Bloomberg Apple Inc. faced an embarrassing technical glitch after some customers reported difficulties updating their iPhone operating system to the latest software, which became available Tuesday. After downloading the iOS 10 update, the smartphones or iPads shut down to install the software. Then, rather than the device automatically turning back on with iOS 10 installed, a screen appeared prompting …

  Bloomberg Forget about self-driving cars: In Germany, the Internet of Things starts with hot dogs. Certuss Dampfautomaten GmbH, a Krefeld-based maker of steam generators used for anything from cooking sausages to sterilizing medical instruments, used to fly repairmen out to far-flung locations to restart broken-down machinery. Now sensors in the machines send data on 60 items including temperature, steam …

  DPA Every year thousands of people lose arms and legs after being injured by bombs or land mines, but with an estimated 80 per cent of disabled people living in developing countries, few can afford prosthetic limbs. A German computer scientist has an idea that could change that — he wants to use 3D printing technology to produce cheap, …