HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - It's usually a bad sign when a technology company spends more time buying than building. Tencent may prove to be an exception. The Chinese goliath’s investment portfolio has surpassed $66 billion with stakes in music, fintech and mor
Shortly after giving up on live-streaming, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is doing likewise with retail. The company announced last week that it would be permanently closing all physical retail stores in a major strategic shift, thus ending a decadelong experiment in replicating Apple
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a solid investment to hold in your portfolio, as the top tech stock's a safe buy and it'll also pay a dividend. But the days of Apple being a high-growth stock are long gone. In its most recent fiscal year, the tech giant saw its sales decline from the p
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) brought the iPhone SE moniker back to life earlier this year to target the midrange smartphone segment, packing the latest A13 Bionic processor in a compact form factor priced at an attractive $399 for the base model.
When it comes to its track record of smartphone innovation, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stands as the market leader. Since its introduction back in 2007, the iPhone has kickstarted a new industry and spawned numerous copycat designs. Thirteen years later, the company is still growing s
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock has been something of a dynamo over the past year, gaining more than 84%, and it's currently the market cap leader among all publicly traded stocks in the U.S., at more than $1.58 trillion. The stock is already up 25% so far this year, even as the broa
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyd's death.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyd's death.
Austrian sensor producer AMS is poised to get the go-ahead from the European Union for its acquisition of German lighting group Osram, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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EU antitrust regulators are set to clear without conditions Austrian sensor producer AMS' acquisition of German lighting group Osram, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives is already among the most bullish analysts who cover Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), at times having the highest price target on shares. Ives is now getting even more bullish, releasing a research note this week to investors and ratcheting up his price target a
In some ways, it's remarkable that we still predominantly use alphanumeric passwords in 2020, even after tech companies have been trying to kill off that paradigm for years. Many prominent companies are members of the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an industry associatio
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the final documents to complete an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google, said three sources familiar with the probe, which is expected to end with a lawsuit this summer.
Japan's COVID-19 contact-tracing app has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its launch a week ago as the government seeks to head off a second wave of infections now that businesses and schools have reopened.
Thursday morning was volatile for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) as investors grappled with surges in COVID-19 cases in many states across the country. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he was pausing further phases of re-opening Texas due to rapidly