Bloomberg The crowd of hundreds roared in Mandarin as the gull-winged two-seater aircraft rose and hovered roughly 30 meters (100 feet) above their heads, before smoothly lowering back down to earth. In the past months, China’s Xpeng Aeroht has staged two maiden public flights for its aircraft. The 90-second exercise in October was followed by another in Guangzhou, China ...

  Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. is fighting back against allegations from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that its proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would harm competition in video-gaming industry. In a filing with the FTC, Microsoft said the tie-up would create more choices for gamers and game developers. “The commission cannot meet its burden of showing that the ...

  Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co has secured an extension to a patent licensing deal with Nokia Oyj, suggesting the Chinese company continues to lead in networking technology despite years of punishing US sanctions. The announcement indicates appetite for access to Huawei’s next-generation telecom patents remains strong, despite US accusations the Chinese giant poses a threat to national security. Huawei is ...