CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo
Robots for seniors, AI “pals” for women, and laptops are embracing the power of cute — for better or worse.
Foxconn's Sharp shifts its focus to consumer electronics and AI after exiting TV display production, and is looking to sell its camera and chip device units
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Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp, who works as its chief design and creative officer, steps down to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom
- Sharp has run Pinterest design and product teams since 2011 — Company is still dealing with discrimination accusations — Pinterest Inc. co-founder Evan Sharp …
Japan Display plans to sell its smartphone screen factory in Hakusan, Japan to Sharp for $377M; sources: JDI will repay Apple for its investment in the factory
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Toshiba, which started making laptops in 1985, has formally exited the laptop business, after Sharp acquired Toshiba's final shares in Dynabook
Last Dynabook shares shuffled off to new owner Sharp — Toshiba has made laptops since 1985 and claims to have been the first to make a mass-market computer … Tweets: @film_girl , @timbray , and @ben...
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting
The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. Tweets: @sapna , @wolfiechristl , @sapna , @stevebellovin , @natashany...
Foxconn's Sharp to buy Toshiba's PC business for $36M and retain its Dynabook brand, in a return by Sharp to a market it quit eight years ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp (6753.T) said it will buy Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) personal computer business and issue $1.8 billion in new shares …
The number of early-stage VC rounds worldwide dropped from about 13.3K in 2014 to about 5.9K this year, with mobile app and SaaS startups hit hardest
Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns” valued at $1 billion-plus … Tweets: @adamnash , @trengriffin , @gsands , @lutherlowe , @rrh...
SoftBank Vision Fund officially launches with $93B in committed capital and $100B target within 6 months
In Addition to the Public Investment Fund, SoftBank Group and Mubadala, Initial Investors in Global Technology Fund include Apple, Foxconn, Qualcomm and Sharp