From CNET: Last month we learned that Sony's Playstation VR platform would come to the US, UK and Australia on October 13. On Thursday, the company revealed that those in Asia will be able to join the party at exactly the same time.

Playstation VR will launch on October 13 in Singapore, Japan, Hong...

From PC World: The smartphone market is showing signs of growth again, but barely, with shipments up nearly 1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.

The research firm, which had reported a 3 percent drop in the market in the last quarter, said Wednesday that...

From CNET: After launching in Shanghai three years ago, Uber is now legal in China.

Up until now ride-sharing apps like Uber had been operating in a legal grey area in China. The new law, which takes effect on 1 November, ends that uncertainty with a set of rules for apps that connect passengers to...

From CNET: Pokemon Go is a bona fide hit, but Nintendo is still in the red. The Kyoto-based company on Wednesday released an earnings report for the first quarter of the financial year, revealing a net loss of 24.5 billion yen -- roughly $234 million.

Only 220,000 Wii Us were sold during the last...

From PC World: China’s Xiaomi has entered the laptop market with new, lightweight notebooks that run Microsoft’s Windows 10.

The company, which has been getting into new markets including air-purifiers and drones, introduced on Wednesday its Mi Notebook Air, at prices ranging from RMB 3499, or...

From CNET: When T-Mobile in early June launched its freebie program, which gave away pizza, streaming movies and, for some, shares of the company, it likely didn't have a sense of how quickly its customers would embrace the idea. Its T-Mobile Tuesday app crashed on launch day. The free pizza...

From InfoWorld: Western Digital (WD) has begun manufacturing the third generation of its 3D NAND flash chips, which increases the number of layers from 48 to 64 and will allow it to double capacity.

Pilot production of the new 64-layer chips has already started in WD's Yokkaichi, Japan joint...

From CNET: The New York telecommunications giant is fresh off its Monday announcement that it plans to acquire Yahoo's core internet business. The deal is part of Verizon's broader strategy to transform itself into something more than just a basic phone company. Yahoo is expected to merge with...

From PC World: Apple's decision to use the FirePro professional GPU in its Mac Pro line was a signature win for AMD; otherwise, the GPU maker is getting crushed by Nvidia in the workstation market.

AMD is now pushing to become a major player in professional graphics with new GPUs in the new Radeon...

From CNET: Google has announced a new update to Nexus and Android One devices running its Android operating system. As an extension to Android's caller identification, these devices will now be able to tell you when you're receiving a call from or making a call to a suspected spam caller.

"Spam...