technology

Beijing biotech firm banks on GM corn in race to be China’s Monsanto

As China prepares to open its $120 billion corn market to genetically modified (GM) seed, little-known Dabeinong Biotechnology hopes to…

4 years ago

Exclusive: Toyota turns to Chinese tech to reach its electric holy grail

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will launch an all-electric small sedan in China late next year, having turned to local partner BYD (002594.SZ) for key…

4 years ago

-DBS CEO says tough for digital banks to muscle into Singapore

Singapore's digital banks will find it hard to carve out space in the city-state's saturated market, said Piyush Gupta, the…

4 years ago

Softbank Group shares slide 3% after Didi, Arm, Grab triple setback

Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) dropped over 3% on Friday after the giant tech investor was hit with three…

4 years ago

Bank of Ireland fined 24.5 mln euros over IT failures

Ireland's central bank has fined Bank of Ireland (BIRG.I) 24.5 million euros ($27.8 million) over technology failures that the lender took more…

4 years ago

Qualcomm leans into cameras, gaming with new flagship smartphone chip

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) on Tuesday released its new top-tier smartphone chip aimed at premium-priced Android phones with features like sharper photos and…

4 years ago

MediaTek eyes premium Android phone market with new 5G chip

Chip designer MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) on Thursday released a new 5G smartphone chip that it hopes will be used in premium-priced Android…

4 years ago

Nvidia forecasts upbeat revenue on metaverse hopes

Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations on Wednesday, betting on growth in its data center business as more internet…

4 years ago

Metaverse: a $50 bln revenue opportunity for luxury – MS

Digital demand for fashion and luxury brands is expected to grow from current low levels and result in extra sales…

4 years ago

Under-fire Telecom Italia CEO faces board showdown

Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) CEO Luigi Gubitosi faces the board on Thursday at a meeting sought by top investor Vivendi (VIV.PA) following two profit…

4 years ago