Boxing with giants: Italy’s packing robots are not just cardboard cutouts
CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, ITALY -- Amazon’s new recruit comes from a medieval walled town in central Italy and can box and seal at least 600 items of different shapes and sizes every hour. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Nintendo says to shift part of Switch console production out of China
TOKYO -- Nintendo Co. Ltd. plans to shift part of the production of its Switch gaming console to Vietnam from China to diversify manufacturing sites, a spokeswoman at the Japanese video game maker told Reuters on Tuesday.
Airbnb aims for $35-billion valuation in long-awaited IPO
AIRBNB, INC. said on Tuesday it is aiming for a valuation of up to $34.8 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), in what would cap a stunning recovery in its fortunes after the US home rental firm’s business was heavily damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year.
Facebook’s cryptocurrency gets a warm welcome in Geneva
POLICY MAKERS around the globe have been cool to the idea of Facebook Inc.’s planned Libra cryptocurrency. In Switzerland? They liked it so much, Facebook decided to set up shop there.
Samsung Display plans $11 billion investment in South Korean LCD plant: report
SEOUL -- Samsung Display plans to spend 13 trillion won ($11 billion) to upgrade a South Korean liquid crystal display (LCD) plant so it can manufacture more advanced screens, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
OPPO unveils concept phone with ‘rollable’ display
CHINESE consumer electronics and mobile communications company OPPO has unveiled its newest concept phone for the second edition of its global conference: one with a proprietary “rollable” display that extends the phone screen seamlessly.
Why Facebook’s new move is not going to last
By Shira Ovide
It’s easy to imagine that powerful technology companies are all-knowing geniuses. Often, though, technology superpowers are merely a collection of mortals making...
Messaging app hit by crypto mining malware, Kaspersky Lab reports
MOSCOW -- Previously undetected malware directed at users of the desktop version of the messaging app Telegram has been discovered by the Russian security...
Google flexes AI muscle while chasing rivals at annual conference
GOOGLE introduced new products and technology upgrades at its annual developer conference on Tuesday that showed the internet giant lagging behind Apple, Inc. and...
Intel working with Facebook on AI chip coming later this year
INTEL CORP. said on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it is working with Facebook Inc. to finish a new artificial intelligence chip in the second half of this year.
Intel unveils new data center processor, 5G chip
INTEL CORP. on Monday launched new microprocessors, including a second generation Xeon processor for data centers and a 10nm chip for wireless 5G base stations.
Atari co-founder Ted Dabney dead at age 81: reports
San Francisco -- Atari co-founder Samuel "Ted" Dabney, who helped create hit video game "Pong," has died at the age of 81 at his...