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Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, is built for playing Xbox games.
Digital Trends
Net income registered $1.38 billion, or $1.48 a share, in the quarter, up from $1.31 billion, or $1.36 a share, in the year-earlier period.
The Street
Nvidia and the University of Florida have partnered to build the world's fastest artificial intelligence based-supercomputer in higher education, the chipmaker said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Amazon confirmed it will hold Prime Day "later than usual" this year, but it stopped short of setting a date for the event.
CNBC
After almost five days of fraught discussions, European leaders have agreed to create a $858 billion recovery fund to rebuild EU economies ravaged by the coronavirus crisis.
CNN
Already carbon neutral today for corporate emissions worldwide, the company plans to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero 20 years sooner than IPCC targets
Apple
Even as rival AMD continues to push forward with its 7nm silicon, Intel has so far hung on to a larger 14nm node for its desktop chips, only migrating to 10nm within this past year on mobile.
USA Today
Even the coronavirus pandemic cannot sate Americans' appetite for big TVs.
USA Today
Microsoft is building a new desktop-as-a-service offering built on top of Windows Virtual Desktop that could launch as soon as 2021.
ZDNet
A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet's Google will collaborate with India's Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world's second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say.
Reuters
Ant Group said Monday that it would list its shares on both the Shanghai stock exchange's STAR board and the Hong Kong stock exchange.
CNBC
Chinese Commerce Ministry weighs export controls on Nokia and Ericsson China-made products
Wall Street Journal
IBM's adjusted earnings fell 31% and beat analysts' expectations.
CNBC
Tae-moon Roh, in a blog post ahead of Unpacked, says the company will introduce new "power devices," including ones for the ears and the wrist.
CNET
The British government has asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei, the Nikkei said on Sunday, a further step in a global technology and security war between the United States and China.
Reuters
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Twitter hack on Wednesday night - but one thing most agree on is it could have been far worse.
BBC News
CEO of major Asian bank says 'a big, big challenge' is looming for the global economy (Jul 19, 2020)
Banks could experience "far more damage" to their balance sheets when stimulus measures that are keeping many businesses afloat are rolled back, said Piyush Gupta, group CEO of Singaporean lender DBS.
CNBC
Tesla shares have risen by more than 500% in the past 12 months, and as the ticket to ride the erstwhile rocket ship gets ever-pricier, interest is surging in new competitors that might be "the next Tesla."
CNN
EU competition regulators are seeking information from 400 companies to establish if there are problems in the market for voice assistants such as Alexa and Siri and other internet-connected devices that could lead to antitrust cases.
Reuters
The companies said they will collaborate on technologies that improve operations, optimize production quality and enhance worker safety.
ZDNet
Britain's decision to ban China's Huawei from next-generation 5G telecom networks is the latest blow to the global leader in telecom equipment and could help lay the groundwork for broader changes in the industry.
Reuters
Corning and EnerSys have announced a strategic collaboration to speed 5G deployment by simplifying the delivery of fiber and electrical power to small-cell wireless sites.
Company release
Companies that relocated operations from mainland China to avoid tariffs have seen the purpose of that move 'totally defeated'
South China Morning Post
Microsoft executive Phil Spencer said xCloud would be launched for free to customers of its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
CNBC
The Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured
The Verge
The biggest US banks are setting aside billions of dollars to deal with toxic loans as support from the government falls off in the months ahead, a sign that some of the worst economic damage from the pandemic is still to come.
CNN
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had trimmed its workforce across geographies and teams as it entered a new fiscal year from July 1.
Reuters
China will take necessary measures in response to Britain's "discriminatory" ban on Huawei, which has severely damaged China's investment confidence in the country, China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.
Reuters
Tiger Lake chips are coming
The Verge
Among the many types of inequality in the United States laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic is the digital divide between those who can access the internet at home and those who can't.
CNN
Dell is "exploring" a potential spin-off of its 81% stake in VMWare no sooner than next year, Dell said late Wednesday.
MarketWatch
China reported that the country's economy grew by 3.2% in the second quarter of the year, compared to a year ago.
CNBC
In 2018 Xiaomi released its first electric scooter that appeared across cities from various providers. Today, the company revealed a couple new electric scooter options, fitness band, wireless earphones, TV stick, and a curved gaming monitor.
ZDNet
5G isn't here yet, but that isn't stopping Samsung from looking ahead to the next, next-generation of mobile connectivity.
CNET
Calling the announcement "an historic day" and the transition "a game changer," CEO Tim Cook touted the move to ARM as "time for a huge leap forward for the Mac."
Computerworld
The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.
BBC News
AMD fires another salvo at Intel with the Ryzen Threadripper PRO, a chip designed for workstations that were previously powered by Intel Xeon silicon.
ZDNet
A closer partnership to respond to pandemic demands
The Verge
A big step forward in reducing harmful emissions from diesel engines
The Verge
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