New OnePlus 6T Technology Reveals Hidden Future
OnePlus has brought many of the most desirable features of the 2018 smartphone, but does a key feature in the OnePlus 6T point towards the next gee-whizz feature for 2019? What unlocks the challenge for 2019? The in-display fingerprint sensor. The Shenzhen-based company has implemented this by using a small camera under the screen. When […]
At 11.11 Global Shopping Fest, Alibaba Promotes Technology For Homes, Hotels, Cars
E-commerce is a big focus of Alibaba’s annual 11.11 Global Shopping Festival under way today. With good reason: Single-day transactions, exceeding $26 billion with five hours to go before the close at midnight local time in China, have once again set a global single-day record. The day’s results have been a focus of investors in […]
Will you be getting a smart home spy for Christmas?
Facebook, Google and Amazon are eager to get their new devices under your tree. But will they give away your privacy? If you’ve so far withstood the temptation to install a smart speaker in your home, worried about the potential privacy pitfalls and a bit embarrassed about the notion of chatting aimlessly to an inanimate […]
Silicon Valley Democrat channels Lincoln for tech-to-Trump-country bill
Ro Khanna tells Guardian multi-billion dollar bill to put tech institutions in middle America is inspired by Morrill Act of 1862 A Silicon Valley lawmaker has a plan to bring big tech jobs to middle America – an idea he traces to Abraham Lincoln and believes may help his party defeat Donald Trump in 2020. […]
Hertz stock jumps as company’s earnings beat revives turnaround hopes
Hertz shares were on track for their best close in more than a month Shares of Hertz Global Holdings Co. skyrocketed more than 16% Friday as investors cheered the car-rental company’s better-than-expected third-quarter earnings with some going as far as to say that Hertz has turned a corner. Hertz HTZ, +19.15% stock was on track […]
Tight Florida Senate and governor races head to a recount
Republican Rick Scott holds slight lead over Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson The Florida Senate race between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson is headed to a recount as unofficial election results Saturday showed Scott leading Nelson by a slight margin. Scott’s lead has steadily dropped to 12,562 votes, or .15%, since election […]
GE stock closes at 9-year low after JPMorgan warns worst yet to come
Analyst Stephen Tusa says latest numbers are worse than expected on almost all fronts General Electric Co. shares tumbled almost 6% on Friday, closing at the lowest level since March of 2009, after JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Stephen Tusa slashed his stock price target to $6 from $10 and said the industrial conglomerate’s recent […]
‘Keep talkin’ Larry’: Amazon appears ever closer to dumping Oracle
Amazon indicates it’s a step closer to eliminating its long reliance on software from Oracle, which competes with its own AWS An executive with Amazon’s cloud-computing unit snapped back at Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, who had called out the retail internet giant as recently as last month for relying on Oracle software to track […]
Chinese Leaders Struggle to Dispel Stock Market Gloom
China’s stock market gloom defies government efforts to restore confidence after 30 percent price plunge. BEIJING — Lu Yushan, a retired salesman, has advice for investors in China’s slumping stock market: Sell. Lu’s shares soared over the past decade. But the 65-year-old cashed out this year, driven away by plunging prices, insider trading scandals, a […]
Major oil producers to consider cuts after price slide
Brent crude dropped below $70 a barrel on Friday for the first time since April while the New York’s West Texas Intermediate (WTI) sank below $60 a barrel, a nine-month low. Major oil producers meet in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to consider reverting to output cuts after a sharp slide in crude prices revived fears […]