On the trail of South Korea’s high-tech peeping Toms
Walking into an empty women’s bathroom stall, Park Kwang-Mi waves a hand-held detector around the toilet seat, paper roll holder, doorknob and even the ventilation grill on the ceiling....
Australian, NZ carriers ban recalled Samsung phone
Australian and New Zealand airlines barred the recalled Samsung Note 7 from all planes starting Sunday citing its “potential fire risk”, after a similar ban was imposed by US officials....
Sony develops PlayStation games for smartphones in 2018
Sony is developing at least five smartphone games based on PlayStation titles, which will be released in the next 18 months. According to Japanese news site Nikkei, the games will be initially...
Dubai port titan invests in futuristic Hyperloop train
Shipping port industry colossus DP World Group of Dubai on Thursday joined backers of a US startup working on the futuristic super-speedy train concept Hyperloop. DP World Group, the third-largest...
Samsung sees further $3bn profit hit from Note 7 crisis
Samsung on Friday said the crisis over its exploding Note 7 smartphones would cost another $3 billion-plus in lost profit over the next two quarters, but hoped expanded sales of its other flagship...
Food delivery apps spice up Indian train journeys
Passengers on India’s vast railway network have long complained of the terrible meals on offer to sustain them on long journeys, but a slew of new services bringing fast food to their seats is...
Tech giant Fujitsu plans 1,800 UK job cuts
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu said on Tuesday (Oct 11) it was planning to cut up to 1,800 jobs in Britain as part of a restructuring programme. Fujitsu said the plan was to streamline its operations and...
Facebook launches intra-office ‘Workplace’ network
Social network giant Facebook on Monday launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication tools used by businesses...
