Technology

BLOOMBERG The world’s most prolific smartphone maker is leaning into artificial intelligence as the key to unlocking greater sales this year. Samsung Electronics Co announced it plans to launch its next flagship device on January 17 in San Jose, California — likely to be known as the Galaxy S24 — with a livestreamed event. The teaser to the launch promises ...

BLOOMBERG Airbus SE is weighing the purchase of Atos SE’s cybersecurity and data unit in a deal that would value the business at as much as €1.8 billion ($2 billion) including debt and help the embattled French software company raise funds. The European planemaker is in early talks for Atos’s big data and security unit to speed up its digital ...

BLOOMBERG Nvidia Corp, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, is selling a less-capable version of its best graphics product for video gamers in China, after the US government tightened restrictions on what the company can market in that country. The version of the GTX 4090 D chip that is listed for sale on Nvidia’s China website has about 10% fewer processing ...

BLOOMBERG Huawei Technologies Co’s revenue surged 9% in 2023, capping a dramatic year for a Chinese technology powerhouse that challenged Apple Inc and US sanctions with a surprise breakthrough in chip technology. Sales jumped to more than 700 billion yuan ($98.7 billion), their fastest pace of growth in years thanks to a resurgent smartphone business and robust 5G equipment sales. ...

BLOOMBERG Samsung Electronics Co has delayed mass production plans at its new chip plant in Taylor, Texas, the Seoul Economic Daily said, potentially dealing another blow to the Biden administration’s ambition to increase domestic semiconductor supplies. Mass production at the upcoming $17 billion fab would begin in 2025, the newspaper reported, citing a speech by President Choi Siyoung of Samsung’s ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc said it would put its latest smartwatch models back on sale in its US retail stores after it won a court ruling in a patent fight, providing a quick reprieve for its $17 billion business. The company said its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 would also resume online sales beginning on Thursday by noon Pacific ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc is ramping up production of the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, setting the stage for a launch by February, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Production of the new headset is running at full speed at facilities in China and has been for several weeks, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc’s plan to halt online sales of its smartwatch before Christmas to comply with a regulator’s order shows that it’s in a legal jam. The company has known for almost two months that a ban imposed by the International Trade Commission (ITC) would take effect from December 25 unless it persuaded the Biden administration to intervene — or ...

BLOOMBERG Alphabet Inc just got a reminder of how important the perception of having a winning AI strategy is for investors. The Google owner added $87 billion in market value in a single day after showing off the capabilities of its Gemini large language model, which it claims can rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. To sustain those gains, Alphabet needs to show ...

BLOOMBERG The rally in Apple Inc, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, is showing no signs of easing. After closing at a record high, the iPhonemaker’s market value is approaching that of Europe’s largest stock market: France. The combined market value of companies listed in Paris was about $3.2 trillion as of last week’s close, versus the technology giant’s ...