Sony’s sensor business – the engine for its growth

With Sony’s sensor business contributing the bulk of its 2017-2018 earnings, the company plans on ramping up their deployment in factory automation, image sensors and self-driving cars, key technologies for tomorrow. Riding on the surging sales of its image sensors, Sony Corp is poised to report its highest-ever earning this year. The firm also plans…

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd releases world’s smallest DRAM chip

The South Korean giant plans on shifting over the bulk of its chip production to this new 10-nanometre class in 2018 that is widely expected to be adopted in high data crunching areas including cloud computing, high-end smartphones, and GPUs. On Wednesday, in a development that widens Samsung Electronics Co’s technical lead over its peers,…

Cyber security researchers attribute string of recent cyberattacks on virtual currency exchanges on North Korea-backed hackers

With much of its exports to China being blocked by U.N sanction, an impoverished and increasingly cornered North Korea has taken the cyber route to enriching itself. With the recent surge in the price of bitcoins, cyber security experts opine the net worth of its stolen tokens amount to $82 million. With more international sanctions…

South Korea’s Youbit announces bankruptcy following 2nd hacking attack this year

While the 1st attack has been linked to North Korea’s spy agency, South Korea’s KISA along with local law enforcement agencies have begun investigating the hack in which 4,000 bitcoins were stolen. On Tuesday, Youbit, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange disclosed, it was shutting down for bankruptcy following a second hacking attack this year. The…

Trump Taking U.S. To War With North Korea Has A 70 Percent Chance If Kim Jong-Un Tests Another Nuclear Weapon: GOP Senator

In the eventuality of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un making more provocations, U.S. President Donald Trump would lead U.S. to war with the rogue nation, predicted U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham. Trump has been a recent friend for Graham who was earlier a foe of the U.S. President. He has been spending quite some time with…

You can now book Uber rides through BBM Messenger

Uber Technologies collaborates with Creative Media Works to allow users across the globe to book rides through the popular BBM Messenger. On Monday, Uber Technologies stated it is collaborating with Creative Media Works, which operates as BBM Messenger, to allow users around the globe to book rides via the messenger service. ”With this partnership, BBM…

The world’s largest derivatives exchange operator launches bitcoin futures

The cryptocurrency is making steady gains towards legitimacy, a move which is likely to draw attention of institutional investors. The bitcoin hit yet another milestone with the CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange operator, launching trading in bitcoin futures. This step towards legitimacy is likely to attract large institutional investors towards it. Trading on…