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Panasonic Corporation of North America, Colorado Department of Transportation, Ford Motor Company and Qualcomm Technologies have unveiled the first real-world application of C-V2X technology connecting the vehicle, the roadways and a regional traffic management center in Denver, demonstrating a new level of data-driven situational awareness that will achieve a dramatic improvement of safety on the road.
MarketWatch
Intel's newly-minted graphics group has set up a new twitter account (Intel Graphics), and in a bit of marketing glory, the first tweet features a video revealing a shadowy new discrete GPU that should arrive in 2020.
Tom's Hardware Guide
The employee Tesla is suing for theft of proprietary information has tweeted photos and other details, perhaps in an attempt to back up some of the claims he made against the automaker.
engadget
On Wednesday, Uber posted a loss of US$891 million for the second quarter, compared with a loss of more than US$1 billion during the same period a year earlier.
The New York Times
Cabot Microelectronics has agreed to buy KMG Chemicals for US$1.2 billion in cash and stock, making its largest acquisition ever in an effort to strengthen its position as a supplier to the semiconductor industry.
Bloomberg
Microsoft and Amazon finally are making available to the public their promised Cortana and Alexa integration across Windows 10 PCs and Echo devices in early preview form.
ZDNet
Intel on Tuesday disclosed three more possible flaws in some of its microprocessors that can be exploited to gain access to certain data from computer memory.
Reuters
Sprint is getting ready for the 5G future, partnering with LG to bring what it says will be the first 5G smartphone to the U.S. capable of tapping into its faster, next-generation cellular network.
USA Today
Apple has a team exploring a custom processor that can make better sense of health information coming off sensors from deep inside its devices, job listings show.
CNBC
Infineon Technologies and JD group have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at creating a smart IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem.
Company release
Mobile revenues will account for more than 50% of the nearly $138 billion global games market this year, according to global market intelligence group Newzoo.
Variety
Samsung's new SmartThings Wifi router uses artificial intelligence and mesh networking to optimize whole-home Wi-Fi coverage while it also functions as a smart home hub.
Digital Trends
Chinese researchers are claiming an organic solar cell record - 17.3% efficiency under standard sunlight conditions from a solution-processes structure - as opposed to more-complex vacuum processing.
Electronics Weekly
Using the Von Neumann architecture for artificial intelligence applications is inefficient. What will replace it?
Semiconductor Engineering
Skyworks Solutions has agreed to purchase Avnera, a developer of analog SoCs.
Company release
Covestro is pushing ahead with developing and marketing its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) by introducing Maezio as brand name. These materials are set to tap into the growing demand worldwide for strong and light materials that contribute to resource conservation and energy efficiency.
Company release
Japan's economy grew more than expected in the second quarter, helped by strong household and business spending and recovering from an earlier contraction, but global trade tensions loom as major risks to the export and investment outlook.
Reuters
Despite years dodging blue shells and piranha plants, Luigi has finally been claimed by the Grim Reaper. Fans were shocked after Nintendo broadcast footage of the green Mario brother's soul being ripped from his body.
BBC News
Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said he was "satisfied" with the company's growth in the PC and tablet segment in the Indian market but admitted that Lenovo had "made some mistakes" with its smartphone portfolio.
The Economic Times
Net profit for January-June was 65.6 billion yuan ($9.62 billion).
Reuters
Showcases significant benefits of machine learning technology inside SSDs and storage accelerators spanning data center
PR Newswire
As PC sales have stagnated, Intel has increasingly been depending on its sales to data centers.
Reuters
The semiconductor cycle is showing signs of overheating,
CNBC
Japan's Toshiba reported a record quarterly net profit on Wednesday, thanks to the $18 billion sale of its flash memory chip business.
Reuters
The compute accelerator is optimized for graphics-intensive applications and machine learning inference.
ZDNet
US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country.
BBC News
Musk said de-listing from the stock exchange meant Tesla would no longer be pressured into making short-term decisions to appease investors.
BBC News
AMD formally announced four new 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadrippers (also called Threadripper 2) Monday morning, at prices aimed to kill Intel. The 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores, 64 threads, and a list price of US$1,799.
PC World
Samsung has entered mass production of the first 4TB QLC SATA SSDs for the consumer market. The news comes on the cusp of this week's Flash Memory Summit, an annual storage conference where all of the newest flash and memory tech is normally announced. Samsung is usually a premier conference sponsor and dominates the show floor, but the company is curiously absent this year.
Tom's Hardware Guide
In a big boost to the manufacturing sector in Andhra Pradesh, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has announced that one of its global component suppliers, Holitech Technology Co of China, will be setting up a plant at Tirupati at an investment of Rs 1,400 crore and creating 6,000 jobs.
Times of India
Asus has brought the ZenFone Live L1, its first Android Go phone, to the US. The phone has budget specs, but it could stand out at US$110 thanks to a couple of features uncommon for its price range: an 18:9 display and a face unlock feature.
The Verge
GraphicsFuzz's three-person team - Alastair Donaldson, Hugues Evrard and Paul Thomson - will join Google's Android Graphics Team to "integrate their graphics driver testing technology within the Android ecosystem," according to an announcement on the startup's website.
Venturebeat
"Sources said the world's largest maker of semiconductors and smartphones is relocating its Washington, D.C. office right next to Capitol Hill"
Yonhap News
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately-held Duo Security, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. Duo Security is the leading provider of unified access security and multi-factor authentication delivered through the cloud.
MarketWatch
Infineon Technologies held early-stage talks about buying STMicroelectronics last year, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would have created a European semiconductor powerhouse.
Bloomberg
Oversupply and seasonal weakness combine for a potential big drop in SSD prices.
Network World
Wave Computing has set its sights on becoming the first AI startup to develop and deploy a 7-nm AI processor in its AI systems.
EE Times
The company today announced its latest quarterly numbers, which saw the average selling price of its wearables increase 6 percent year-over-year to $106 a device.
TechCrunch
CFO suggests average iPhone sales price won't see another leap.
Bloomberg
Apple has become the world's first public company to be worth US$1 trillion. The iPhone maker's market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday and its shares closed at a new record high of US$207.39.
BBC News
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