Sony offers $100 million for virus-hit medical and entertainment industries
Sony Corp. said Thursday it has set up a $100 million (¥10.7 billion) fund to help the medical, education and entertainment sectors in and outside Japan fight the global spread of the new coronavirus. The fund is mainly for medical workers fighting the virus and ...
Anime's evolution in lands down under
For the past quarter century, fans of Japanese pop culture in Australia and New Zealand have been served almost exclusively by a single distributor: Madman.
Sony focuses on professional photo features with new Xperia handsets
Sony Corp., lagging behind its South Korean and Chinese rivals in smartphone sales, unveiled on Monday its first 5G handset, a model that also features advanced camera technology to boost its appeal for video and film professionals. Speaking via web streaming from Tokyo, Sony Mobile ...
Huawei launches Mate XS foldable smartphone with better screen
Huawei unveiled an upgrade to its folding smartphone on Monday, hoping that a faster phone with higher-quality display will encourage consumers to spend as much as $2,700 for the top-of-the-range version. The new Mate XS arrives a year after the Chinese tech giant showed off ...
Everything you need in one gadget
Whether old-school or state of the art, the more a gadget can do, the more you feel you need it.
Parts shortage has Sony struggling to price upcoming PlayStation 5
A shortage of components has pushed manufacturing costs for Sony Corp.'s next PlayStation to around $450 per unit, forcing a difficult price-setting decision in its battle with Microsoft Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter. The tech giant is preparing to gradually replace ...
Some Japanese manufacturers restart operations in China after coronavirus suspensions
Some Japanese manufacturers are resuming operations in China after suspensions caused by the new coronavirus outbreak, while others are putting off restarts due to concerns about supply chain conditions or the lack of available workers. Japanese firms in China halted plants starting around Jan. 24 ...
Robots, including one by Sony, are coming for fund management jobs
Remember Aibo, the computerized dog Sony Corp. started selling in 1999 as the first personal robot? Hiro Mizuno, the chief investment officer of the Government Pension Investment Fund, does. So he asked Sony's computer science lab unit to build him a cyberhound using artificial ...
Sony raises full-year profit outlooks on strong image sensor sales
Sony Corp. on Tuesday raised its group net and operating profit outlooks for the current business year through March, citing robust demand for image sensors used in portable devices such as smartphone cameras. The electronics and entertainment giant now expects a net profit of ¥590 ...
Why Sony has developed an electric vehicle
Sony's Vision-S electric car project may be a harbinger of its true comeback.
Sony unveils electric car equipped with autonomous driving tech
Sony Corp. has unveiled the first prototype of an electric vehicle equipped with autonomous driving technology under its new Vision-S initiative. The concept car, introduced Monday by Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida at a media preview ahead of the annual CES consumer electronics trade ...
Sony cranking out image sensors round the clock to meet smartphone-fueled demand
Sony Corp. is working around the clock to manufacture its in-demand image sensors, but even a 24-hour operation hasn't been enough. For the second straight year, the company will run its chip factories constantly through the holidays to try and keep up with demand for ...
