Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported a total of more than $50 billion in sales on Monday in the first half of Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world’s busiest online shopping day. Singles Day began as a joke holiday created by university students in the 1990s as an alternative to Valentine’s Day for people without …

A New York financial regulator said on Saturday it is investigating claims of gender discrimination by the new credit card from tech giant Apple and its issuer Goldman Sachs after a cardholder’s tweet about his wife’s credit limit went viral. American businessman David Heinemeier Hansson had tweeted on Thursday that the Apple Card is a “fucking sexist program.” He said …

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: NASA, most prominent for its many Florida-launched exploits into space, showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “Maxwell,” on Friday at its lesser-known aeronautics lab in the California desert. Adapted from an Italian-made Tecnam P2006T twin-engine propeller plane, the X-57 has been under development since 2015 and remains at least a …

NEW DELHI: A right-wing social activist in India filed a petition asking the country’s top court to order a probe into Facebook Inc and WhatsApp over revelations that a piece of spyware had exploited vulnerabilities in the popular messaging app to snoop on hundreds of devices. The petition could present a new legal headache for WhatsApp and its parent Facebook …

In 2020, Apple is expected to introduce a new iPhone SE 2, a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) antenna design. The new LCP will increase phone cellular performance and also boost signal quality. Unlike previous SE flagship models, the new SE 2 would be similar to iPhone 8. This means the phone will not come in a smaller 4-inch display, one of the main …

WASHINGTON: Apple asked the Trump administration to waive tariffs on Chinese-made Apple Watches, iPhone components, and other consumer products, according to company filings with the US Trade Representative’s Office. The company on Thursday sought tariff exclusions from 11 products, including HomePod speakers, iMac computers, parts for use in repairing iPhones, iPhone smart battery cases, AirPods, and others. The public has …

KUALA LUMPUR: Nokia (NOKIA.HE) is targeting Malaysian ports in a bid to get a share of the country’s fifth-generation (5G) technology market, as the Southeast Asian country prepares to launch the ultra-fast mobile internet service next year. The Finnish company worked with Germany’s Port of Hamburg last year to test the technology in traffic-lights management, data processing from mobile sensors …

Google parent Alphabet reported quarterly results on Monday that show costs continue to rise faster than revenue as the web search leader seeks to broaden its business, dampening Wall Street’s enthusiasm despite Google’s continued dominance in advertising sales. The company, the world’s leading provider of internet search, advertising and video services, posted its highest-ever quarterly expenses. It missed analysts’ estimates …