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Google helped kickstart people's interest in virtual reality. Now it's giving up.
CNET
After months of leaks, Google just made the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL official.
CNN
Years after resisting pressure to move to China, Lee Hung Lung says his bet has paid off. Sales at his Malaysia-based Hotayi Electronic are surging, it's hiring more workers, considering an expansion, and picking and choosing orders.
Reuters
'Chinese government is putting in place new tools that make it much more difficult for companies to keep their information private,' cybersecurity expert says
South China Morning Post
The emergence of two new wireless standards will cause IT decision-makers to think carefully.
ZDNet
Microsoft president Brad Smith thinks it's time antitrust laws are updated for the digital age.
CNN
The list of OEMs includes vendors from around the world - Arcadyan, Askey, AVM, Casa Systems, Compal, Cradlepoint, Fibocom, FIH, Franklin, Gemtek, Gongjing, Gosuncn, Inseego, LG, Linksys, MeiG, Netgear, Nokia, Oppo, Panasonic, Quanta, Quectel, Sagemcom, Samsung, Sharp Corporation, Sercomm, Sierra Wireless, Sunsea, Technicolor, Telit, Wewins, Wingtech, WNC, and ZTE.
Forbes
The producer price index (PPI), considered a key barometer of corporate profitability, dropped 1.2% year-on-year in September, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed on Tuesday.
Reuters
Intel has now officially denied the rumor, stating that it still has plans to bring chips with the 10nm process to the desktop.
Tom's Hardware Guide
China's Huawei Technologies is ready to enter into a "no backdoor" agreement with India to allay security concerns, the telecom group's local head said on Monday, as the giant South Asian country prepares to launch next generation 5G networks.
Reuters
Germany has finalised rules for the build-out of 5G mobile networks that, in a snub to the United States, will not exclude China's Huawei Technologies.
Reuters
A tentative truce between the United States and China has raised hopes - yet again - that the two economic superpowers are inching toward a resolution to the trade war.
CNN
Instead of a pop-up selfie camera, the Z20 uses two screens to get rid of any display notches.
engadget
The world of computer chips just got a wake-up call.
Time
Goldman Sachs sees a 60% chance that the announced 15% tariffs will take effect, but expects a delay until early 2020 as opposed to the current deadline of Dec. 15
CNBC
Just because it's virtual doesn't mean it's exempt.
engadget
The search giant will soon unveil a flagship smartphone with radar technology, marking a significant milestone for the company.
CNET
Intel announced plans to discontinue its Kaby Lake-G processors, which pair the company's 8th-gen processing cores with long-time rival AMD's discrete Radeon RX Vega M graphics.
Digital Trends
While corporate CIOs see the distributed ledger technology as innovative, blockchain is unlikely to become technically and operationally scalable anytime soon.
Computerworld
The European Union has warned that 5G networks could be left vulnerable to attack from state-backed hackers if operators use too many parts from a single supplier.
CNN
Arm Holdings, the semiconductor technology firm owned by Softbank Group, still plans to return to the public markets by 2023, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Reuters
"Japan is still a problem, but they don't actually need it to make billions of dollars," Takahashi said.
CNBC
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is going to launch globally at the end of next year.
BBC News
The United States is less competitive than it was a year ago and the global economy remains hobbled by low productivity despite a decade of cheap money from central banks, the World Economic Forum said Wednesday.
AP
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said "stay tuned," when asked whether China would retaliate for the blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Muslim minorities.
CNBC
Austrian sensor specialist AMS has pledged to find another way to take over Germany's Osram to form a global leader in sensors and lighting, after its $4.9 billion bid for the larger firm fell through on Friday.
Reuters
"When I look at the growth of U.S. and Chinese companies, I feel strongly it's not good enough," Son said in an interview.
Reuters
Microsoft does more research and development in China than it does anywhere else outside the United States. But, as US-China relations continue to sour on issues of trade and cyber-security, the decades-long ties Microsoft has in China are coming under close scrutiny.
BBC News
Amazon announced a new Fire HD 10 tablet on Monday.
CNBC
Hikvision was one of 28 companies added to the Entity List.
CNBC
In late September, electronics distributor Avnet Inc. formed an alliance with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to boost its online capabilities in China. E-commerce shopping sites such as Amazon and Alibaba, which sell electronic devices and components, are considered distribution's competitors. The announcement stirred up a lot of interest in the electronics industry.
EE Times
Chip designer Dialog Semiconductor on Monday said it agreed to buy Germany's Creative Chips as part of its push into low-energy connectivity used for devices in the internet of things.
Reuters
UAE telecoms company du saw no evidence of security concerns about Huawei's 5G technology, the company's chief technological officer Saleem Albalooshi told Reuters on Sunday.
Reuters
Just a few years ago, one in every five smartphones sold in China was made by Samsung. How times have changed.
CNN
Chinese officials are growing hesitant to pursue a broad trade deal with the U.S. in negotiations set to begin this Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
CNBC
The federal government will determine in the next few months whether Apple will get a tariff exemption on its core products.
CNBC
Microsoft might be working on a virtual reality mat to, at least in part, keep you from getting clotheslined by your coffee table yet again while ostensibly blinded by a VR headset.
Gizmodo
The founder and chairman of one of India's biggest telecom companies voiced his support for Huawei on Thursday, saying it should be allowed to help build the country's 5G networks.
CNN
Tim Cook has weighed in against launching an Apple cryptocurrency, saying that companies should not be trying to gain power by establishing competing currencies.
CNBC
Any errors in the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada last December were technical in nature and do not meet the requirements to suspend her extradition proceedings to the United States, government lawyers said in court on Wednesday.
Reuters
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