TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan's TDK has acquired U.S.-based SoftEye, which makes software and hardware for smart glasses, said a person familiar with the matter, as the smartphone battery maker looks for growth drivers linked to artificial intelligence. SoftEye, based in San Diego, California, develops technology that facilitates eye tracking and object recognition. Its founder and CEO, Te-Won Lee,...

June 19 (Reuters) - India will send the black box recovered from the recent fatally crashed Air India plane to the U.S. for analysis, local newspaper Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing people aware of the development. The recorder sustained heavy external damage from post-crash fire making it impossible to extract data in India, the ET report said. Indian authorities...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group ( VOD ) named Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Pilar Lopez as its new finance chief on Thursday to succeed Luka Mucic, who is leaving the group at the end of November this year. Lopez's formal appointment as chief financial officer will start on December 1, 2025, the company said. Lopez joins from Microsoft...