Technology

Come for the Deep-Sea Selfies. Stay to Learn About Sustainability.

A new Manhattan pop-experience, “Ocean Cube,” takes visitors underwater in a technical simulation filled with bioluminescent sea creatures. The exhibition, on view this week through Aug. 18 at 60 Grand Street on the Lower East Side, features five different deep-sea rooms, leading from a coral tunnel flowing with hundreds of fiber strands to a sea […]

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Samsung vows to keep up investment as trade war raises risks

Samsung Electronics’ Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has vowed to keep up robust investments in key businesses as South Korea’s leading company weathers slowing demand and the impact of trade clashes between Washington and Beijing. In a weekend meeting with top Samsung executives, Lee called for “unwavering focus on long-term, fundamental leadership in technology” and reaffirmed

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The Latest: Apple unveils privacy tools, iTunes changes

The Latest on Apple’s developers conference (all times local): 12:20 p.m. New privacy tools and changes to Apple’s iTunes software are among the highlights at Apple’s annual developers conference. The event Monday is Apple’s chance to preview features expected this fall. They include a new “dark mode” for its new iOS 13 iPhone software. An

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China data suggests trade war hit; tech group reverses stand

A report Monday on Chinese manufacturing suggested that Beijing’s trade war with the Trump administration is causing domestic economic damage. Surveys of manufacturers across Asia for May showed that business confidence has been shaken by the conflict over President Donald Trump’s demands that Beijing change its industrial planning strategy and find other ways to redress

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California turns to military technology to help fight fires

California has a new level of cooperation with the Pentagon as it tries to avoid another deadly, destructive fire season, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, downplaying friction with President Donald Trump’s administration. The Defense Department has agreed to provide information from a Cold War-era military satellite to help spot new wildfires, and Acting Defense Secretary

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