Living muscle tissue have been integrated into robots to create a dexterous cyborg by a group of Japanese engineers. The results of the project that was undertaken by the engineers was published this week in the journal Science Robotics. In this study, individual muscle precursor cells are first transformed to muscle-cell-filled sheets and then it…
An announcement made by the consumer watchdog of Australia claims that prosecution under criminal cartel charges would be initiated against financial institutions and banks including the ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. The case dates back to 2015 and pertains to the banks arranging to sell A$2.5 billion (£1.4 billion; $1.9 billion) worth of ANZ shares.…
The completion of the sale was way ahead of the expected time frame of end-March. Chinese antitrust authorities extensively reviewed the deal before providing its approval. On Friday, Japan’s Toshiba Corp stated, it had completed the $18 billion sale of its NAND memory chip unit to a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain…
With Reserve Google is capitalizing on consumer’s preference for convenience: by integrating voice calls, with search engine results and using this data to complete actions on behalf of the user could potentially catapult Google into the next generation services company. In a significant development that marks Google transitioning its search engine capabilities to the next…
New laws in Australia that force Amazon to the good and services tax on transactions has prompted the e-retailer to not allow its Australian consumers to its global sites. Australian consumers shopping on Amazon international sites will be redirected to the local Australian site from July 1 when the new GST regulations begin. There would…
The development marks a signs of thaw in what has been earlier a strained relationship. With Dara Khosrowshahi at its helm, Uber’s rough edges are getting more polish. In a development that marks the possibility of thaw in what was earlier a strained relationship, Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stated, Uber Technologies Inc is in talks…
The development underscores the fact that the Chinese facial recognition company is gaining strategic bulk. SenseTime Group, a Chinese facial recognition technology company, disclosed that it raised $620 million in its latest funding round which saw its valuation touch $4.5 billion. The funding round was led by Fidelity International, Hopu Capital, Silver Lake and Tiger…
Google is ramping up its efforts to gain more strategic size in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market. On Thursday, in a strategic step aimed at increasing its footprint in China, Alphabet Inc’s Google Inc launched a file management tool in several Chinese app stores. The Chinese market, the biggest smartphone market in the world,…
There will be closure of almost 100 Carphone Warehouse stores this year as the retailer – under its new boss, Alex Baldock, has issued a profits warning and has promised to take measures so that the company is able to cope with and adapt to the changing trends in the mobile phone market. Driven by…
The likelihood that fairytale based gambling games could be appealing to children has made authorities ban such games on gambling website called Fairytale Legends and Fairies Forest. Three games – Fairytale Legends Red Riding Hood, Fairytale Legends Hansel and Gretel, and Fairies Forest were promoted in the m88.com website in January. Animated images of a…
