Microsoft Cloud to help Baidu smart cars effort
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft’s cloud computing platform will be used outside China for collaboration by members of a self-driving car alliance formed by Chinese...
Want to escape traffic? Take a flying taxi
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL -- While Uber has changed ground transport in many cities, Sao Paulo’s infernal traffic jams have sparked a new app that...
Google, Amazon join online protest of net neutrality change
HOW MANY online activists does it take to save Silicon Valley’s favorite Obama-era regulation?
Organizers of an online protest aimed at derailing a Republican plan...
App for women turns phones into panic buttons
CIUDAD JUçREZ, MEXICO -- The Mexican city of Juarez has been dubbed “the capital of murdered women”: since the 1990s, hundreds of women have...
IBM revamps network unit around Watson AI
INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is revamping its Global Technology Services division, which helps customers run their computer networks, to rely more heavily on...
Xiaomi snaps up Nokia patents to galvanize global expansion
XIAOMI Corp. has acquired a swathe of patents from Nokia Oyj, making its latest acquisition of technology to drive a global expansion.
The Chinese smartphone...
We need to talk about sex, robot experts say
LONDON -- Move over blow-up dolls, the sex robots are here.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into the global sex market, bringing with...
‘Brain training’ app improves memory in people with dementia
LONDON -- A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest...
Releases from Sony, Samsung, HP, and Portrait Display
WE’RE HALFWAY through the year and the roll-out of gadgets from consumer electronics giants shows no sign of letting up. Sony Philippines have introduced...
Lenovo Yoga Book: A true ultraportable with steep learning curve
IT IS DIFFICULT not to be impressed by the Lenovo Yoga Book the first time you see it. This 2-in-1 convertible tablet is wafer-thin...
Feeding the PHL’s growing appetite for connectivity
TODAY, there are at least 3.6 billion Internet users in the world and more than 54 million are located in the archipelagic Philippines. In...
China building prototype of fastest super computer technology
BEIJING, CHINA -- China plans to develop a prototype exascale computer by the end of the year, state media said Tuesday, as it seeks...