Yesterday, Chris Urmson, director of Google’s Self-Driving Car Project, posted on the company’s official blog to reveal the new prototype for the self-driving car. A few things we know now: it works, people love it, and it’s ridiculously cute…
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Hot on the heels of news that eBay fell victim to a massive security breach, a new post on Spotify’s blog says that the music streaming service has likewise been hit. According to the post, the company has “become aware of some unauthorized access…
Birmingham City’s Hong Kong holding company said it received an undisclosed offer for a stake in the football club, sending its shares soaring, months after its owner Carson Yeung was jailed for money laundering. In a filing to the city’s stock exchange…
Shares in Birmingham City’s Hong Kong holding company were suspended Monday, leading to speculation the club will be sold, after its owner Carson Yeung was jailed for money laundering in March. “At the request of Birmingham International Holdings Limited…
Chinese online retailer JD.com rallied Thursday in its Wall Street debut, suggesting an appetite for its larger rival Alibaba. The company, trading under the symbol JD on the Nasdaq exchange, jumped 10.5 percent to $21 from its initial public offering…
Apple’s patents tend to make news because they offer hints about what gadgets the tech company is cooking up and preparing to unleash on its fans. But today, news is spreading about another patent that’s more interesting because of its environmental…
Manchester City’s holding company, City Football Group (CFG), will become a minority shareholder in Yokohama F. Marinos in the first significant foreign investment in a J-League club, officials said Tuesday. Nissan Motor Co., the main shareholder, said…
Internet giant Yahoo Japan said Monday it had cancelled plans to buy domestic telecom company eAccess from its parent SoftBank Corp. in a deal that was valued at about $3.2 billion. In March, Yahoo’s Japanese unit — whose top shareholder is SoftBank…
Last week, news that Apple was getting ready to drop $3.2 billion on buying the high end headphone and music streaming company Beats shocked the tech world. But a new report suggests that the deal may not be as finalized as many first believed. A post…
Spanish oil group Repsol has raised $2.0 billion with the sale of Argentinian government bonds received as payment for the nationalisation of its offshoot YPF, the company said. The sale, worth the equivalent of 1.47 billion euros, means that Repsol…