AFP China leads the world in connecting everyday devices to the internet, but is creating huge hacking vulnerabilities for itself and others by doing so, renegade American software pioneer John McAfee warned. Hackers had already been able to gain control of devices such as safes and heating controls, and take over the computer systems of automobiles and aeroplanes, he …

  Bloomberg Cyberdyne Inc., a Japanese maker of robot exoskeletons for patients with spinal difficulties, tumbled after short-seller Citron Research said the company’s stock is poised to plunge. Shares fell as much as 11 percent in morning trading in Tokyo after Andrew Left’s Citron said Cyberdyne is too expensive, citing declining growth in the company’s core assistive-limb product and valuations …

    Bloomberg Hike Messenger became India’s newest internet unicorn after securing a round of funding at a valuation of almost $1.4 billion from investors including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Foxconn Technology Group. The app, which seeks to compete with Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp, raised more than $175 million via a series D round in which existing backers Tiger Global, SoftBank …