Technology

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s system for tracing those with the novel coronavirus was under fire on Thursday as it grappled with the development of a tracking app and health workers warned the government that unless there was clarity it could…

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Japanese appliance-maker Panasonic Corp on Thursday said that next year it will move its Thai-based production of refrigerators and washing machines to Vietnam, laying off some 800 workers. “Panasonic will reorganize its white goods production sites in…

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) said it plans to sell 5% of its domestic telco SoftBank Corp (9434.T), currently worth $3.1 billion, as part of a programme to raise $41 billion through asset sales. The sale of 240…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is dealing with technical issues of its track and trace app that it hopes will help it keep the novel coronavirus outbreak under control, but will use traditional tracking means until it is rolled out, the…

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has begun work on a sixth domestic contract chip production line, the company said on Thursday, to make logic chips for mobile phones and computers as it looks to cut reliance on the…

BENGALURU (Reuters) – SoftBank Group-backed Indian ride-hailing company Ola will cut 1,400

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will invest 10

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, the companies announced on Wednesday as they released the initial version of their…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, wrote to antitrust enforcers on Wednesday to warn that plans by Uber Technologies Inc, owner of Uber Eats, to buy rival online food delivery company Grubhub Inc would “raise…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are open to making changes to close what some see as a loophole in a new rule aimed at curbing global chip sales to blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Ltd, two U.S. officials…