As Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi Inc works to streamline production, lower prices, and gain greater control over handset design to counter the impact of slowing sales, the Chinese firm announced its first in-house designed chipset on Tuesday. Manufactured indigenously at the company’s wholly-owned chip research subsidiary, Beijing Pinecone Electronics, the Surge S1, which manages data…
In a bid to develop a new revenue stream from existing Millennial customers who may be looking to open their first investment account in a crowded online market, Wells Fargo & Co’s wealth management business said on Tuesday it would launch its new robo-adviser Intuitive Investor later this year. The digital advice platform would be…
With airborne carbon dioxide being continuously absorbed by our oceans, their acidity levels are on the rise. The unique ecosystem in the Artic is now threatened. This isn’t just about polar bears and seals, unless this trend is stopped and reversed, this is going to bite us back. Climate change isn’t just affecting polar bears…
How cool would a gamepad and a printer mod would be for your Motorola smartphone? Motorola’s mods for its Moto Z lineup got a boost with the company revealing new hardware add-ons for its modular smartphones. The company has also tied up with Amazon’s Alexa for a smartphone mod. The new wave of products includes…
Saying his country will walk away if the U.S. insists on slapping duties or quotas on any products from south of the border, Mexico’s top trade negotiator doubled down on threats to break off talks to rework Nafta. “The moment that they say, ‘We’re going to put a 20 percent tariff on cars,’ I get up…
At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Sony announced that in Spring the company would launch the Xperia Touch priced at 1,499 euros ($1,587) beginning in Japan and Europe and later coming to the U.S. A concept projector product that allowed users to interact with any surface as if it was a touch…
The X-plane is a joint collaboration between Lockheed Martin and NASA. NASA’s quest to create a supersonic jet, the QueSST, that is incredibly quiet took a step closer to reality with NASA and Lockheed Martin stating wind tunnel tests for the X-plane. Although currently at this stage, it is only a scale that is being…
Resetting stem cells to iPS cells supposedly holds the key to bolstering our body’s overall health. Scientists have managed to get it working on mice, let’s hope it works on us humans as well. As we age, the capacity of the body to produce blood diminishes. This is why diseases linked to immune deficiencies, such…
This is a new tool in the warchest on the war against deforestation. Everyone agrees that deforestation is a problem: it not only affects our biodiversity but our climate as well. However, gauging the impact of deforestation is not a simple task – measuring lost forest cover doesn’t does not tell you its impact on…
A dealership upsell begins to look dangerous with late payments on the rise. American drivers are increasingly riding in style as a crop of seductive vehicles that are faster, smarter, and more efficient than ever before lures customers along with low interest rates and low gas prices. However, though—those swanky machines are heavily leveraged, don’t…
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