Tesla Plans Giant Lithium-Battery System in Australia

Elon Musk has agreed to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery system in Australia, a project he hopes will show how the technology can help solve energy problems.
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Tesla to Build Giant Lithium-Battery System in Australia

Elon Musk has agreed to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery system in Australia, a project he hopes will show how the technology can help solve energy problems.
http://on.wsj.com/2tTOqNs

China's 'Honor of Kings' Is Coming to America

An English-language version of Tencent’s role-playing fantasy smartphone game “Honor of Kings,” a huge hit in China, is being developed for U.S. release as early as this fall.
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Tesla to Build Giant Lithium-Battery Project in 100 Days---or It's Free

Elon Musk has agreed to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery system in Australia, a project he hopes will show how the technology can help solve energy problems.
http://on.wsj.com/2tTOqNs

Apple Expands Bet on Cutting Edge Privacy Tech

Apple has kicked off a massive experiment with new privacy technology aimed at solving an increasingly thorny problem: how to build products that understand users without snooping on their activities.
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Highflying Tech Entrepreneur Crashes Back to Earth

Jia Yueting likes to say that Apple is outdated, China’s big tech companies are innovation killers and his company is the real disrupter. But now, his dreams are fading away due to a cash crunch and worried investors.
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Reality Bytes: A Highflying Tech Entrepreneur Crashes Back to Earth

Jia Yueting likes to say that Apple is outdated, China’s big tech companies are innovation killers and his company is the real disrupter. But now, his dreams are fading away due to a cash crunch and worried investors.
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Samsung Electronics Expects Highest Operating Profit in Company History

The world’s largest smartphone maker expects second-quarter operating profit of about $12.1 billion, a 72% increase from the same period a year earlier.
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SoundCloud to Cut Over 40% of Staff

Audio-sharing platform SoundCloud Ltd. will lay off more than 40% of its staff in a bid to reach profitability in a competitive music-steaming environment.
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Qualcomm Steps Up Fight Against Apple

Qualcomm plans to file a complaint with federal trade authorities seeking to halt imports of certain iPhones and iPads, ratcheting up a protracted dispute with Apple by going after the tech giant’s most profitable business.
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A Highflying Tech Entrepreneur Falls Back to Earth

Jia Yueting likes to say that Apple is outdated, China’s big tech companies are innovation killers and his company is the real disrupter. But now, his dreams are fading away due to a cash crunch and worried investors.
http://on.wsj.com/2uNvBsr

Reality Bytes: A Highflying Tech Entrepreneur Falls Back to Earth

Jia Yueting likes to say that Apple is outdated, China’s big tech companies are innovation killers and his company is the real disrupter. But now, his dreams are fading away due to a cash crunch and worried investors.
http://on.wsj.com/2uNvBsr

Amazon and Dish Network: A Match in the Making?

For years, Dish Network has sought out deals and partnerships with just about every major telecom company. Now, the satellite TV company is turning to the tech world and a new—and somewhat surprising—potential partner has emerged: Amazon.com.
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U.S. Lifts Laptop Ban on Emirates Airline, Turkish Airlines

Emirates Airline and Turkish Airlines said their passengers can again use laptops and other electronics on U.S.-bound flights, further scaling back a ban Washington put in place on some flights over concerns about terrorism.
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After Two Aborted Attempts, SpaceX Launches Large Satellite Into Orbit

SpaceX blasted a large commercial communications satellite into orbit without a hitch, a successful attempt that followed a pair of last-second launch aborts over two days.
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Goldman Eyes Spinoff of Simon, an Online Tool for Bond Sales

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is seeking to sell a stake in Simon, its two-year-old web app that sells complex financial products to retail investors
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A Year After 'Pokémon Go,' Where Are the New Hits?

A year after “Pokémon Go” prompted throngs of people to scour parks and streets for monsters visible only through smartphones, hit games made with augmented reality are rarer than a Snorlax.
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Tesla's Sales Raise New Fears Ahead of Model 3

Tesla shares took a beating after analysts questioned whether customer demand for its two electric vehicles is waning as the company begins producing a cheaper sedan.
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The iPad Is About to Get More Useful---and Confusing

Apple’s iOS 11 software advances the bar for getting work done with an iPad. Geoffrey A. Fowler helps you figure out how.
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Volvo to Switch to Electric, in First for Major Auto Firm

Volvo will become the first major auto maker to abandon the conventional car engine—technology that has powered the industry for more than a century. All new Volvo models from 2019 would be either fully electric or a hybrid.
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Disney's Channels: Children Are Tuning Out

It’s not just ESPN. Ratings have fallen significantly at Disney’s biggest television brands, led by Disney Channel and Freeform, which reach children, teens and young adults.
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Inclusion 101: Tech's Future Founders Get Schooled on Diversity

As a slew of Silicon Valley companies confront accusations of unfair treatment of women and minorities, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business is trying to help would-be entrepreneurs create more conscientious companies.
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Baidu Head Takes Self-Driving Car to Beijing AI Conference

Self-driving cars may be the future of personal transportation, but they are still forbidden on the crowded streets of China’s capital city—as Baidu Chief Executive Robin Li was reminded Wednesday.
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In China, Videogames Will Now Start Limiting Screen Time for You

Tencent, the world’s biggest online gaming company, is running into problems at home in China as debate rages over how long children play its popular games, the latest imbroglio facing the nation’s internet giants amid greater official scrutiny.
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Gaming Company Tencent, Questioned Over Honor, Cuts Kids' Play Time

The world’s biggest online gaming company, Tencent Holdings Ltd., is running into problems at home in China as debate rages over how long children play its popular games, the latest imbroglio facing the nation’s Internet giants amid greater official scrutiny.
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LeEco Founder's Assets, Shares Frozen Over Missed Interest Payment

A court in Shanghai froze nearly $181 million in assets and an additional $2.3 billion worth of shares in a listed unit partially owned by LeEco Holdings founder Jia Yueting after the unit missed an interest payment, deepening the firm’s financial distress.
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Samsung Is Developing a Bixby-Powered Smart Speaker

Samsung is developing a voice-activated speaker powered by its digital assistant Bixby, joining a proliferating arms race in tabletop devices against the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft.
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SpaceX Scraps Launch Again

For the second time in two days, entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX was forced to scrub blastoff of a large commercial communications satellite after an automated system aborted the launch within seconds of liftoff.
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Microsoft Revamps Global Sales Team

Microsoft Corp. reorganized its global sales group Monday to focus on cloud services, and a person familiar with the plans confirmed the move will lead to layoffs in the thousands.
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Tesla's Sales Crimped by Shortage of Battery Packs

Tesla said vehicle sales in the second quarter rose about 53%, but that it couldn’t produce enough to meet demand because of a shortage of battery packs. Chief Executive Elon Musk also signaled an even tighter timetable for ambitious plans to produce its new Model 3 sedans.
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Tesla Sales Rise, Helping It Meet Delivery Goals

Tesla Inc. on Monday said its global sales rose 53% in the second quarter, meeting its goal to deliver at least 47,000 vehicles during the first half of the year before it begins producing a new sedan.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Details Model 3 Production Ramp

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk signaled an even tighter timetable for the auto maker’s ambitious plans to ramp up production on its new Model 3 sedans.
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Super Mario's Maker Should Bow to Sony

Whether the Nintendo Switch or Sony’s PlayStation 4 is a better videogame console is a matter of debate. When it comes to their Japanese makers’ share prices, Sony is clearly the better bet.
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Tesla Set to Deliver Its Lower-Cost Model 3 Cars July 28

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk indicated that the company would deliver on July 28 the first batch of its new Model 3 sedans, which at $35,000 are far less expensive than its two existing models.
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How the iPhone Built a City in China

Boom towns like the one dubbed iPhone City, where 250,000 workers assemble Apple’s smartphone, have helped China achieve a central role in the global electronics supply chain.
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Why You Won't Be Buying a Coffee With Bitcoin Anytime Soon

The cost of buying or selling the digital currency recently hit an all-time high, making day-to-day transactions like buying a cup of coffee impractical.
http://on.wsj.com/2tCou8R

Toshiba Hasn't Revealed That SK Hynix Could Get Stake in Chip Business

A plan for the sale of Toshiba’s semiconductor unit includes an option for SK Hynix to eventually take a minority stake in the business, contradicting Toshiba’s public statements.
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Why You'd Want to Build a Skyscraper Like an iPhone

A wave of interest in modular design and building from tech-focused startups may finally bring down costs and lift productivity in the construction industry.
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Microsoft to Trim Sales Jobs

Microsoft will reorganize its global sales group next week, laying off workers, as it refines the business to focus on selling its cloud-computing services, according to a person familiar with the plans.
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Alibaba Looks to Echo Amazon's Smart-Speaker Success

Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba plans to introduce a digital personal assistant similar to Amazon.com’s Echo device in coming days.
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Microsoft to Cut Sales Jobs Next Week

Microsoft will reorganize its global sales group next week, laying off workers, as it refines the business to focus on selling its cloud-computing services, according to a person familiar with the plans.
http://on.wsj.com/2tvXkk0

White House Unveils High-Level Council for Coordinating Space Policy

The White House revived a governmentwide policy council for space, to be headed by Vice President Mike Pence, with the goal of establishing closer coordination between civilian, military and budding commercial activities beyond the atmosphere.
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Elon Musk Teases Tesla Model 3 Timing Announcement

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk teased on his Twitter account that an announcement about the timing of the coming Model 3 sedan will come on Sunday.
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Europe Is Becoming a Bigger Problem for Silicon Valley

Recent decisions against companies including Google and Facebook are highlighting a divide between U.S. and European regulators, who have sought to protect industries and consumers from tech giants’ practices.
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Cyberattack Launched for Pain, Not Profit, Experts Say

This week’s global virus outbreak that grounded airplanes in Ukraine, slowed FedEx courier deliveries in Europe and disrupted Maersk container ships around the world was devised simply to damage businesses, not earn profits for the hackers behind it, security experts now believe.
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Google Executive to Tackle Slow Pace of Change

Google’s workforce continues to look pretty much the same as previous years, according to its annual diversity report published Thursday, a sign of the task awaiting Danielle Brown, the company’s newly named head of diversity.
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Germany to Toughen Regulations Against Hate Speech Online

German lawmakers are set to pass some of the most aggressive online regulations in the West, fining social-media companies up to $57 million if they don’t quickly delete hate speech, libel and other illegal content.
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Google's Main Strategy Is Under Threat From EU

Google has thrived by launching new services out of its powerful search engine, but a European Union fine against the company now puts its hallmark strategy under threat.
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Chip Makers Cashing In on Digital Currencies, for Now

Graphics processors have long been the mainstay of personal computers tricked out for gaming. But the chips are also useful for a task called cryptocurrency mining.
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Groovin': Sony to Press Its First Vinyl Records Since 1989

Sony Music Entertainment, owner of storied U.S. music labels Columbia and RCA, said it plans to produce vinyl records for the first time in three decades, jumping back into a format that is experiencing a renaissance.
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