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As internet of things lacks world market leader, focus turns to startups

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — A surge in participation by startup companies this week, at a highlight of Asia’s biggest annual tech event, shows an increased reliance on young entrepreneurs to come with the...

Emirates seeks to lead the way to windowless planes

  Passenger jets of the future will be safer, lighter, faster, more fuel-efficient and ... windowless. So predicts Emirates Airlines chief Tim Clark. The Dubai-based airline has already introduced virtual windows in the...

Smart launches facility for dev’t of 5G services

MANILA -- Mobile service provider Smart Communications has launched a facility for research, development and testing of 5G or fifth generation wireless technologies that it says will boost their delivery of Internet...

New Apple Software Helps Limit Smartphone Use

SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple users worried about how much time they and their children spend posting photos and videos to their devices, help is on the way. Apple has announced new controls...

Microsoft Confirms It is Acquiring GitHub for $7.5 Billion

NEW YORK — Microsoft on Monday said it will buy software development platform GitHub, in a deal worth $7.5 billion which will blend two opposite corporate cultures. The tech giant, based in Washington...

Advances in Exoskeleton Technology Could Help Some Walk Again

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — An accident, a stroke, or a disease can leave someone paralyzed and unable to walk. That happens to more than 15 million people around the world each year. But new...

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