Qualcomm is expecting to meet this week in Beijing with China’s antitrust regulators in a final push to secure clearance for its proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, three sources told Reuters. The acquisition has been caught in the crosshairs of rising U.S.-China trade tensions, with sources saying an approval would depend on the […]
Read more“Fortnite” developer Epic Games is facing a copyright violation lawsuit from PUBG Corp, the creator of “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” according to a report. PUBG Corp, a subsidiary of South Korean developer Bluehole, is suing Epic Games to determine whether “Fortnite” was copied directly from its own game, The Korea Times reported, citing an unnamed PUBG official. […]
Read moreChinese and U.S. envoys sparred at the World Trade Organization on Monday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that China steals American ideas, the subject of two lawsuits and a White House plan to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods. U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea said “forced technology transfer” was often an unwritten rule for […]
Read moreU.S.-based software company Verint Systems is in talks to merge its security division with Israeli cyber surveillance firm NSO Group in a deal worth about $1 billion, a source close to the negotiations said on Monday. The transaction, if completed, would create one of the world’s largest cyber companies. NSO would remain an independent company […]
Read moreThat bucket of KFC in 'Stranger Things' is not a coincidence: Why product placement is back in vogue
There’s a scene in the second season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” where two characters are having an awkward dinner at a friend’s parents’ home. The teens know something the parents don’t: Their missing daughter has killed by a creature from a parallel universe. To lighten the tension, they stuff their mouths with KFC. “This is […]
Read moreWarnings of artificial intelligence (AI) posing a threat to humanity are “not helpful,” a top executive at IBM has said. While critics like Tesla CEO Elon Musk have warned about the risks of developing AI, David Kenny, IBM’s senior vice president of Watson and Cloud, said the technology is already proving to be beneficial. “It’s […]
Read moreA 91-year-old grandma has attained social media stardom as half of a comedy duo alongside her 25-year-old grandson. Five years ago, Ross Smith was in college at the University of Dayton when he started filming six-second videos on Vine. He had amassed a sizable following, but for one of his clips, he asked his grandma […]
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As Toyota knows, it’s a lot easier to make a reliable car with tried-and-true bits than try to ride the cutting edge. That philosophy, while sometimes necessary, has been deployed to a fault in the Yaris. It feels years behind its competitors and its fellow Toyotas. In the past five to ten years, we’ve seen […]
Read moreWomen represent just 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and less than 10 percent of the top tech VCs. But don’t worry ladies, we’ve got the virtual assistant gig locked up. Siri, Alexa, Cortana and their growing list of peers are designed to serve. They’re designed to take orders and never ask for a “thank […]
Read moreWe all know that the most successful entrepreneurs and CEOs have a great appetite for reading. But what books do they remember? Which ones do they recommend? With help from software company Sage’s “By the Book” interactive infographic, CNBC Make It rounded up all-time favorites of today’s tech leaders, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and […]
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