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Samsung's woes highlight explosive limits of lithium batteries
Samsung Electronics scrapped its flagship Note 7 smartphone and told customers return their devices
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Start-up raises $12m to help employees see the world while working
Participants spend a whole year working abroad, moving to a different city each month
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Samsung slashes profit estimate after Note 7 disaster
Halted production of Note 7 will damage Samsung's brand image and eventually hurt future sales of its smartphones
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Samsung sends customers fireproof boxes for Note 7 return
Earlier this week, the world’s top smartphone maker said it had asked all global carriers to stop sales of the Note...
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Amazon challenges Apple and Spotify with new music streaming service
Subscriptions to play music on the Echo cost $3.99 per month
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Sony enters virtual reality race with PlayStation VR headset
Sony's largest gaming rival Microsoft Corp plans to release a new Xbox One next year that may support VR headsets
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Food delivery apps spice up Indian train journeys
Today's train passengers in India have access to a vast array of hot dishes, all at the click of a smartphone app
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China’s $1.5b plan to launch passenger balloons into space
The balloon, which would carry a capsule containing the passengers, would only go as high as “near space".
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The story behind the ‘Instagram of China’
Fotoplace lets users overlay one-liners onto their photos in a format that’s immediately recognizable
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Apple to set up R&D center in Shenzhen, bolster China ties
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook announced the plan during a meeting with senior officials from the Shenzhen
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Uber plans Uber Everything for India
India is one of Uber’s most important markets, and the company has been trying to get ahead of local rival Ola
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Hurricane Nicole delays next US cargo mission to space
Orbital ATK will now launch its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship no earlier than Sunday
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Australia government cyber attack came from foreign intelligence service
Local media said at the time that internal security sources blamed China, charges the Chinese foreign ministry dismiss
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Yahoo says working to bring back auto forwarding feature
Earlier, Yahoo announced that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014
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Samsung phone recall portends Android turf war
"A substantial portion of consumers’ demand will now go to the three major Chinese brands – Huawei, Vivo and OPPO
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US police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters
Twitter shut off the data access of Geofeedia, the Chicago-based data vendor that provided data to police
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Personal computer sales continue to slide
The quarter was the sixth consecutive year-on-year decline in PC shipments for Lenovo
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Sprint to provide one million students with free internet, mobile devices
Sprint aims to give cell phones, tablets, laptops or mobile hot spots to students who do not have internet at home
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YouTube buys FameBit, matchmaker for videos and sponsors
FameBit is a marketplace where video makers can connect with brands interested in sponsoring their creations
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BMW presents its self-balancing motorcycle of the future
The German automaker unveiled its Motorrad Vision Next 100 on Tuesday
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Samsung crisis violates the PR rulebook
Samsung will scrap the entire Note 7 line in an embarrassing setback for a brand image that took years to build
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World’s cheapest smart bulb to get even smarter next year
The global market for smart lighting is projected to exceed US$47 billion by 2020
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Startup which helps owners find lost pets going global by 2017
With about 1,000 badges sold in Singapore, Ivan’s team is now aiming to stock the item in pet shops in North America
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Samsung China to recall all 190,984 Galaxy Note 7 phones sold in mainland China
Samsung earlier in the day halted sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones
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‘WeChat drone’ ready for takeoff
WeChat parent company Tencent made the drone with help from local hardware startup Zerotech
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YouTube video shows Note 7 'flamer' in Burger King
The video has been viewed nearly one million times since it was posted on the video-sharing site on Saturday
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Samsung halts Galaxy Note 7 sales over fire concerns, maybe for good
Shares in Samsung were down 6.7 per cent compared to a 1.1 per cent fall for the broader market
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Note 7 fiasco could burn a $17 billion hole in Samsung accounts
Samsung has temporarily halted Note 7 production
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Driverless vehicle to be tested on UK streets for the first time
The government is encouraging technology companies and carmakers to develop their autonomous driving technologies
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Apple stock hits highest since December on Samsung Note 7 fire crisis
Samsung's ongoing problems suggest the smartphone maker has failed to fix a problem that has already damaged its brand
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Verizon may shift holiday marketing away from Note 7
Samsung announced a global recall of at least 2.5 million of its flagship Note 7 smartphones
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South Korea regulator says to examine Google's Android agreements
Agency will re-examine anti-competition issues over Google's policies
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Facebook launches intra-office 'Workplace' network
It is the first Facebook product launched outside the United States
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US top court to hear Apple-Samsung feud over iPhone designs
Apple sued its South Korean rival in 2011, claiming Samsung stole its technology.
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This ‘dating app’ for investment banking is going places
The startup has seen monthly deal flows on its platform increase from US$75 million to US$10 billion
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After Australia, UK politicians also barred from wearing Apple Watch at cabinet meetings
The decision comes over the fear that the smartwatch’s microphone can be used by Russian hackers as a listening...
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AI isn’t happening in the future, it’s happening now
Within AI there are many research areas such as image recognition, voice recognition, natural language processing
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Want to watch your favorite shows in VR? One startup aims to make this happen
Littlstar allows brands to upload 360-degree photos or videos in web, mobile and VR formats
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Tesla's Musk says will not have to raise funds in fourth quarter
Tesla and SolarCity had a combined $3.3 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30
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Samsung suspends production of recalled Note 7: report
Problems with replacements for the Note 7 model would create a new and potentially costly chapter for Samsung
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Radio Frequency Identification chips for real-time tracking
System would help food suppliers reduce wastage, improve efficiency and save more capital
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Facebook pays more UK tax after outcry
The tax paid is only a fraction of the £211 million revenues that Facebook reported in Britain last year
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Samsung Note 7: Third 'safe' replacement catches fire
This is the third incident of a replacement Note 7 catching fire after company's recall
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Is Microsoft revamping its Paint tool for Windows 10?
Screenshots leaked in May suggested Microsoft had been revamping its Paint tool
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Steven Spielberg and Jack Ma join forces
The partnership gives Alibaba Pictures the option to finance Amblin’s films
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Careem introduces peak time pricing in Karachi
Careem have introduced this policy for both NOW and LATER bookings starting from October 7
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Toyota, BMW, Allianz ink data-sharing deal with autonomous start-up Nauto
Nauto's current system, used by commercial fleet customers such as San Francisco's Citywide Taxi, uses a $400 device
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As arable land disappears, here come the vertical farmers
A 50 square-metre space can be transformed into 500 square metres of usable "land" with this system
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Brothers behind Ubisoft locked in real-life battle for control
The company that was the top game publisher for consoles in the first half of 2016
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Tech giants race for edge in artificial intelligence
The artificial intelligence programs aims to create a world in which everyone can have a virtual aide