Tencent Cloud seeks partners in South Korea, Southeast Asia for overseas expansion
China’s Tencent Holdings is scouting for partners in South Korea and Southeast Asia to offer cloud-based games, after entering the Japanese market last month....
Austria’s AT&S hit by smartphone, automotive demand drop
Austrian printed circuit board maker AT&S said its first-quarter core profit fell 33% due to lower demand from smartphone makers and the automotive industry, knocking...
Former Japan central banker warns Facebook’s Libra may undermine monetary policy
Central banks may see the impact of their monetary policies diminish significantly if Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency becomes widely used in their countries, a former Bank...
Apple supplier Sharp tumbles as trade gloom offsets Vietnam plant plans
Shares of Apple supplier Sharp Corp tumbled 14% on Friday given concerns about an escalating China-U.S. trade war, even as the Japanese firm said a...
BT ready to play part in fiber roll-out, on track after first quarter
BT, Britain’s biggest broadband provider, said it was ready to play its part in achieving new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ambition to roll out full-fiber...
Exclusive: Foxconn eyes sale of $8.8 billion China plant amid trade war woes – sources
Taiwan’s Foxconn is exploring the sale of its new $8.8 billion display panel factory in China, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as demand...
Tencent, Nintendo to localize Switch games for China
Tencent and Nintendo said on Friday they were working together to localize the Japanese gaming firm’s well-known Switch games for the Chinese market and set...
Texas joins states suing to stop T-Mobile, Sprint deal as trial delayed
U.S. states suing to stop T-Mobile US Inc’s $26 billion merger with Sprint Corp won two victories on Thursday as Texas’ Republican attorney general joined...
Pentagon puts $10 billion JEDI contract on hold after Trump suggests it favored Amazon
The Pentagon has decided to put on hold its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract after President Donald Trump said his administration...
U.S. banking regulators examined Amazon’s cloud in April: WSJ
Federal banking regulators had inspected Amazon.com Inc’s Virginia facility earlier in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter....