Uber Technologies ( UBER ) is on the upswing ahead of its fourth-quarter results to be released before markets open Wednesday, with demand for its rides and deliveries up, fares higher and the number of drivers fully recovered from steep losses due to the pandemic. The company is on track to post the first profitable year in its history based…
Common sense in digital photography says that megapixels aren't everything. To some extent they matter, but smartphone manufacturers have a long history of relying too heavily on these numbers as a kind of shorthand for camera quality. In other words, they play an important role, but they have to work together with a number of other key elements to really…
Twitter is introducing a new ad unit called Search Keywords Ads, which allows users to promote sponsored tweets in search results.Advertisers will now be able to pay to have their tweets appear at the top of search results for certain keywords. This feature is similar to promoted tweets that appear on users' timelines, but with the added benefit of appearing…
Intel shares closed down 6.4 percent Friday, a day after the company reported dismal quarterly and annual results . The chip maker's tepid quarterly results, with a 32% year-over-year decline in revenue and a net loss of $664 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, took analysts and investors alike by surprise. Intel's problems, including chip glut and weakening factory…
LG's Transparent TV ScreenLG's transparent TV screen is not so much about the TV, but about the future of technology. For example, LG already offers transparent screens in the form of doors for shopping centers or walls. Commercially, it looks like this. The TV is transparent, but it shows an image with a brightness of 400 nits.When an image is…
McDonald's reported Tuesday that U.S. customers are visiting its restaurants more frequently, helping the fast-food giant beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and earnings. For the second quarter in a row, the company saw an increase in domestic traffic, contrary to the industry trend. Many consumers have cut back on restaurant spending in response to inflation. But McDonald's largely…
Users faced a cloud failure Wednesday that affected several products, including Teams and Outlook. The U.S. technology giant has now canceled a network change that it believes is responsible for the glitch that left users around the world unable to access several Microsoft 365 services earlier Wednesday. The company also said that some of its previously affected customers are now…
Bitcoin BTCUSD -0.17% and other cryptocurrencies fell Thursday, falling along with the stock market as investors worry about the prospect of a recession . The big rally in digital assets last week, which had little fundamental support, will now be tested. The price of bitcoin has fallen 2% in the last 24 hours to below $20,800. The major cryptocurrency closed…
DeLorean has released fresh details and images of its Alpha 5 EV, an electric car with wings that company owners hope will resurrect the long-defunct brand and perhaps set the direction for new electric models. The company - and the EV - won't make a public appearance until later this summer at Monterey Auto Week. But the brand's owners, eager…
By 2030, at least half of BMW Group vehicles worldwide will be fully electric. This follows from the main presentation of the German car manufacturer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where BMW Chairman of the Board of Directors Oliver Zips on Wednesday presented a vision of the future of BMW, which is based on three main characteristics:…
