Technology

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp.’s search engine Bing was blocked in China due to an accidental technical error rather than an attempt at censorship, according to people familiar with the matter, and the search engine is once again accessible in the country. The government had no intention to block Bing when it stopped working. Microsoft said in a statement that Bing’s service ...

Bloomberg Adyen NV says it saves merchants millions of dollars by streamlining card-payment transactions. The fintech firm, thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, is making its founders a lot more. Chief Executive Officer Pieter van der Does, Chief Technology Officer Arnout Schuijff and former innovation director John Caspers have all become billionaires since Adyen’s June initial public offering, according to ...

Bloomberg Mighty AI spent much of its first five years building software that helps self-driving cars recognise real-world objects. The Seattle startup went so far as to open a Detroit office to cozy up to the auto industry. Then last February, Mighty AI’s sales team received an unusual request: Instead of identifying pedestrians and cars, could they track items plucked ...

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings and Netease Inc were again left out when regulators green-lit the latest batch of online games, spurring concern that China’s largest gaming companies may have to wait longer than anticipated to start making money off hit titles. Neither company appeared on a list of 93 domestic games approved for licenses in January and were also absent from ...

Bloomberg A Boeing Co flying car designed to whisk passengers over congested city streets and dodge skyscrapers completed its first test flight, offering a peek into the future of urban transportation the aerospace giant and others are seeking to shape. A prototype of its autonomous passenger air vehicle completed a controlled takeoff, hover and landing during the test conducted in ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc has hired an executive from Samsung SDI Co, the battery making affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co, to help lead its own battery work. Soonho Ahn joined Apple in December as global head of battery developments, after working as a senior vice president at Samsung SDI since 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile. At Samsung SDI, Ahn led ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc released re-chargeable battery cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR that add several hours of battery life to the smartphones. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant previously offered a similar case for its older iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models. The new cases increase talk time from 20 hours to 33 hours on the iPhone XS, ...

Bloomberg Nike Inc has found a new way to capture more information about its customers: through their sneakers. At an event called the “Future of Footwear,” Nike unveiled a new shoe concept, called Nike Adapt, that tracks performance in real time, allowing the company to give weekend warriors athletic tips and also sell them more products. “It’s the start of ...

Bloomberg Fifth-generation wireless technology may one day handle sci-fi tasks like guiding driverless cars, but today’s consumers are more concerned with making their phones work faster — and that’s not lost on mobile carriers who headed to CES in Las Vegas this year. In coming weeks, AT&T Inc will introduce an interim “5G E” service that promises 50 percent faster ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co showed off robots at the CES technology conference in Las Vegas, including one for retail stores and another in the healthcare space. The Bot Care can measure blood pressure and heart rate, detect falls and administer medicine, the South Korean technology giant said. It’s designed for in-home use. Bot Retail communicates with consumers in stores, while ...