Billionaires’ wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS
Zurich (AFP) - Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 percent over the past decade to $14 trillion, ...
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Father of PlayStation says ‘everyone told us we would fail’
Tokyo (AFP) - The PlayStation has been a colossal consumer hit, but three decades ago, its creator Ken Kutaragi struggled ...
China’s Huawei unveils ‘milestone’ smartphone with homegrown OS
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its first smartphone equipped with a fully homegrown operating system, ...
As AI gets real, slow and steady wins the race
Washington (AFP) - In the wake of ChatGPT's dramatic arrival two years ago, companies are excited about generative AI's possibilities ...
Closing arguments coming in US-Google antitrust trial on ad tech
Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - Google and the US government will face off in a federal court on Monday, as ...
What forcing Google to sell Chrome could mean
New York (AFP) - US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser ...
US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome
Washington (AFP) - The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its ...
Stiff business: Berlin startup will freeze your corpse for monthly fee
Berlin (AFP) - Becca Ziegler is only 24, but she already has her death planned out: her corpse will be ...
Dating apps move to friend zone in search of profits
Lisbon (AFP) - Burnt-out love-seekers are shunning dating apps in their millions, but the apps are trying to woo them ...
Tech sector gathers in Lisbon in shadow of Trump victory
Paris (AFP) - Leading lights of the tech industry met in Lisbon on Tuesday for the Web Summit, the sector's ...
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