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JD.com investors spooked by 'key man risk' after CEO accused of rape
A U.S. police investigation into an allegation of rape against JD.com Inc CEO Richard Liu has hammered the e-commerce giant's shares, with the case laying bare risks posed by his iron grip on management and the lack of other leaders to challenge...
Tencent to tighten age verification checks for gamers amid government crackdown
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced it’s bringing in a new system of age checks to its video games which will be linked to a national public security database — in an effort to reliably identify minors so it can limit how long children can p...
Toyota says in talks with Geely on cooperation in hybrid vehicle tech
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it is in talks with Chinese automaker Geely about cooperation in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle technology, but nothing has been decided on the matter.
Nintendo Direct Delayed Due to Earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan
Nintendo has delayed its upcoming Nintendo Direct due to an earthquake that has struck the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan.
Announced via Nintendo made the decision to delay the and will "provide a new date and time in the near future."
Android Wear watches on the iPhone handson
There's a new wave of Android Wear watches coming out this fall and they're going to have a new trick: they work with the iPhone. Read more on Android Wear's ...
Tencent to put new checks on hit game amid China crackdown on gaming
Tencent Holdings, China's largest gaming and social media company, said it will introduce a real name-based registration system for its popular Honour of Kings game to identify underaged players, amid a government campaign to tackle gaming addic...
51 years after discovering pulsars, Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3M Breakthrough Prize
British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell is featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series “Beautiful Minds.” (BBC Photo)
British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell missed out on a share of the Nobel Prize for her part in the discovery of t...
Uber launches taxi-hailing app in Japan's Nagoya
Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] on Thursday said it would launch a taxi-hailing app for taxis operating in Nagoya, as the U.S. firm tries to expand its foothold in a country where it has been blocked from offering its own ridesharing service.
Facebook to build first Asian data center in Singapore
Facebook said on Thursday it will build its first data center in Asia in Singapore, investing more than $1 billion.
Smarter Coffee Second Generation Coffee Maker
What would life look like without our morning coffee? I shudder to think what that kind of a world would look like. Most of us would probably stay in bed. Lucky for us, no one is going to be taking our coffee away anytime soon.
The Smartest Coffee Ma...