Michio Hasai

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Ford and IBM are bringing the automotive industry into the future

Ford’s new Smart Mobility initiative has been drawing a lot of attention from the media, and it doesn’t take much to see why. The initiative is primarily...
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It took Apple Music six months to achieve what Spotify did in six years

Apple Music had a rough start, but now that the music streaming service has launched on all major platforms, and Apple has worked out...
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With a 35% decrease in sales, HTC might be taking its last breaths

HTC released some solid smartphones last year, but with how ridiculously competitive the mobile market is, being solid isn’t nearly enough, and HTC is...
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A bunch of information on the Galaxy S7 has been leaked

Samsung may have nailed the design of the Galaxy S6, but the hardware and software failed to impress users enough to generate as many...
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Toyota is developing an artificially intelligent vehicle safety system

Earlier today, the Toyota Research Institute announced a number of new artificial intelligence and robotics research projects, including some collaborative projects with the likes of...
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Microsoft might be working on a Surface Phone

Microsoft’s efforts in the mobile market have been riddled with failure, but the one shining star has been the company’s Surface line of tablets....
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Is a cashless society closer than most realize?

In North America, it’s easy to see that we’re heading towards a world that is driven by digital commerce. Many people order a good...
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Samsung’s crappy software is what’s killing its mobile business

Samsung’s position at the top of the smartphone market is becoming more and more precarious, as the company has been losing startling amounts of...
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Toyota is developing its own crowd-sourced mapping system

Google may provide us with some of the most-detailed maps that are available on the Internet, but its reliance on its own fleet of...
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Huawei might be developing its own mobile GPU and flash memory

Not content with being the largest smartphone maker in China, and the third-largest in the world, Huawei has spent the last few years trying to...
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LifeLock is paying a record-breaking $100 million settlement

Remember those LifeLock commercials where CEO Todd Davis would publicly display his own Social Security number to demonstrate the company’s ability protect customers form identity theft? Well, the fact...
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California’s new self-driving car regulations are bad news for Google

Thanks to the California Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program, not to mention its wealth of engineering talent, California has become the most vibrant hub for self-driving vehicle...
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Xiaomi claims the Mi5 was delayed to perfect the user experience

Xiaomi was originally planning to release a Snapdragon 810-powered Mi5 at the end of the year, but obviously that never happened, with many people...
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Facebook is testing a new feature that could annihilate Yelp

Facebook isn’t the kind of company you want encroaching on your territory, especially when you’re Yelp. The social network is in an excellent position...
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Huawei is bringing its Honor brand to the United States

It looks like Honor, the brand of mid-range smartphones that Huawei owns, will be entering the American market next year. The brand announced as...
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This new artificial intelligence venture could be game-changing

Elon Musk has made his wariness of artificial intelligence abundantly clear, and though many people within the tech industry have joked about his concerns,...
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Phil Spencer confirmed that the Xbox One will have a successor

There’s been some serious speculation in recent years that the console market is done for, at least in the form that we’re used to...
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Samsung wants to start making electric vehicle components

Samsung already makes practically everything having to do with electronics, from kitchen appliances to semiconductors, but the company is on a mission to make...
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