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• Flexible smartphones the future?

  Flexible and folding formats framed the future of smartphones this week as manufacturers focused on new forms in an effort to jolt the market out of uniformity and re-invigorate sales.

• Sony and Tour de Cure back virtual reality cancer research projects

  ​Three Australian research teams have been awarded $520,000 to develop virtual reality content and tools to support young people with cancer.

• North Korean hacker charged in Sony, WannaCry cyber attacks

  The U.S. government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the WannaCry and Sony cyber attack assaults.

• Sony's Xperia XZ Premium has a 4K HDR screen, super slow-mo

  Sony's Xperia XZ Premium shines, quite literally. The first thing you notice about the new phone is the mirror-finish that surrounds the device giving it a sparkly appearance that seems destined to require lots of polishing.

• Malware attacks on two banks have links with 2014 Sony Pictures hack

  Bangalore Bank, a commercial bank in Vietnam and ... Sony Pictures are the unlikely bedfellows in a tale of cyber intrigue uncovered by security researchers at BAE Systems.

• PlayStation VR coming in October for $399

  Sony's long-awaited virtual reality headset for the PlayStation games console will go on sale around the world in October, the company said Tuesday.

• Sony is moving its PlayStation base to California

  Sony plans to shift its global headquarters for PlayStation from Tokyo to California this year, it said Tuesday.

• ​Shining a light on dark data

  You have to love the IT industry – it really does conceive the best new terms, acronyms and buzzwords. “Dark data” sounds like something Ridley Scott came up with for the Prometheus sequel.
  

• Sony ups its motion-detection game with Softkinetic buy

  Sony has bought Softkinetic, a Belgian developer of time-of-flight distance sensors, bringing it the technology to add motion capture to new devices

• Consumers win as Android vendors struggle

  Staff cuts at Lenovo and HTC, a failed patch from Google, and Samsung's latest flagship smartphones all highlight how tricky selling Android smartphones has become.

• Video gaming sparks excitement in China

  These are exciting times to be a gamer in China, according to 19-year-old Dai Qi, a soon-to-be college student.

• Sony enters drone business with winged vertical takeoff UAV

  Sony is getting into the drone business with winged machines that take off vertically and could be used in everything from agriculture to construction.

• Sony enters drone business with winged vertical takeoff craft

  Sony is getting into the drone business with winged machines that take off vertically and could be used in everything from agriculture to construction.

• Xbox One, PS4 sales in China could be disappointing

  After China lifted its ban on video game consoles, both Microsoft and Sony moved fast to launch their products in the country. But at least for this year, the sales will be lackluster, according to a research firm.

• Sony launches crowdfunding site, e-paper remote control

  Struggling electronics maker Sony has moved further into the crowdfunding scene by starting its own platform to raise funds for internally generated business ideas, including a new universal remote control with an electronic paper interface.