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Baidu credits AI focus for annual revenue increase

Baidu posted net income of 27.6 billion yuan ($4 billion) for the 12 month period, an increase of 51 percent year over year.
iPhone, iPad, Mac apps merging? Apple SDK will create iOS apps that work on Mac

Apple's incoming software development kit will reportedly initially let devs publish iPad apps that work on Mac.
Sony’s future engineers will focus on chips for IoT, automotive technologies

Sony says that a substantial proportion of new hires will focus on image sensor and chip technologies.

Brexit: Danger signs for UK's early-stage tech startup investments?

The landscape for tech startup funding has shifted significantly since the 2016 Brexit vote.
The Curse of Bigness, book review: Breaking up should be easy to do

Governments should use antitrust law to break up tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon, argues Tim Wu, in order to restore dynamism and foster innovation. ...
CERN's world-first browser reborn: Now you can browse like it's 1990

Sir Tim Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb browser is recreated as an app.

New Zealand looking into how to tax income of digital services multinationals

Kiwi companies disadvantaged when competing against foreign multinationals in the digital realm, Wellington has said.
Huawei continues dominance as China's smartphone sales slow in Q4: IDC

Huawei continues its dominance in its domestic market, with IDC reporting that it sold 5.7 million more smartphones in Q4 2018 year over year.
Ex-Apple lawyer in charge of stopping insider trading charged with insider trading

Exec told workers not to trade Apple shares using inside information and then did it himself, says the SEC.

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