tracking tools could help discover new mineral reserves — experts
MIAMI -- Striking gold used to be a matter of luck, but tools used to track criminals, diseases and social networks could soon uncover...
Technology improvements so dramatic it’s depressing… for energy statistics
By Nathaniel Bullard
Bloomberg
FIFTEEN YEARS ago, Japan’s Earth Simulator was the most powerful supercomputer on Earth. It had more than 5,000 processors. It consumed 6,400...