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Lovot, Japan's new touchy-feely family robot, aims to spread a little love
Tokyo is one of the biggest cities in the world, but it also might be the loneliest. So much so that its people may need to be taught how to love by a robot. On Tuesday, robotics venture company Groove X Inc. unveiled a cute ...
T-Mobile US Inc. won U.S. national security approval for its takeover of Sprint Corp., according to two people familiar with the matter, one of the regulatory conditions needed before the two wireless carriers can combine. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius, ...
Japan's PayPay to update app after wrongful charge complaints
PayPay, a mobile payment company backed by SoftBank Group Corp., Yahoo Japan Corp. and India's largest digital payments company Paytm, said it's updating its app to strengthen security after multiple complaints from users of erroneous charges. An unspecified number of customers called in or sent ...
Air hockey-playing robot shows how Huawei haunts T-Mobile's Sprint deal
Huawei Technologies Co. and wireless carrier SoftBank Group Corp.’ close business dealings could be an issue in T-Mobile U.S. Inc.’s proposed purchase of SoftBank’s Sprint Corp.
SoftBank finds a week is a long time in social media terms
It’s fair to say that commercial enterprises have sometimes struggled to co-exist with social media. Attempts by brands to connect with a meme-savvy young audience can go downhill pretty quickly, while irritated customers certainly don’t hide their displeasure in pointing out bad service on official ...
Stocks rallied sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, bolstered by bargain hunting following their recent plunges. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 454.73 points, or 2.15 percent, to end at 21,602.75. On Tuesday, the key market gauge fell 71.48 points. The Topix index of all ...
SoftBank may sell stake in chip firm Nvidia in 2019 in move that could make $3 billion: sources
SoftBank Group Corp. is planning to offload its stake in Nvidia Corp. early next year as shares in the graphics chipmaker continue to slide, according to people familiar with the matter. The telecommunications firm could make about $3 billion in profit from the trade, said ...
SoftBank sticks to IPO price despite market drop and network outage
SoftBank Group Corp. set the final price for the ¥2.65 trillion initial public offering of its Japanese telecom business at its original target, underscoring its confidence in judging demand as it deals with fallout from a major network outage and a global stocks rout. The ...
Ericsson boss apologizes for 'faulty software' behind huge SoftBank service disruption
Swedish communications giant Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson said a problem with its software caused Thursday's massive telecommunication disruption that affected SoftBank users across Japan. People were unable to make emergency calls to report a fire or request an ambulance as the phone and data connection trouble ...
SoftBank mobile services disrupted ahead of bumper IPO, sending shares downward
SoftBank Group Corp. apologized Thursday for disruption of its mobile phone services, saying they were fully recovered by 6:04 p.m. the same day, the cell phone operator said Thursday in a statement. The problem came less than two weeks before the telecommunication giant's mobile unit, ...
SoftBank Group Corp.'s ¥2.4 trillion ($21 billion) initial public offering for its Japanese telecommunications unit has successfully secured sales for the bulk of its shares to individual investors, sources have said. The lead underwriters, which had set a target of about ¥2 trillion worth of ...
SoftBank to invest $2 billion in Coupang, S. Korea's largest online retailer
SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund will invest $2 billion in South Korea's Coupang, giving the e-commerce giant funds to accelerate development of new shopping and delivery services. Founded in 2010, Coupang is South Korea's largest online retailer and sells more than 120 million items from ...
