Bloomberg Nintendo Co. is making its biggest bet in years with Switch, a new console aimed at unifying the worlds of mobile and home gaming. To chart new territory with the gadget, the Kyoto-based company handed control of development to a team of three managers more experienced in software rather than hardware. In a departure from previous consoles, Switch …

  Bloomberg Sony Corp. and Line Corp., Japan’s most popular messaging service, are considering joining forces to develop devices powered by artificial intelligence. The companies are exploring opportunities around digital personal assistant technology to co-create a new communication experience, Sony said in a statement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Sony unveiled concept earphones powered by Xperia Agent, a …

  Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are angling to steal the show at this year’s Mobile World Congress, ushering in new smartphones that each hopes will fill a void created by the absence of a new handset from the usually dominant Samsung Electronics Co. A day before the industry’s biggest conference gets going in Barcelona, LG hosted …