Technology

Bloomberg Google’s latest smartphone demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) and software can enhance a camera’s capabilities, one of the most important selling points of any mobile device. The Pixel 4, the latest entrant in a phone line defined by its cameras, touts an upgraded ability to zoom in when shooting ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co said it will issue a software update early next week to address a major security vulnerability that’s emerged on the company’s flagship Galaxy smartphones, the latest technological mishap for the world’s largest smartphone maker. Consumers noticed in recent days that Samsung’s in-screen ultrasonic fingerprint scanner — ...

Bloomberg Adobe Inc is nearing the consumer launch of Photoshop for Apple Inc’s iPads a year after it was officially announced, however the company and early testers have said that the application will lack some key features from the desktop version. The San Jose, California-based company will hold its annual ...

Bloomberg Samsung Display Co plans to spend 13.1 trillion won ($11 billion) developing and building next-generation displays, responding to a flood of supply and price pressure from fast-moving Chinese rivals. In an announcement event attended by Korean President Moon Jae-in and Samsung Electronics Co Vice-Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the investment was ...

Bloomberg Sony Corp’s highly anticipated next-generation PlayStation will go on sale in time for the holiday season next year. The PlayStation 5 will come with a high-speed solid state drive, Ryzen processor and Radeon graphics cards from Advanced Micro Devices Inc, 8K resolution video and a unit for processing 3D ...

Bloomberg Now that Microsoft has restored some of its former glory, the company is going for an even more unlikely comeback: rewriting the history of its much-maligned phone business. Three years after retreating from the smartphone business, Microsoft took the wraps off the Surface Duo, a dual-screened handheld computing device ...

Bloomberg A British company says it’s building the world’s first “vertiport” for electric aircraft in Singapore, an early step towards a global network for flying taxis. Essex-based Skyports Ltd plans to show off the vertical take-off and landing station at Marina Bay during the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress from ...

Bloomberg One of Huawei Technologies Co’s biggest trade war headaches has just gotten worse, as an unofficial workaround to the Trump administration ban on using Google apps and services has been quashed. Security researcher John Wu published an illuminating post that explained how users of Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro were ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc defended the privacy features of its Alexa digital assistant — and introduced some new tools to reassure users — following months of debate about the practices of the technology giant and its largest competitors. “We care about this,” Dave Limp, leader of the company’s devices business, said ...

Bloomberg EHang, one of China’s largest drone makers, has made a confidential application for an initial public offering with Nasdaq Inc, according to people with knowledge of the matter. EHang plans to float 10 percent to 15 percent of its shares, with the company’s valuation not yet set due to ...