Microsoft moves to erase Paint, then takes it back after a change of art
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft put out word that it would not abandon Paint after reports of its pending demise triggered a deluge of lament...
Acer introduces new cloud solutions
By Zsarlene B. Chua
Reporter
THE CLOUD solutions arm of New Taipei-based Acer, Inc., has presented three new solutions under its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC)...
Tech billionaires Musk, Zuckerberg trade barbs over artificial intelligence
SAN FRANCISCO -- Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg were trading jabs on social media over artificial intelligence this week in...
Why you should replace your PC screen with an AR headset
By Selina Wang
Bloomberg
IMAGINE an office without computer monitors, cubicles or chairs. Everyone is wearing headsets that project their work in the form of 3-D...
Google Glass returns, eyes enterprise market
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES -- After spending two years on the sidelines, Google Glass Internet-linked eyewear is back in the game, this time aimed...
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...