Thailand to legalize ride-hailing services by early 2020: ministry
Thailand has drafted guidelines to regulate ride-hailing companies and aims to legalize the services by March 2020, the transport ministry said on Friday....
Special gloves claim to stop hand tremors
Gloves with built-in spinning gyroscopes are helping people with Parkinson’s disease and “essential tremor” regain control of their hands. Emily Wither reports....
Qualcomm to expand 5G chips into mid-priced phones next year
Qualcomm Inc said on Friday it will put fifth-generation, or 5G, technology into chips powering mid-priced mobile phones starting next year, expanding use of chips...
Huawei shows off ‘most powerful’ chipset as forges ahead with 5G smartphone plan
Huawei Technologies showcased its chipset for a new high-end smartphone on Friday, pressing ahead with plans to launch its Mate 30 range, despite uncertainty about...
Germany mulls creation of new electric car battery consortium
The German economy ministry said on Friday a second European battery cell production consortium was being discussed and preliminary agreements were expected by this autumn....
Japan’s Rakuten delays mobile service launch, shares drop
Japanese internet firm Rakuten said on Friday it was pushing back the commercial launch of its mobile service, a setback to billionaire founder and chief...
Second European EV battery consortium underway: Handelsblatt
Germany has agreed in principle with eight other European nations to set up a second consortium for the production and recycling of battery cells for...
China says new digital currency will be similar to Facebook’s Libra
China’s proposed new digital currency would bear some similarities to Facebook’s Libra coin and would be able to be used across major payment platforms such...
App attempts a rare trick in China: online privacy
In a country where privacy protections are considered weak and anything-goes data collection has become the norm, Chinese tech entrepreneur Yang Geng stands out....
Alibaba dials up luxury push with $2 billion buy of Netease e-commerce arm
Alibaba Group has agreed to buy e-commerce business Kaola from Chinese gaming company NetEase for $2 billion, adding a platform that specializes in supplying curated...