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...

‘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...