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Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon after a US watchdog group criticized what it described as harsh working conditions at the factory.
CNBC
Phil Spencer, Microsoft's gaming chief, has revealed the company is hard at work building a streaming game service for any device.
The Verge
Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed on Twitter Sunday that the company plans to roll out its "Version 9" software in August of this year, and that the update will "begin to enable full self-driving features."
Fortune
Dialog Semiconductor is in discussions with touch-pad technology maker Synaptics about a potential deal with the US company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg
Synopsys has announced it has been enhancing its design tools with AI technology to address the complexities of leading-edge design. AI-enhanced tools augment the Synopsys Design Platform and work with recently announced Fusion Technology to accelerate time-to-results (TTR) and set new standards for quality-of-results (QoR) in digital and custom design.
Company release
Shares in Foxconn Industrial Internet rose by the maximum 44% daily limit on their first day of trading in Shanghai.
The Financial Times
The company has disclosed that a bug, which was live last month, switched the "suggested" sharing setting on some users' posts to the "public" setting.
The Verge
Leaders of the G7 group are gathering in Canada for what could be one its most acrimonious summits in years. On the eve of the meeting, the French and Canadian leaders clashed with US President Donald Trump on the summit's key agenda - trade tariffs.
BBC News
The US has reached a deal with Chinese tech firm ZTE that will remove a ban that prevented the company from buying parts from US suppliers, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said. The deal will involve ZTE paying a US$1bn penalty and hiring a compliance team chosen by the US.
BBC News
Jacobs's new company, XCOM, will focus on 5G wireless technology but still doesn't have a business plan.
CNBC
The head of Taiwan's Foxconn, which assembles Apple iPhones and other tech products, says Washington's conflict with Beijing is over technology rather than trade.
U.S.News
Arm will be selling the 51% of Arm Technology China to a consortium led by Hou An Innovation Fund, which is jointly managed by ARM and Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments, a source close to the deal told Reuters.
Reuters
ZTE has signed an agreement in principle that would lift a US Commerce Department ban on buying from US suppliers, allowing the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker to get back into business, according to sources familiar with the matter.
CNBC
China has launched a probe into Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology, the three semiconductor makers who control the market for DRAM memory chips.
Reuters
Corning closes acquisition of substantially all of 3M's Communication Markets Division (Jun 4, 2018)
Corning has announced that it has largely completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the Communication Markets Division (CMD) from 3M. Corning anticipates closing the sale of the remaining telecommunications system integration services business later in 2018, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Company release
Apple will attempt to frustrate tools used by Facebook to automatically track web users, within the next version of its iOS and Mac operating systems.
BBC News
In a bid to provide more tangible advantages to its customers and not to invest in short-lasting nodes, the company is mulling skipping 5nm manufacturing technology like it did with the 10nm fabrication process.
Anandtech
The response came after industry website Jiweinet reported on Friday that the Chinese antitrust agency launched a sudden investigation into the Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen offices of Samsung, SK Hynix Inc and Micron Technology on Thursday seeking certain information.
Global Times
Micron Technology said Chinese regulatory authority representatives visited its offices in that country, potentially opening another front in a growing trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
Bloomberg
Toshiba is selling its debt-ridden business as part of its corporate restructuring efforts.
Nikkei Asian Review
Google has discussed building its phones for the first time with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, the same manufacturer that assembles iPhones, one of the people said.
Bloomberg
Dialog Semiconductor said Apple now planned to source the main power management chips (PMICs) for one of its three new iPhone models from two suppliers instead of just from the German chipmaker.
Reuters
Toshiba has completed its sale of Toshiba Memory to a group led by Bain Capital.
Company release
The chip is AI capable and built using 10nm process technology.
Company release
Korean semiconductor packager Nepes has become the world's first to commercialize fan-out panel level package (FO-PLP) technology.
ZDNet
A number of chips will require mature processes in 200mm plants for a long time.
Semiconductor Engineering
After nearly five days of deliberations, a US jury on Thursday said Samsung Electronics should pay US$539 million to Apple for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a years-long feud between the technology companies into its final stages.
CNBC
Qualcomm Technologies has announced the formation of Qualcomm AI Research, a cross-functional, cooperative effort that encompasses all of the cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) research taking place across the company.
Company release
Uber is still dealing with the fallout from the fatal self-driving car crash that happened in Arizona two months ago, but the ride-hailing service is forging ahead with its next big project.
Techradar
Globalfoundries has announced that its 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) technology platform has been certified to AEC-Q100 Grade 2 for production. As the industry's most advanced automotive-qualified FD-SOI process technology, GF's 22FDX platform includes a comprehensive set of technology and design enablement capabilities tailored to improve the performance and power efficiency of automotive integrated circuits (ICs) while maintaining adherence to strict automotive safety and quality standards.
Company release
Apple manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started mass production of next-generation processors for new iPhones launching later in 2018, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg
This year Apple AAPL -0.18% will change its iPhone line-up dramatically. There will be three new models in three new sizes and - perhaps most surprisingly - some major price cuts. And now even Apple is giving us clues about this...
Forbes
Micron Technology shares rose Monday after the Boise, Idaho-based memory chipmaker raised its guidance for the fiscal third quarter.
Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
The departure of Baidu's most senior operational executive threatens to derail the Chinese search giant's ambition of placing artificial intelligence at the heart of its business.
Bloomberg
The chairman of South Korea's LG Group, Koo Bon-moo, instrumental to transforming the country's fourth-largest conglomerate into a global brand, passed away on Sunday after a year-long battle with brain disease.
CNBC
Families of terrorism victims are warning the Trump administration may negotiate away US$150 million ZTE was expected to pay for violating US sanctions - a move that they say would send a terrible message to global firms thinking of doing business with rogue regimes.
Toronto Star
China and the US say they will halt imposing punitive import tariffs, putting a possible trade war "on hold." The deal came after talks in the US aimed at persuading China to buy US$200 billin of US goods and services and thereby reduce the trade imbalance.
BBC News
Signify has launched its new company name, following the amendment of the company's articles of association changing its name from Philips Lighting to Signify.
NASDAQ.com
The new CEO of Globalfoundries has a charter to improve financial performance of the privately held chipmaker. Thus, Tom Caulfield is seeking partners for the company that is a distant second in a hotly competitive race to make chips.
EE Times
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