Amid US efforts to isolate the company, Huawei has benefited from new 5G contracts and millions of smartphone sales. But the company’s chairman made clear that it “may affect the pace of our growth in...
SoftBank has apparently dropped Saudi Arabia as an investor for its new fund after the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It has vowed to accelerate the “AI revolution” through investment in leading companies. Japan-based SoftBank...
Welcome to Digital Empowerment 101. By the end of this article, you will have learned how to harness your personal data to regain your financial freedom and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. Ladies...
The world’s biggest social network has indicated that it wants to move into the payments industry by launching its own cryptocurrency next year. DW looks at what’s behind Facebook’s not-so-cryptic plan. Why would Facebook want...
The Swedish startup has announced the German automaker will invest heavily in two new battery plants. The factories, located in Sweden and Germany, are intended to compete with Tesla and Asian suppliers. Northvolt, a Swedish...
The American aircraft maker has launched its Ampaire 337, the largest hybrid-electric aircraft ever flown. With commercial use beckoning for 2021, it’s a step in the direction of reducing carbon footprints in the sky. Los...
Female business founders are still the exception to the rule in Europe’s business landscape. Only 15.6% of the continent’s startup founders are women. But there are enough examples that things are changing. It was a...
E-commerce giant Jumia is expected to raise millions in its IPO as it becomes Africa’s first tech startup to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Will its Wall Street debut mark a new...
A floating photovoltaic power plant at the Kruonis hydroelectric facility in Lithuania is the first of its kind in the Baltic region. The market is growing worldwide, and smaller countries like Lithuania can benefit. The Lithuanian Business...
The German car giant has signed a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services to build the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud. DW takes a look at what VW’s cloud-based digital production platform aims to achieve. When Volkswagen...
For anyone who relies heavily on a car to get around, the idea of parking up for good might sound like an impossibility. But Andreas Knie, a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, firmly believes digitization will...
Huawei’s new foldable phone is 5G-compatible and comes with an even heftier price tag than Samsung’s flexible device. So the question is whether or not there’s anything worthwhile beneath the fold. Kate Ferguson reports....
