Spotify wants to steal YouTube users with app
SPOTIFY Technology SA introduced a new mobile version of its free music service Tuesday -- and tweaked a major competitor along the way.
The expanded...
Harry Potter will help kids learn to code with London start-up Kano
HARRY POTTER never learned computer code, but a London-based start-up plans to help Muggle children do so with the famous wizard’s help.
Facebook asks big banks to share customer details
NEW YORK -- Facebook has asked major US banks to share customer data to allow it to develop new services on the social network’s Messenger texting platform, a banking source told AFP on Monday.
Microsoft, Nvidia team up for Minecraft visuals
MICROSOFT Corp. said on Monday it will use chipmaker Nvidia Corp.’s real-time ray tracing technology to provide the software company’s Minecraft video game players more realistic graphics on personal computers.
TikTok’s fast-growing China twin has 600 million daily users
Douyin, the Chinese-market version of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok video-sharing app, surpassed 600 million daily active users in August, rising from 400 million at the...
Apple to hold online event to unveil 5G iPhones on Oct. 13
APPLE, Inc. announced that its biggest product launch event of the year will be held Oct. 13.
Ransom-seeking hackers are taking advantage of Microsoft flaw — expert
WASHINGTON — Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, a researcher said late...
Why Apple’s HomePod speaker is 3 years behind Amazon’s Echo
APPLE, INC. audio engineers had been working on an early version of the HomePod speaker for about two years in 2014 when they were...
Security experts raise the alarm over ‘malicious use’ of AI tech
PARIS -- Artificial intelligence (AI) could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than...
Uber in talks to acquire ride-hailing firm Careem
UBER TECHNOLOGIES Inc. is in discussions to buy its Dubai-based rival Careem Networks FZ as the ride-hailing giant expands in the Middle East, people familiar with the matter said.
Amazon offers free, ad-supported version of music streaming service
AMAZON.COM Inc. said on Monday it has introduced an ad-supported free version of its music streaming service Amazon Music, taking on rival Spotify Technology which has nearly 140 million users for its free version.
Printed in days, a house: New York firm takes 3D printing to the next...
MOST HOMES are built block by block, or brick by brick. But a demo house in Calverton, New York, was constructed scan by scan — its walls made using a giant three-dimensional printer.