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Supermicro has sent a letter to its customers saying that it has found no evidence of malicious chips on its motherboards. The company asked third-party company Nardello & Co. to audit Supermicro's hardware.
TechCrunch
Jaguar Land Rover will announce plans to cut thousands of jobs early in the new year, as part of a 瞿2.5bn turnround plan to revive the fortunes of Britain's largest carmaker.
The Financial Times
For some time, Apple has been serious about building more wireless components for its own devices, putting its own Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips into the latest Apple Watches and AirPod earbuds.
The Information
Apple, facing a court ban in China on some of its iPhone models over alleged infringement of Qualcomm patents, said on Friday it will push software updates to users in a bid to resolve potential issues.
Reuters
Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, the most widely followed Apple analyst on Wall Street whose calls typically move the stock, says demand for iPhones is falling way short.
CNBC
The new module is tailored for the production of autonomous devices like drones and robots.
ZDNet
Almost half (48.6%) of US chief financial officers believe the United States will be in recession by the end of next year.
CNN
Apple has announced plans to build a new campus in Austin, Texas, saying the project will involve a $1bn investment.
BBC News
Samsung Electronics will cease operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China, the company said, as its sales in the world's biggest smartphone market slumps amid rising competition from lower-cost local rivals.
Reuters
Amazon does not plan to sell this chip directly to customers, but the decision by one of the world's biggest buyers of computer processors to go the do-it-yourself route is likely to have a major impact on Intel, the iconic Silicon Valley chip maker.
New York Times
UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership on Wednesday. She said a new prime minister would have to scrap or extend Article 50, the mechanism taking Britain out of the EU on 29 March, "delaying or even stopping Brexit".
BBC News
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has downgraded executive cars and cut business travel in a belt-tightening campaign meant to prepare for a difficult 2019.
Nikkei Asian Review
On Tuesday, a Chinese court banned the sale of older iPhone models as part of a long-running patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Qualcomm.
BBC News
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have been granted 5G radio frequency spectrum allocations to pursue trials in the next-generation mobile system ahead of its wide roll-out from 2020
South China Morning Post
Qualcomm announced that the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court in China has granted the company's request for two preliminary injunctions against four Chinese subsidiaries of Apple, ordering them to immediately cease infringing upon two Qualcomm patents through the unlicensed importation, sale and offers for sale in China of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
Company release
The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members.
BBC News
Twitter's chief executive has been criticized for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.
BBC News
A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs to CRN after The Information first reported on the job cuts Friday. But the spokesperson disputed that the layoffs only impacted Qualcomm's data center unit and said they were across "a number of divisions."
CRN
Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results on Thursday. Shares of the chipmaker soared 6% in after-hours trade after beating on both the top and bottom lines.
Yahoo! Finance
The iPhone assembler said earlier this year that the Sino-US trade spat was the biggest challenge it is facing, and its high-level managers were making plans to counter the impact
South China Morning Post
SK Group on Thursday appointed Lee Seok-hee as the CEO of SK hynix in its annual reshuffle, alongside new leaders named for SK Gas, SK Engineering & Construction and SK Global Chemical.
Korea Herald
Alibaba said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement with the Belgium government to launch an e-commerce trade hub, which will include investments in logistics infrastructure.
Reuters
Yandex, the internet titan often referred to as the "Google of Russia," has launched its first smartphone.
Venturebeat
Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its defenses against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks.
Reuters
The market sell-off triggered by fears that the US-China trade truce could unravel has created fresh uncertainty for companies on the hunt for acquisitions, threatening a five-year global takeover wave, dealmakers say.
The Financial Times
UK telecoms group BT (BT) confirmed on Wednesday that it would not buy equipment from the Chinese tech company for the core of its next generation wireless network. The company also said it would remove existing Huawei technology from the heart of its 4G network within two years.
CNN
Google's self-driving car project has announced a driverless commercial taxi service.
The Telegraph
Top executives at Intel, Texas Instruments and Rambus all left within a month of each other earlier this year
MarketWatch
The daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States.
BBC News
Texas Instruments has been steadily ramping up its production of 300mm wafers for its analog processors, as it looks to cut costs and boost production efficiency. While the company's existing 300mm facilities still have room to scale up production, TI will be investing in the next phase of its 300mm analog output, likely to be available by around 2022.
Forbes
Apple is shifting marketing resources and providing unusually generous promotions to boost sales.
Fortune
Bose's Frames will let users privately listen to music, answer calls and talk to preferred voice assistant without having to wear earbuds.
engadget
Alphabet will start testing its drone delivery service in Europe from next year, having struggled to gain momentum for the service in the US, in the latest signal that tech giants are beginning to see the region as a prime testbed for new technologies.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Cirrus Logic joined a growing list of Apple suppliers in cutting its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter.
Bloomberg
For America, it makes both economic and strategic sense.
Wall Street Journal
Qualcomm considers the matter closed and is fully focused on continuing to execute on its 5G roadmap.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Korea isn't standing still and allowing China to just catch up and take the lead. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have come up with a series of new products that they hope will widen the technological gap with their Chinese counterparts.
JoongAng Daily
China and the United States agreed to halt additional tariffs in a deal that keeps their trade war from escalating as the two sides try again to bridge their differences with fresh talks aimed at reaching an agreement within 90 days.
Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping said he's open to approving a renewed deal for Qualcomm to buy chip rival NXP in trade talks with President Donald Trump, according to the White House.
CNBC
The US and China have agreed to suspend plans to impose new tariffs on January 1.
BBC News
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