Technology

Bloomberg Two of Britain’s six biggest utilities pledged to switch their entire vehicle fleet to run on electricity by 2030, adding momentum to the shift away from traditional engine technology. Centrica Plc operates the third-biggest company owned fleet in the UK, with 12,500 cars and vans. SSE Plc has 3,500 vehicles and also said it will install charging points for …

Bloomberg At a vast greenhouse in the central Danish city of Odense, a squad of robots move thin plastic pots of herbs for shipping without even putting a dent in them. For moviegoers used to seeing humanoid machines in action, that might not seem special — but in truth, it’s a remarkable feat. Robots until recently have been limited to …

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co has completed a two-month redesign of the Galaxy Fold to fix embarrassing screen failures that forced its delay, people familiar with the matter say, allowing the Korean giant to debut its marquee smartphone in time for the crucial holiday season. The world’s largest smartphone maker is now in the final stages of producing a commercial version …

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is set to hire more than 2,000 workers in the UK, including engineers, software developers and data scientists, to develop its latest technology ventures. The Seattle-based tech giant’s UK workforce will total almost 30,000 people by the end of the year, and will include cloud and machine learning experts, corporate roles and fulfillment and delivery workers, the …

Bloomberg Rico Zorkendorfer, among several members of Apple Inc’s industrial design team to leave the company in recent months, has joined Bumblebee Spaces, a startup seeking to merge robotics with home furnishings. Zorkendorfer left Apple in April and is now leading design at the San Francisco-based startup that is combining smart home products and robotics, Sankarshan Murthy, the company’s co-founder …

Bloomberg Uber Technology is planning to launch its boat business in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and biggest city, to beat traffic congestion. The ride-hailing service company is in talks with the Lagos state government and regulatory authorities to start Uber Boats services on its waterways, Uber’s Chief Business Officer Brooks Entwistle said in an interview. “We know the traffic is …

Bloomberg E-scooters have only been legal in Germany for a matter of days, but public curiosity — as well as a Continental heatwave — has already made them a common sight in many cities. Lawrence Leuschner, chief executive officer of one of Europe’s biggest e-scooter providers, Tier Mobility, said the app required to locate and unlock a Tier scooter was …

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc’s Warren East said he’s keen to lead the engine maker into a new age of electrically powered aircraft after spending years focussed on costs cuts and restructuring. The CEO, recruited by Rolls from semiconductor developer ARM Holdings Plc, said his enthusiasm for leading the UK engineering giant is undimmed by the saga of firings, disposals and …

Bloomberg As Huawei Technologies Co. comes under unrelenting pressure from the Trump administration, the Chinese telecom giant has one advantage that the US can’t undermine: a vast, global portfolio of patents on critical technology. Huawei holds 56,492 active patents on telecommunications, networking and other high-tech inventions worldwide, according to Anaqua’s AcclaimIP. And it’s stepping up pursuit of royalties and licensing …

Bloomberg Bitcoin futures may be more important than many in the market appreciate, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Recent reports from cryptocurrency asset manager Bitwise and the Blockchain Transparency Institute indicate that only a small percentage of reported trading may be authentic. If only around 5% of reported May trading of $725 billion is genuine, it would imply that …