Technology

S.Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliates to jointly set up company in U.S. to explore businesses

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and its two affiliates plan to jointly set up a company in the United States to explore businesses, Hyundai Motor said on Thursday.

Technology

Amazon plans to share cashierless store data with brands and advertisers

Amazon.com Inc created its cashierless technology to speed up a trip to the grocery or convenience store. Now it wants to use the tracking system to help brands and advertisers figure out how to sell more stuff.

Technology

Third time lucky for Italy's De Nora family as shares hit market

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's De Nora family will be relieved that the electrode manufacturer managed to make it on to the Milan Stock Exchange on Thursday after previous attempts to list businesses were thwarted by external crises.

Technology

Over 20% of Toshiba investors against activist fund execs, dissident director

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 20% of Toshiba Corp shareholders voted against a dissident external director and two board directors from activist hedge fund investors, final voting results showed on Thursday.

Technology

Ferrari to churn out gas guzzlers on its slow road to electric

MARANELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Ferrari makes some of the fastest cars on the road, but the luxury Italian automaker is taking the slow lane to an electric future as it tries to overcome the technology's disadvantages against today's powerful fossil fuel engines.

Mobile apps

Looking for food items at cheaper rate? Price checker apps may come in handy

Malaysian consumers can, for example, check the price of 1kg of chicken thigh on the Price Catcher app and see how it’s priced at different locations such as grocery stores, supermarkets and more.

Technology

EU seeks deal on ground-breaking rules to regulate crypto

LONDON (Reuters - The European Union on Thursday will seek agreement on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets as the rout in bitcoin piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector.

Internet

Google searches for ‘abortion pill’ soared after the court leak

In the hours after a draft of the US Supreme Court abortion ruling was leaked on May 2, Google searches for abortion pills soared – especially in states with greater restrictions on abortion.

Technology

Jacobi Asset Management to launch Europe's first bitcoin ETF on Euronext

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Jacobi Asset Management said on Thursday that it would launch Europe's first bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) on the Euronext exchange, in a sign of the cryptocurrency's appeal despite its volatile price swings.

AI

Chinese professor loses RM10.13bil after SenseTime slumps

A co-founder of SenseTime Group Inc lost almost half of his fortune after shares of the artificial intelligence giant plummeted as much as 51% on June 30.

Technology

OVHcloud sets higher annual revenue target after Q3 boost

(Reuters) -French cloud services provider OVHcloud on Thursday raised its full-year revenue growth objective, as commercial momentum in its private and public cloud segments boosted third-quarter sales.

Internet

Inside Didi’s RM264.33bil crash that changed China tech forever

It was an unusually frigid December weekend when Cheng Wei summoned his inner circle to his Beijing office.

Technology

Renault limited to 44.4% stake in Nissan under agreement, filing shows

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan Motor Co Ltd on Thursday gave some details of its two-decade-old alliance agreement with top shareholder Renault SA for the first time, revealing the French automaker cannot unilaterally increase its stake beyond 44.4%.

Technology

Buckle Up: How investors can deal with crypto turbulence

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Doug Milnes started buying cryptocurrencies in January of this year, he felt like it could become an entirely new asset class for investors.

Internet

Working from a tropical island is the new working from home

In the new world of work, there’s a new type of employee: The business-leisure traveller.

Social media

Opinion: Tesla’s technoking of tumult caps a wild quarter with silence

The man who dominates discussion about the future of transportation has gone uncharacteristically quiet at the close of a manic quarter.

Technology

Maxis says network is down, restoration work ongoing (Update: Services being restored gradually)

The company has responded to some users via its MaxisListens account with an apology, saying they are facing a technical issue at the moment.

Social media

From crypto fraud to fake jobs and phishing, scamming attempts are on the rise on LinkedIn

The professional social network LinkedIn has seen a consistent increase in the number of scams on the platform in recent months. From fake profiles to cryptocurrency scams, fake job offers and phishing, the threats are many and varied.

Smartphones

Putting your phone on silent can increase stress, not lessen it, study says

So, what can be a solution for those who have high FOMO? Researchers recommend customising your notifications.

Technology

U.S. SEC rejects Grayscale's spot bitcoin ETF

(Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday rejected a proposal to list a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by Grayscale, one of the world's biggest digital asset managers, on the NYSE Arca exchange.