Internet of Things (IoT) News
Our ongoing coverage of smart technologies, internet connected devices and objects able to collect and exchange data and the platforms that support them.
Brief examination of SoftBank’s key assets
SoftBank Group Corp plans to raise up to 4.5 trillion yen (approximately $41 billion) by selling or monetising assets to buy back 2 trillion yen of its shares and reduce overall de...
Coronavirus sends climate strikers back to school – this time, online
They walked out of class to fight climate change. Now, as coronavirus shuts schools around the world, they’re starting their own.Â
French antitrust regulator fines Apple $1.2 billion
France’s competition watchdog on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple approximately $1.23 billion, saying it was guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards its distribution and ...
Samsung urges shareholders to use electronic voting for AGM
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is using a form of electronic voting for the first time for this year’s annual general meeting on the 18th of March, urging shareh...
Hong Kong regulator considers easing strict data storage rules – sources
Hong Kong is considering softening new data storage rules, amid concerns of conflict with confidentiality laws elsewhere as authorities globally look to balance regulatory requirem...
Nokia draws $560 million research and development loan for 5G
Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia drew a 500 million euro ($561 million) loan last month to help it to accelerate development of 5G technology, its annual report shows.
Vodafone, TIM to win conditional EU approval for tower deal – sources
Vodafone and Telecom Italia (TIM) are set to secure conditional European Union antitrust approval to create Europe’s biggest mobile towers company, part of a strategy to roll...
Samsung commences building its $220 million R&D centre in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics has started building a $220 million research and development centre in Vietnam, the South Korean tech giant’s local unit said on M...
Diversity-focused UK Venture Capital firm closes inaugural fund with high-profile backers
Reuters – A new London-based venture capital aimed at funding tech companies whose founders come from traditionally under-represented groups said on Tuesday it closed its ina...
Exclusive: China’s ByteDance moves to ringfence its TikTok app amid U.S. probe – sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – ByteDance has stepped up efforts to separate its social media app TikTok from much of its Chinese operations, amid a U.S. national sec...
EBay to sell ticketing unit StubHub for $4.05 billion
Reuters – EBay Inc will sell its ticketing unit, StubHub, in an all-cash $4.05 billion deal to ticket reseller Viagogo Ltd, the companies said on Monday, nearly a year after ...
Exclusive: US opens national security investigation into TikTok – sources
NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1 billion acquisi...
China seeks to leverage the platform economy
The Chinese government is to take a series of measures to support the ongoing development of businesses operating within the platform economy.