Technology

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. showed off its most important video game for the next Xbox, a new installment of its flagship multi-billion dollar Halo series, as the company gears up for the release of the latest generation of consoles in time for the holidays. Halo Infinite returns to the saga of Master Chief, the bioengineered super-solider main character of the series, ...

Bloomberg The future of manufacturing may lie with companies like Italy’s Isinnova SRL, which saw a need for respirator valves in its Covid-stricken area and was able make hundreds in two days using 3D printing rather than waiting a week for ones made in Chinese factories. It’s an example of how the US and Europe are leading in innovation in ...

Bloomberg The Apple Watch and the Siri digital assistant inside it; Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo speakers and Alexa service; the data about eating habits recorded by internet-connected refrigerators — all are potential targets in a European Union competition probe. Regulators led by Margrethe Vestager said they want about 400 companies to contribute to a report about how so-called internet-of-things (IoT) devices ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. said several of its employees were manipulated by hackers into providing credentials for internal systems, and 130 Twitter accounts were targeted including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. The hackers were able to reset passwords for 45 users, while eight had their data, including private messages, downloaded entirely, Twitter said in a blog post. ...

Bloomberg Voice assistants such as Apple Inc.’s Siri and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa are at the center of a sweeping European Union (EU) antitrust inquiry into how Silicon Valley uses data to gain a tight grip on growing markets. EU watchdogs already see signs that tech giants might be restricting access to data or making products that don’t work well with ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com’s plan for a fleet of 3,236 communications satellites won the backing of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, who said he had asked fellow commissioners to approve the venture. “Satellite constellations like this aim to provide high-speed broadband service to consumers in the US and around the world,” Ajit Pai said in a tweet. Pai added that ...

Bloomberg Google has won a multi-year deal to store Renault SA’s manufacturing data, marking the US tech company’s first major industrial cloud deal in France. The Alphabet Inc. unit will gather data from Renault factories, robots and supply chains, the companies said. Google called the contract the largest of its kind globally, though both businesses declined to comment on how ...

Bloomberg Getting products from one place to another with as little human contact as possible is becoming an imperative for businesses as retailers, warehouses and transport providers adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to minimise the risk of infections to their employees and customers. Tsubakimoto Chain Co. is seeing more demand for its sorting and conveyor systems as companies seek ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. mistakenly shared some users’ personal data with outside developers for a longer period of time than promised, in a breach of policies the social network implemented following the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018. The company previously said that third-party app developers would be blocked from accessing user data if a person didn’t interact with the developer’s app ...

Bloomberg The takeover of fitness tracker Fitbit Inc. by Alphabet Inc.’s Google should get close scrutiny from global regulators because it would allow Google to strengthen its already dominant position in digital markets, privacy and consumer groups said. A coalition of 20 organisations raised their concerns in a statement sent to antitrust authorities in seven jurisdictions, including the US and ...