With high-tech glasses, Japanese ALS patient makes the beat go on
TOKYO (Reuters) – The music booms and lights flash as Masatane Muto, a wheelchair-bound disc jockey, uses is eyes to put on a show at a recent Tokyo music festival.…
Apple infringed three Qualcomm patents, jury finds
(Reuters) – Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc, with a jury in federal court in San Diego finding that…
Exclusive: KKR, China’s Tencent eyeing bids for Universal Music – sources
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. buyout fund KKR and China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group are exploring rival bids for up to half of Vivendi’s iconic Universal Music division, a deal potentially…
HBO Chief Executive Richard Plepler to resign from company
FILE PHOTO: Richard Plepler chairman and CEO of Home Box Office Inc. speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) –…
Samsung announces folding phone with 5G at nearly $2,000
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a nearly $2,000 folding smartphone in a bid to top the technology of Apple Inc and Chinese rivals and…
EU clinches copyright overhaul deal, tech giants in focus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to rewrite its two-decades-old copyright rules which will force Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc to share revenue with the creative industries…
National Enquirer owner defends reporting on Amazon’s Bezos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owner of U.S. tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer pushed back on Friday against accusations of “extortion and blackmail” from Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos,…
EA’s ‘Fortnite’ rival wins 10 million gamers in three days
(Reuters) – A game developed by Electronics Arts Inc as a competitor to the wildly popular “Fortnite” has signed up 10 million players within three days of its launch, the…
Sony stock jumps after first-ever share buyback announcement
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp announced its first-ever major share buyback on Friday, worth 100 billion yen ($910 million), helping its stock recover from a hammering days earlier when investors…
Disney profit beats, driven by theme parks, ABC network
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that topped Wall Street estimates thanks to the company’s booming theme park business and growth at the ABC broadcast network.…