Emporio Armani may just have the worst timing — or the best. The luxury Italian fashion brand announced Tuesday it is getting into the connected wearables market with the launch of a collection of new hybrid smartwatches. In addition to the ability to sync with smartphones, the watches sport activity and sleep trackers, quartz batteries …

For PayPal, the future of commerce is already here — in the palm of your hand. Phones are changing the way we shop, and as such are changing the retail landscape, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said Tuesday during an onstage interview at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJDLive global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California. “Mobile is blurring the distinction between …

Twitter is planning to cut hundreds of jobs, with an announcement possibly coming as soon as this week ahead of its third-quarter financial results, Bloomberg reported Monday. The financially troubled company is planning to eliminate about 300 jobs, or 8 percent of its workforce, unidentified people described as familiar with the matter told the media outlet. It’s roughly the same …

Reed Hastings says he has no problem with AT&T’s $85 billion bid for Time Warner — as long as it doesn’t allow an “unfair advantage.” The Netflix CEO said Monday he wouldn’t object to the deal “as long as HBO’s bits and Netflix’s bits are treated the same.” Hastings raised the issue of net neutrality when asked about the blockbuster …

With about two weeks left before the US presidential election, Donald Trump is shaking up his White House efforts with the launch of a nightly campaign coverage program. Starting Monday, the video program will run on Trump’s Facebook campaign page weeknights at 6:30 p.m. ET, the Trump campaign announced on its Facebook page. The program will originate from Trump Tower …

As far as scientists go, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek may be the ultimate DIYer. Van Leeuwenhoek, whose birth 384 years ago Monday in Delft, Netherlands, is being honored in an animated Google doodle. He is commonly known as the father of microbiology and widely considered the first microbiologist. He was first to observe and describe microorganisms, which he originally referred to …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 8? Yes, Samsung is planning on it 1:18 Nearly two months after Samsung announced a global recall of its new Galaxy Note 7, the electronics giant reportedly still doesn’t know what is causing some phones to overheat and catch fire. And that mystery is delaying development of the Galaxy S8, its next flagship phone, …

Things are looking up for Microsoft‘s Surface. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant reported that sales of its tablets surged 38 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago. The company credited strong sales of its Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 with generating $926 million in revenue during the quarter, up from $672 million …

Executives for telecommunications giant AT&T and media conglomerate Time Warner have met in recent weeks for strategic talks that included discussion of a possible megamerger, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday. The talks are described as informal, focusing on building relationships between the companies rather than setting specific terms for a merger, the news outlet reported, citing unidentified people familiar …

Last month’s controversial “Bowl of Skittles” tweet is drawing some legal heat for Donald Trump and those closest to his campaign for president. The image set off a Twitter tempest in September after it was included in a tweet sent by Donald Trump Jr. that compared Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles. The tweet, which was designed to support his father’s …