The robotic pooches cost about as much as some of the most sought-after purebred dogs at US$2,899. That's the price of Sony's First Litter Edition, which includes the Aibo, dog toys, commemorative dog tags, and a three-year cloud plan, which allows it to upload and access its memory.

HP reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings on Thursday, but the stock dipped in extended trading. Revenues in the period rose 12% from a year earlier.

The Pixel 3 and 3 XL leaks keep coming, and today, 9to5Google reports additional details on both devices' camera setups. The report says that both devices' rumored dual, front-facing cameras will house one wide-angle sensor, so users can take "Super Selfies." These cameras would also ship with an improved portrait mode. Google seems to be sticking with the single, rear-facing camera.

Russian manufacturing firm Kalashnikov has wheeled out a retro-looking electric car it says will give Elon Musk's Tesla a run for its money. The firm behind the famous AK-47 assault rifle presented the eggshell-blue prototype vehicle, the CV-1, at an event near Moscow.

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei says the Australian government has banned it from providing 5G technology for the country's wireless networks. It said fellow communications firm ZTE had also been banned, reportedly due to national security concerns.

The US and China are expected to impose fresh tariffs on US$16 billion of each other's goods on Thursday as their tit-for-tat trade war rages on. The second round of tariffs will see a total of US$50bn worth of goods from each side that will now be taxed.

Under its current framework agreement with Microsoft, Israel pays more than 100 million shekels ($27 million) a year for the procurement of Office desktop software, Windows and server software for ministries and government offices.

MEMS sensors manufactured by Murata in Finland are used in applications such as car safety systems and pacemakers.

$1,199 for Nvidia's fastest GeForce card

Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, plans to establish semiconductor-related operations in Zhuhai under a pact it signed on Thursday with the southern Chinese coastal city's government.

At the end of July, Amazon quietly removed its Kindle Voyage from its storefront, and appears to have discontinued the line of eBook readers, according to TheEbookReader and GoodEReader.

An Apple store in Amsterdam's Leidseplein square was briefly evacuated after an explosion believed to be the result of an overheating iPad battery resulted in leaking vapors, Dutch broadcaster AT5 as well as Dutch blog iCulture reported.

ARM's now-public roadmap represents its first processors that are designed for the PC space. ARM claims its chips will equal and potentially even surpass Intel's in single-threaded performance.

Sony has announced that it has sold 3 million PlayStation VR (PSVR) headsets as of the end of July, showing that its popularity has declined little since the fall 2016 launch.

The computer processing giant has acquired Vertex.AI, a startup that had a mission of making it possible to develop "deep learning for every platform," building a deep learning engine called PlaidML to do this.

Applied Materials shares fell 3.7% in the extended session Thursday after the company beat on the top and bottom line but issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter.

Hundreds of Google employees, upset at the company's decision to secretly build a censored version of its search engine for China, have signed a letter demanding more transparency to understand the ethical consequences of their work.

Sales of graphics chips to miners of cryptocurrencies like Ethereum dried up faster than expected, Nvidia has said. For a second quarter in a row, investors ignored Nvidia's growth in its main markets and ditched the stock, which fell about 5% in extended trading.

The award recognizes Corning for its market-leading innovation of data center cabling infrastructure designed to offer a competitive advantage and minimize costs for data center operators.

Panasonic Corporation of North America, Colorado Department of Transportation, Ford Motor Company and Qualcomm Technologies have unveiled the first real-world application of C-V2X technology connecting the vehicle, the roadways and a regional traffic management center in Denver, demonstrating a new level of data-driven situational awareness that will achieve a dramatic improvement of safety on the road.

Intel's newly-minted graphics group has set up a new twitter account (Intel Graphics), and in a bit of marketing glory, the first tweet features a video revealing a shadowy new discrete GPU that should arrive in 2020.

The employee Tesla is suing for theft of proprietary information has tweeted photos and other details, perhaps in an attempt to back up some of the claims he made against the automaker.

On Wednesday, Uber posted a loss of US$891 million for the second quarter, compared with a loss of more than US$1 billion during the same period a year earlier.

Cabot Microelectronics has agreed to buy KMG Chemicals for US$1.2 billion in cash and stock, making its largest acquisition ever in an effort to strengthen its position as a supplier to the semiconductor industry.

Microsoft and Amazon finally are making available to the public their promised Cortana and Alexa integration across Windows 10 PCs and Echo devices in early preview form.

Intel on Tuesday disclosed three more possible flaws in some of its microprocessors that can be exploited to gain access to certain data from computer memory.

Apple has a team exploring a custom processor that can make better sense of health information coming off sensors from deep inside its devices, job listings show.

Infineon Technologies and JD group have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at creating a smart IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem.

Mobile revenues will account for more than 50% of the nearly $138 billion global games market this year, according to global market intelligence group Newzoo.

Samsung's new SmartThings Wifi router uses artificial intelligence and mesh networking to optimize whole-home Wi-Fi coverage while it also functions as a smart home hub.

Using the Von Neumann architecture for artificial intelligence applications is inefficient. What will replace it?

Covestro is pushing ahead with developing and marketing its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) by introducing Maezio as brand name. These materials are set to tap into the growing demand worldwide for strong and light materials that contribute to resource conservation and energy efficiency.

Japan's economy grew more than expected in the second quarter, helped by strong household and business spending and recovering from an earlier contraction, but global trade tensions loom as major risks to the export and investment outlook.

Despite years dodging blue shells and piranha plants, Luigi has finally been claimed by the Grim Reaper. Fans were shocked after Nintendo broadcast footage of the green Mario brother's soul being ripped from his body.

Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said he was "satisfied" with the company's growth in the PC and tablet segment in the Indian market but admitted that Lenovo had "made some mistakes" with its smartphone portfolio.

Net profit for January-June was 65.6 billion yuan ($9.62 billion).

Showcases significant benefits of machine learning technology inside SSDs and storage accelerators spanning data center

As PC sales have stagnated, Intel has increasingly been depending on its sales to data centers.

Japan's Toshiba reported a record quarterly net profit on Wednesday, thanks to the $18 billion sale of its flash memory chip business.

The compute accelerator is optimized for graphics-intensive applications and machine learning inference.