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Naspers creates new video on demand unit as Netflix rivalry heats up
Naspers' video entertainment division has created a new over-the-top (OTT) video unit to be headed by Niclas Ekdahl in a bid to counter stiff competition for video on demand from global players such as Netflix.
Facebook builds its own AR games for Messenger video chat
is diving deeper into in-house game development with the launch of its own version of Snapchat’s multiplayer augmented reality video chat games. Today, Facebook Messenger its first two AR video chat games that you can play with up to six people.
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Magic Leap One AR headset for devs costs more than 2x the iPhone X
It’s been a long and wait but mixed reality headgear maker Magic Leap will its first piece of hardware this summer.
We were still waiting on the price-tag — but it’s just been officially revealed: The developer-focused ‘creator edition’ headset will...
Tesla's board says Musk started go-private talks last week
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk started talks with the company's board last week about taking the electric car maker private, some board members said on Wednesday.
iPhone X Plus clues may hide in iOS 12 code (The Apple Core)
The code could confirm two long-standing rumors about the iPhone X Plus and the iPad Pro. The cheaper iPhone 9 could arrive late (The Apple Core) ...
Elon Musk's Tesla buyout would reengineer take-private deals
Billionaire investor Elon Musk has always done things his own way, from designing space rockets to manufacturing electric cars. Now the Tesla Inc CEO is looking to reengineer how a company can be taken private.
Analysis backs claim drones were used to attack Venezuela’s president
Analysis of open source information carried out by the investigative website suggests drones that had been repurposed as flying bombs were indeed used in an attack on the president of Venezuela at the weekend.
The Venezuelan government that an attemp...
Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones vulnerable to hacking: researchers
Samsung's Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip security flaw, uncovered earlier this year, that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers told Reuters.
China's Bytedance seeks to raise $3 billion at up to $75 billion valuation: sources
Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, owner of China's leading news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, aims to raise about $3 billion in its latest funding round that would see its valuation soar to as high as $75 billion, people with direct knowledge of the...
Japan Display's first-quarter loss narrows on cost cuts, but sales dive
Japan Display Inc posted on Wednesday a narrower loss for April-June, helped by cost cuts and a rise in the value of its affiliate, but sales plunged as some Chinese smartphone makers shifted away from its liquid crystal display screens.