Bloomberg Foxconn Technology Group and venture firm IDG Capital are seeking to raise a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) fund to seed startups in automotive technologies from self-driving AI to battery development, according to a presentation for investors. Foxconn and IDG initiated talks with government-backed funds, financial institutions and financiers several months back, according to a document presented to potential …

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle technology will be a big part of its Toronto project to make urban life more Googley. Sidewalk Labs LLC, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, and Waterfront Toronto unveiled plans to build a digital district in Canada’s largest city. Sidewalk’s official plans filed with the city and released include visions of all sorts of robotic …

Bloomberg Shares of Apple Inc. and some of its suppliers fell on signs that demand for the new iPhone 8 models isn’t as strong as anticipated while buyers await the release of the higher-end iPhone X. The Taipei-based Economic Daily News reported that Apple cut orders for its latest model, which went on sale last month, by more than 50 …