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Just about every indicator of economic health in China is down.
Los Angeles Times
19 Jan 2019
In an open letter to Tesla staff, CEO Elon Musk announced the automaker is laying off 7% of its full-time work force, or more than 3,000 people. It's an effort, Musk wrote, to streamline the company and prepare it for tough times ahead.
Wired
The scale of the cuts is not necessarily deeper than previous years, it is simply significantly earlier, the report said, citing an industry source familiar with the situation.
Reuters
As Apple holds firmly onto its lead in the wearables category, Google seeks to refresh its flagging Wear OS with help from Fossil's IP and its R&D team.
ZDNet
Corning introduced two new auto interior glass solutions to customers at CES 2019. As automakers respond to consumer demand for more integrated and interactive displays, Corning's new Gorilla Glass for Automotive Interiors solutions are designed to address these trends.
Company release
It's one of multiple phones launching at the Mobile World Congress trade show next month. But none of them will fold.
CNET
Apple is in talks with private Medicare plans about getting Apple Watches into the hands - or on the wrists - of millions of people over the age of 65.
CNBC
The price of nostalgia
The Verge
China accuses US of 'hysteria'
CNN
New devices from both Microsoft and PC makers
The Verge
Wiliot makes a sticker sized battery-free Bluetooth sensor tag with an ARM processor that's powered by ambient radio frequencies.
ZDNet
Expect a price close to a midrange smartphone.
CNET
After missing its own 2018 deadline for shipping a multi-device wireless charger, industry speculation now has the AirPower charging pad on the assembly line and ready to ship soon.
Computerworld
Four industry experts talk about what's changing, how quickly, and where the limits are with AI.
Semiconductor Engineering
TSMC will struggle to plug the hole left by Apple Inc.'s declining smartphone orders in 2019, according to Sanford C. Bernstein's Mark Li, who has told clients to prepare for the firm's first annual profit drop in eight years.
Bloomberg
Samsung presented plans to begin mass production of 3nm Gate-All-Around field-effect transistors (GAAFET) as early as 2021. The company also confirmed that it would begin its production of 7nm EUV chips in the second half of this year.
Tom's Hardware Guide
We saw OLED, 240Hz displays and upgradeable laptops.
engadget
Samsung plans to launch a budget smartphone series in India ahead of a global release.
Reuters
Competition is brewing among Amazon, Google and Microsoft in a different corner of the cloud market: gaming.
CNBC
Company says decision was taken to sack Wang Weijing because the incident 'brought Huawei into disrepute'
South China Morning Post
Apple considered tapping Samsung Electronics and MediaTek along with existing vendor Intel to supply modem chips for 2019 iPhones, according to an Apple executive's testimony at the trial between Qualcomm and the US Federal Trade Commission on Friday.
Reuters
Polish authorities charged a Chinese citizen Friday - who's worked for smartphone giant Huawei Technologies - with high-level espionage that could send him to prison for 10 years.
UPI
AMD today highlighted historic leaps in computing, gaming and visualization technologies expected in 2019 based on a combination of leading-edge 7nm technology and the most advanced computing and graphics designs the company has ever created. During her CES 2019 keynote presentation, AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su announced the world's first 7nm gaming graphics processing unit (GPU), AMD Radeon VII; detailed the world's fastest processor for ultrathin laptops, 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Mobile processors and 3rd Gen Ryzne processors
Company release
Begun, the graphics card wars have.
CNET
SK hynix may ultimately expand into the non-memory semiconductor market by tapping into an emerging market for a variety of system-on-chips for autonomous driving.
The Korea Herald
Chinese blockchain platforms will have to censor content, allow authorities access to stored data and check the identity of users under rules set out on Thursday by Beijing.
Reuters
Ericsson said it will book a 6.1 billion crown ($687 million) charge for the fourth quarter after a failed revamp of its loss-making Business Support System unit.
Reuters
Skyworks Solutions, a supplier to Apple, lowered its fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit guidance, citing a weakening smartphone market.
The Street
Huawei defines three characteristics of data center switches in the AI era: embedded AI chip, 48-port 400GE line card per slot, and the capability to evolve to the autonomous driving network, and innovatively incorporates AI technologies into data center switches.
Company release
Apple supplier AMS has developed a light and infrared proximity sensor that can sit behind a smartphone's screen.
Reuters
Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz have extended their partnership to develop AI architecture across the entire car.
ZDNet
InterDigital on Monday said Huawei filed a lawsuit against it in China, alleging the U.S. technology firm had not licensed its intellectual property on fair terms.
Reuters
Apple is cutting its current production plan for new iPhones by about 10% for the next three months in a sign that the US smartphone maker is expecting a further hit this year.
Nikkei Asian Review
Intel said on Monday at the CES in Las Vegas that it is working with Facebook to finish a new artificial intelligence chip in the second half of this year.
Reuters
LG Electronics delivered an earnings shock by recording an 80 percent plunge in operating profit
BusinessKorea
Xiaomi bought 65.2 million shares, or 0.48 percent, of TCL from the secondary market.
Bloomberg
Sensor specialist AMS is teaming up with Chinese software maker Face++ to produce new 3D facial recognition features for smartphones, as the Austrian firm aims to reduce its dependency on Apple and boost its battered shares.
Reuters
iPhone XR became the best-selling iPhone model in November 2018. In contrast, last year in November the more expensive iPhone X was the best-selling model with almost 50% higher volume compared to the iPhone XR in November this year.
Counterpoint
Chinese giant spruiks higher performance with lower power consumption in its own tests.
ZDNet
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