Relaxnews In the two years since Amazon.com Inc. released its Echo speaker, the household device has become a surprise hit — and a surprise threat to Google, as users turn to the Echo for information from the web. Now Google is trying to strike back. On Tuesday, the internet search giant introduced Google Home, a voice-controlled wireless speaker that ...

  Bloomberg Google has released a virtual reality headset that’s cheaper than other options in the market. During an event in San Francisco, the Alphabet Inc. unit introduced Daydream View, a headset and controller for viewing virtual reality media with a smartphone. At $79, the price is well below products from HTC Corp. and Facebook Inc.’s Oculus, which cost hundreds ...

  Bloomberg Kong Tse has seen first-hand how the global uproar over flammable Samsung Note 7 smartphones is playing out with consumers. The 26-year-old, who hawks devices in the warrens of Hong Kong’s Wanchai Computer Center, says sales of the company’s handsets have tumbled 30 percent since the controversy began, including the high-end S7 Edge. “Once betrayed, eight times avoided,” ...

  Bloomberg Li Ka-shing, the billionaire who made early investments in the likes of Siri and Facebook Inc., is examining startups involved in artificial intelligence and 3D printing to find the next company that could shake up the technology world. Through his charity, Hong Kong’s richest man has most recently been looking at investing in the field of carmaking via ...

  Bloomberg There’s an art fair every day this month — for collectors who have the stamina to hop from Seoul to Santiago, Budapest to Buenos Aires, Moscow to Manila. Art fairs have been sprouting across the globe, with 269 in 2015 compared with 105 a decade earlier, according to a report by The Art Newspaper and Momart. ArtBinder, which ...

  Kumasi / AFP Joseph Paul Amoah was virtually unknown in Ghanaian athletic circles before he was crowned “Ghana’s fastest human”. Now he’s the new face of sprinting in a country looking to transform its running culture. “It’s been an instant shot to fame,” said the 19-year-old from the central Ashanti region, after reportedly clocking an impressive winning time of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Bloomberg Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. will combine two offshore oil and natural gas ventures operated with partners including BP Plc and ExxonMobil Corp., as the UAE producer takes measures to cope with the drop in oil prices over the past two years. Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., known as Adma-Opco, and Zakum Development Co., known ...

WashingtonI / AFP The IMF on Tuesday left its global economic forecasts unchanged into 2017 but called governments to take action against the threats of low growth and protectionism. Global output is expected to grow this year at a rate of 3.1 percent before rising to 3.4 percent next year, estimates that are unchanged from July, according to the International ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation, AMAF, is set to participate in the upcoming third edition of the Global Islamic Economy Summit, GIES. Under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the event will take place on October 11 and 12 ...

  MONTREAL / WAM The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has proposed a single set of units of measurement for all air and ground operations to make flying safer. These measurements would prevent pilots and crew members from incorrectly converting values relating to distance, height and speed especially under strenuous circumstances such as adverse weather, unfamiliar airports, and emergency ...