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With smartphone battle lost, Japan now trails on connected cars

Bloomberg In the race to build cars with digitally connected services — such as ordering coffee on the dashboard display — Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. risk being held back by their home market. In contrast to vehicle buyers in the US and Europe, Japanese consumers are reluctant to pay for such features. That’s resulted in only 10 ...

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Shire’s $2.4 billion cancer-unit sale sweetens Takeda appeal

Bloomberg Shire Plc agreed to sell its cancer unit to France’s Servier SAS for $2.4 billion, tightening the US-based drugmaker’s focus on rare diseases and potentially making it more attractive to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. as it considers a bid. The Shire unit sells treatments for leukemia and pancreatic cancer, the Lexington, Massachusetts-based company said in a statement on Monday. The ...

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UK lawmakers warn against tech giants dominating AI industry

Bloomberg An influential body of UK lawmakers said regulators should stop major tech companies from dominating the field of artificial intelligence, and also warned on the potential of widespread unemployment due to the technology. British antitrust regulators should be mindful that large datasets on which artificial intelligence depends on are not monopolized by a handful of large technology companies, such ...

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