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Apple has revoked Google's ability to offer its employees internal-only iPhone apps. Apple is punishing its rival for breaking its developers' policy, a day after it took the same action against Facebook.
BBC News
The FBI is accusing a Chinese national of stealing trade secrets while working for Apple.
CNN
LG seems to be hustling hard to keep up with arch-rival Samsung
The Verge
Nintendo cut its forecast for the Switch in the fiscal year, saying it will now sell only 17 million Switch units by March 31, rather than 20 million.
Venturebeat
Intel made interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan's role permanent on Thursday, marking the first time the chipmaker has picked a leader who did not rise through the company ranks, sending Intel shares down and boosting rivals.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics warned of weaker earnings in 2019 as it posted a 29 percent drop in fourth-quarter operating profit.
Reuters
Huawei Technologies is asking suppliers to move some production to China as it braces for possible restrictions on access to US technology that could starve the Chinese group of components vital to its business.
Nikkei Asian Review
It trades a lot of specs for the low price of $90
The Verge
Microsoft's revenue was slightly below consensus as revenue from Windows device makers fell.
CNBC
China said on Thursday its manufacturing activity contracted for the second-straight month in January.
CNBC
Instead of hiring the blue-collar workers Trump promised to put back to work, Foxconn is now instead planning to recruit researchers, designers and engineers into a "technology hub" rather than opening a factory - a move that caught state officials off guard.
CNN
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday that representatives from 95 jurisdictions had agreed to "address the tax challenges of the digitalization of the economy."
Fortune
iPhone revenue comes in just slightly below projections.
CNBC
Semiconductor sector analysts believe that China's best chipmakers are as much as a decade behind their international rivals. That is despite long running financial support from Beijing, rising market dominance of Chinese electronics hardware groups and the vastly improved capabilities of China's chip design companies.
The Financial Times
Intel's patent is so detailed that Lets Go Digital managed to create concept images showing the device in action.
Digital Trends
Apple is reportedly the latest technology giant making plans for a gaming subscription service.
The Telegraph
Deal is worth $230 million, expected to close this quarter
Bloomberg
Intel will receive a grant of about $1 billion from the Israeli government for its latest investment plan to expand its chip manufacturing operations in the country, Israel's finance minister said on Tuesday.
Reuters
US sanctions against Fujian Jinhua will force the Chinese state-owned company accused of stealing trade secrets from American memory chipmaker Micron to stop production by March, according to people familiar with the situation.
The Financial Times
Apple has acknowledged a flaw in its FaceTime software that allowed for brief eavesdropping - even if the recipient did not pick up. In some cases the target iPhone would send video, probably without the receiver's knowledge.
BBC News
China has the most fab projects in the world, with 30 new facilities or lines in construction or on the drawing board, according to data from SEMI's World Fab Forecast Report.
Semiconductor Engineering
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed two cases against Huawei that detail a slew of allegations.
CNN
It is aiming to have used 500 thousand tons of recycled plastics within the next decade.
CNBC
There are also hints of an long-due iPod touch update
engadget
JP Morgan economists cut their first quarter growth forecasts for a second time in two weeks due to the government shutdown
CNBC
STMicroelectronics jumped over 10% in Paris after the European chip maker posted rises in profit and revenue for the fourth quarter and said it expects revenue growth will accelerate in the second half of 2019.
MarketWatch
Anja Karliczek said her ministry would invest 500 million euros ($568 million) to support research into both existing and next-generation EV battery cell technology.
Reuters
Intel's fourth-quarter revenue was light, as was its revenue forecast for 2019
CNBC
Meizu's marketing team is calling this "the world's first seamless, uninterrupted phone"
Forbes
China's Huawei on Thursday unveiled its 5G modem Balong 5000.
Reuters
ASML, a major supplier to the world's largest computer chipmakers, said sales would be weak in the first quarter as some of its customers had delayed orders into the second half of the year.
New York Times
The Oregonian reported that the company plans to expand its Oregon factory, D1X, to prep for the 7nm shift.
Tom's Hardware Guide
Foldable phones, computers, and tablets are looking to be the next big trend in technology, and Lenovo could be next to get in on the wave of future devices.
Digital Trends
Seven universities are collaborating to create a blockchain-based online payment system that will solve issues of scalability, privacy, security and performance, enabling up to 10,000 transactions per second.
Computerworld
Apple's largest iPhone assembler, Foxconn Technology Group, is considering producing the devices in India, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could reduce Apple's dependence on China for manufacturing and potentially for sales.
Wall Street Journal
Japan Display in advanced talks with Taiwan's TPK Holding and Chinese state-owned Silk Road Fund about an investment.
Wall Street Journal
Japanese electronics maker aims to limit customs complications
Nikkei Asian Review
Rising populism, policy uncertainty and trade conflicts have led to a sharp drop in confidence among global CEOs.
CNN
He warned of job losses and said that the company would likely have to axe "mediocre employees."
Business Insider
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