Technology

  Bloomberg Despite the US government’s steps to tackle cybersecurity threats, hackers continue to target federal agencies and they experienced tens of thousands of incidents last year, according to a White House report. The Trump administration released the Office of Management and Budget’s annual report to Congress on federal cyber performance. Federal agencies weren’t immune to broader trends affecting the ...

  NEW YORK / AP These days, it’s possible to use your phone and sometimes just your voice to control everything from your TV to your lights, your thermostat and shades, even your car or medical device. (At least, once you have gadgets that can listen.) But the WikiLeaks allegation that the CIA commandeered some Samsung smart TVs as listening ...

  Bloomberg Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. is teaming with Britain’s Dialog Semiconductor Plc. to develop smartphone chips, a deal that will help the government-linked Chinese technology giant expand its growing semiconductor empire. Unigroup mobile-design subsidiary Spreadtrum & RDA and the British supplier of chips to Apple Inc.’s iPhones and iPads are considering a joint venture in eastern China, through which the ...

  Bloomberg On a rooftop in the Jewish-Arab Tel Aviv neighborhood of Jaffa, a former military technologist and an ex-journalist sit in a transparent bio-dome where their robot is busy learning how to grow food. Flux IoT’s Eddy, a robot measuring less than a foot tall and resembling a life buoy, is built with military-grade sensors and armed with image-processing ...

  Bloomberg The Central Intelligence Agency’s hackers have developed tools letting them break into devices from iPhones and Android phones to Samsung “smart” televisions to monitor conversations and messages, according to WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks, which specializes in disclosing government secrets, posted 8,761 documents and files on Tuesday that it said came from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. The trove, if ...

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Nest, seeking a bigger share of the connected home market, is developing a cheaper version of its flagship thermostat and new home security products, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company is working on a version of its “learning thermostat,” which adjusts the temperature based on usage patterns, that would sell for under ...

  Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. teased its coming Galaxy S8 smartphone and released new tablets targeting video-gamers and professionals as the company seeks to regain ground lost after pulling its Note 7 from shelves last year. The Galaxy Tab S3, meant for entertainment, has a 9.7-inch Amoled screen, quad-stereo speakers and lets users play 4K video, Samsung said at the ...

  Bloomberg Ignoring its global mandate to invest in Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. is delivering top returns for this technology fund. The Swedbank Robur Ny Teknik fund just focuses on small, “innovative” companies in Scandinavia with a heavy concentration in medical technology. “There’s a Nordic IT miracle,” Carl Armfelt, the fund’s manager who also helps oversee the small-cap team ...

  Bloomberg In the decade since the iPhone redefined the smartphone industry, mobile devices have morphed from displaying three-second GIFs to streaming elaborate content. Now carriers want to deliver big-ticket television events like the Olympics to add exclusive, sticky programming and stay relevant with younger consumers. The initiatives, which were on display at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ...

  BEIJING / AFP China is violating its free-trade pledges by pressing foreign makers of electric cars and other goods to share technology under an industry development plan that is likely to shrink access to its markets, a business group said on Tuesday. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce adds to mounting complaints Beijing improperly shields its ...