Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man Amazon, formed 25 years ago, has eclipsed Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company. The online giant was valued at $797bn (£634bn) when the US stock market closed on Monday after rising 3.4% and moved past Microsoft, valued at …
Image copyright PA House prices continue to rise and difficulties remain for those wanting to buy their first home, according to the UK’s biggest mortgage lender. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that property values rose by 1.3% over the course of 2018. This took the average cost to £229,729 and the lender …
Image copyright Getty Images An expert has warned that errors made when signing up to online services could mean people are “handing over the keys to their digital life”. Prof Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey, said valuable data was being put at risk by people inputting the wrong email address. Such an error …
Image copyright Getty Images Supermarket Morrisons has reported a rise in sales in the crucial Christmas shopping period. The number four supermarket chain said sales had risen 3.6% in the nine weeks to 6 January, driven by a 3% rise in the wholesale division, which supplies Amazon and McColls. In the stores, sales rose 0.6% …
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Lovot the pet robot has emerged as one of the early hits of the CES 2019 tech trade show. The machine is designed to make its owners fall in love with it and is covered in sensors to respond to their touches and strokes. But as the BBC’s Chris Fox explains, while the bot is …
A Japanese start-up has created what might be the most unusual-looking smart device yet. Mui appears to be a standard piece of wood at first sight, but when touched lights up and provides use of the Google Assistant. It is due to go on sale later this year. However, the BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones …
Image copyright Getty Images Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has made his first appearance in court in Japan since his arrest last year. He was detained on allegations of financial misconduct in November, and re-arrested in December on a further claim of understating his pay. In a statement released before the hearing, Mr Ghosn said …
Image copyright Getty Images Samsung Electronics expects to post a 29% drop in quarterly operating profit as demand for smartphones and memory chips slows. The firm forecasts operating earnings of 10.8 trillion Korean won ($9.7bn; £7.6bn) for the last three months of 2018. It marks the first quarterly profit drop in two years as strong …
Image copyright Calm Image caption Singer Leona Lewis reads soothing bedtime stories to Calm app users to help them sleep Self-care was the “App Trend of the Year”, according to Apple, but as the January blues threaten, can an app or chatbot really reduce stress and anxiety, and help us sleep better? When Katrina Cliffe …