Toshiba achieves milestone: completes sale of NAND business to Bain Capital led consortium

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 can potentially stand out from the crowd

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…

SenseTime Group valued at $4.5 billion in latest funding round

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…

Utility-scale batteries set to be a multi-billion dollars market by 2022

The nenewable energy market in the Asia Pacific region is to boom with utility-scale batteries replacing expensive power grids. In a strategic move, Japan’s JERA, is set to collaborate with a U.S.-German joint venture along with an Australian firm in order to develop battery projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The move targets a market expected…