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Zoox was valued at over $3 billion in 2018, but has struggled with management turnover in its efforts to develop a self-driving car.
CNBC
Microsoft on Friday announced it will permanently close its 83 Microsoft Store retail locations.
CNBC
DRAM designed in Japan by a team of 100 will help combat US sanctions
Nikkei Asian Review
Huawei has got the green light to build a chip research and development center in Cambridgeshire.
CNBC
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced a measure aimed at strengthening chip manufacturing in the United States, adding to efforts to champion the sector and lure high tech supply chains back into the United States.
Reuters
China sent the last satellite to space on Tuesday to complete its global navigation system that will help wean it off U.S. technology in this area.
CNBC
Dell owns about 81% of VMware.
CNBC
Apple previously released a similar feature on iPhones and MacBooks
The Verge
Facebook must comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to curb data collection from users, a top German court ruled on Tuesday, in a setback for the U.S. social network company that could set a wider precedent.
Reuters
The biotech giant says, it will soon begin clinical trials for a different version of the same experimental drug, remdesivir, which might make it easier to administer outside of a hospital or ICU wing.
Fortune
The $3 trillion French economy grew this month for the first time since February, as coronavirus restrictions were eased and domestic consumption ticked up, according to a closely-watched survey.
CNN
Microsoft wants Teams for consumers to be seen as more than just a chat app
The Verge
U.S. President Donald Trump suspended the entry into the United States of certain foreign workers on Monday, a move the White House said would help the coronavirus-battered economy, but which business groups strongly oppose.
Reuters
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The Verge
China Standards 2035 is an ambitious 15-year blueprint that will lay out Beijing's plans to set the global standards for the next-generation of technologies.
CNBC
For the first time, an ARM-based system is number one spot on the Top500 list.
engadget
The clarification from Shenzhen-based ZTE came at a time when China is doubling down on efforts to build up its chipmaking capability
South China Morning Post
Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Monday it planned to sell down its 40.2% stake in flash memory chips firm Kioxia Holdings and will return a majority of the net proceeds to shareholders.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics is planning to shift much of its display production from China to Ho Chi Minh City this year, Vietnamese state media reported on Friday, although the South Korean tech giant said those reports were untrue.
Reuters
Cut of up to 30% charged by app stores obstructs fair competition, claims Brad Smith
The Guardian
This month's outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing has prompted concerns that a second wave of the pandemic could upset China's nascent economic recovery.
Finacial Times
With states continuing to lift coronavirus restrictions, people across the U.S. have felt more comfortable traveling, taking transit, eating out and even moving to a new home.
CNBC
Apple reopened dozens of stores across the United States last month, after shutting them because of the coronavirus. Now, it is closing some of them again.
CNN
Intel today introduced its 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and additions to its hardware and software AI portfolio, enabling customers to accelerate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics workloads running in data center, network and intelligent-edge environments.
Company release
In less than two months, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has amassed more than $15 billion in investments to fuel his technology ambitions from the likes of Facebook and top Silicon Valley investors Silver Lake and TPG.
CNN
For most of its history, Huawei's tinkering in semiconductors was considered little more than a curious hobby by industry rivals.
Washington Post
Today's product announcements carefully accentuate Intel's current strengths.
Ars Technica
A new product leak claims that the Apple AirPower "C68" project has resolved the problem with the Apple Watch causing drastic overheating of the three-device charging pad.
Apple Insider
The most valuable aspect of Amazon's media business, Martin writes, is that 20% of Prime members say the streaming services are the main attraction.
CNBC
European regulators on Tuesday announced formal antitrust investigations into Apple's App Store and its Apple Pay system.
CNN
A new U.S. rule regarding China's Huawei is a needed "clarification" to help develop standards, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday, adding that security concerns remain over the telecoms equipment maker.
Reuters
No word on when the feature will come to Android
The Verge
After 28 years of R&D, Boston Dynamics launches an online robot store.
Ars Technica
HSBC has resumed plans to cut 35,000 jobs and restructure its business, saying that the coronavirus pandemic has made the overhaul it announced earlier this year even more urgent.
CNN
Elon Musk has perhaps the most exciting portfolio of businesses on the planet.
BBC News
Many of the Central Intelligence Agency's most sensitive hacking tools were so poorly secured that it was only when WikiLeaks published them online in 2017 that the agency realized they had been compromised, according to a report released Tuesday.
Reuters
AMD fired back at Intel's Comet Lake processors today with three new XT-series Ryzen 3000 processors that slot in as the new leading chips for the Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 5 families.
Tom's Hardware Guide
Along with support for 4K HDR video and 120Hz displays
The Verge
China's capital has raised its emergency level as dozens of new coronavirus cases emerged and residents were barred from any "unessential" travel outside Beijing following a new outbreak of the virus that is yet to be brought under control.
Guardian
'Our approach for re-opening Microsoft Store locations is measured and cautious'
The Verge
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