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"The suggestion that we were somehow victim of a national conspiracy is wrong. The facts of the matter are that we were robbed by a handful of our own employees based in Silicon Valley, who had broken the law to enrich themselves. All of this occurred several years ago. We found this out by ourselves and immediately sought legal action in public court in 2016. This was reported on in several publications after our victory in November 2018," said ASML president and CEO Peter Wennink.
Company release
China's chip equipment makers are seeing an uptick in domestic demand thanks to the trade war, giving them an opportunity to finally gain ground on global rivals like Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron.
Nikkei Asian Review
Due to appear in May, the 3D XPoint and storage combo is aimed at the thin laptop market.
ZDNet
Forty-four companies are now in the program, Apple said on Thursday, including Foxconn and TSMC.
Reuters
Last summer, Foxconn announced a barrage of new projects in Wisconsin - so we went looking for them
The Verge
For the past few months, all signs have pointed to Google creating a 10-inch Assistant smart display as the next step up from the Google Home Hub.
9to5Google
The China semiconductor industry had sales of $97.3 billion last year, says China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Electronics Weekly
At Google Cloud Next 2019 in San Francisco today, Google announced Cloud Run, the newest member of its serverless compute stack, in beta.
Venturebeat
The global economy is at what the International Monetary Fund's chief economist calls a "delicate moment".
BBC News
Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled a new chip for speeding up artificial intelligence work.
Reuters
An earlier report suggested Google was shifting away from new hardware
The Verge
The probe will look into the Microsoft products and services used by the institutions and whether the contractual agreements between them and the U.S. software company are GDPR-compliant.
Reuters
China's state planner wants to eliminate bitcoin mining in the country, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop in a sign of growing government pressure on the cryptocurrency sector.
Reuters
The European Union has published new guidelines on developing ethical AI.
The Verge
New AMD Ryzen PRO and AMD Athlon PRO powered commercial notebooks.
Company release
Explosive growth in data traffic in 5G era raises demand for chipsets such as radio frequency transceivers, power amplifiers, low-power supply modulators.
The Korea Herald
Intel says that it's still planning to supply its XMM 8160 5G modem for 2020 devices.
Venturebeat
Samsung Electronics said Friday its operating earnings likely plunged in the first quarter from a year earlier amid falling memory chip prices and weak demand for display panels.
Yonhap News
The companies claim that the combination expands memory footprints at a higher memory-per-core ratio, in a scalable and cost-effective way.
Electronics Weekly
Reports suggest Jacobs has ditched his plans in favor of wireless tech pursuits.
ZDNet
The companies hail from China, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Venturebeat
Microsoft and BMW on Tuesday launched an initiative to create an Open Manufacturing Platform that seeks to stimulate innovation and accelerate the development of 'smart' factories.
Reuters
10 VPN service providers have been ordered to link their servers in Russia to the state censorship agency by April 26.
Network World
The two companies added 739 billion won to the 723 billion won of the finishing work contract initially signed in September.
Reuters
One of Apple's key semiconductor engineers has left the company, even as the iPhone giant tries to take more control over what goes inside its devices.
CNET
Intel is handing out pink slips.
Tom's Hardware Guide
"We've concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards."
engadget
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has reported revenues topped US$100 billion in 2018 despite a US-led campaign against the business on fears it poses a security threat. The firm said net profit jumped 25% to CNY59.3 billion.
BBC News
SK hynix on Thursday unveiled a 1.2 trillion-won (US$1.05 billion) support plan for subcontracting firms and their R&D projects.
Yonhap News
Acquisition creates platform for addressing connectivity applications for Industrial and Automotive markets
Benzinga
German chipmaker Infineon cut its 2019 revenue forecast on Wednesday for the second time in as many months, pointing to a weakening Chinese car market, the world's largest, which it supplies.
Reuters
Economists are expecting 2.4 percent GDP growth in the U.S. this year, the highest forecast among G-7 countries where are mounting.
CNBC
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday first-quarter profit would likely miss market expectations due to falls in chip prices and slowing demand for display panels, in an unprecedented statement ahead of its earnings guidance.
Reuters
The world's biggest chipmaker on Tuesday said first-quarter results will fall short of estimates as prices for memory chips and displays slid more than expected, just days ahead of releasing preliminary earnings. That came after Apple, which buys smartphone screens from Samsung, cut its revenue outlook in January for the first time in almost two decades.
Bloomberg
We've seen the phones, now it's time to accessorize your heart out.
CNET
It's the largest display in the Galaxy A lineup, and it's also bigger than that of the Galaxy S10 Plus.
CNET
Apple attempted to reintroduce itself on Monday as an entertainment and financial services company that also makes iPhones as it launched a streaming television service, a credit card and an online gaming arcade.
Reuters
Intel will not develop new Compute Cards, the company has confirmed to Tom's Hardware.
Tom's Hardware Guide
Can Brexit be stopped? A force of exasperated Brits is trying.
Washington Post
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