Facebook’s WhatsApp unit will eventually start charging companies to contact their users as the company seeks to make money from its chat product, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. WhatsApp’s free business tools are currently being tested by companies in Brazil, Europe, India and Indonesia, the Journal said, adding that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines […]
Read moreLONDON — As interest in flying cars continues to swell, one of the most prominent start-ups working on the technology has gained a big new backer. Lilium Aviation, a German company that held a successful test flight of the Eagle, its two-seat electric jet at their Munich base this year, announced on Tuesday that it […]
Read moreAlibaba, a pioneer of Chinese e-commerce, is reportedly embarking on its first brick-and-mortar mall. The five-floor center, to be called “More Mall,” is being built near Alibaba’s headquarters in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, according to Caixin, a Beijing-based financial news group. Caixin first reported on the news Tuesday morning. A representative from Alibaba […]
Read moreThe Trump administration on Tuesday announced it would end a government program that protects children who were brought to the United States illegally from being deported — but it’s essentially leaving Congress a six-month window of time to try to save it. The legal shield is known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, […]
Read moreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is one of several technology CEOs to condemn President Trump’s decision to end a program that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it would rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which started under President Obama in 2012. Zuckerberg […]
Read moreBalaji S. Srinivasan is the CEO of 21.co, a start-up that’s proposing a system where strangers can pay investors and other busy people to respond to their emails, as well as a board partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford and has been an […]
Read moreIn his most recent tirade on the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, billionaire tech titan Elon Musk says governments will use force to get companies to turn over their advanced AI technology. During the course of his Twitter rant, in which Musk claims the global race for artificial intelligence will result in World War […]
Read moreYou might want to think about investing in companies working to make our homes smarter, according to Barclays. Manav Patnaik, an analyst at Barclays, said in a note to investors on Tuesday that the connected home “could represent one of the most significant investment opportunities over the next several years.” Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft […]
Read moreApple stock is surging so far this year as investors anticipate the next iPhone success, but one Wall Street firm says the rally can continue even after the company’s product event next week. Bernstein reiterated its outperform rating on the smartphone maker’s shares on Tuesday. On “September 12th, Apple is expected to unveil the highly […]
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This is a tough call. The Galaxy Note 8 packs in every single feature you can imagine: water and dust resistance, wireless charging, fast charging, a great camera, the S Pen, a superb display, support for Samsung’s Gear VR platform, expandable storage and more. It’s hard to think of something it doesn’t have. The Galaxy […]
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