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AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh said Apple's 5G iPhones, likely to be announced in October, may not be the frenzy some are expecting, as certain consumers choose to stick with 4G LTE service.
CNBC
Microsoft on Monday announced plans to purchase game publisher Bethesda Softworks's parent company, ZeniMax, in a landmark $7.5 billion acquisition deal.
CNN
The Federal Reserve remains committed to using all the tools at its disposal to help the U.S. economy recover from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic, Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday.
Reuters
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Tesla is holding its annual shareholders' meeting in conjunction with a "battery day" where it could announce details about its own new type of battery cell.
CNBC
The European Union wants to arm itself with new powers to penalize big technology companies, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
Reuters
First Amendment concerns are keeping the Chinese messaging app alive.
engadget
Nintendo said Thursday it has stopped making the 3DS family of systems, and it has updated the 3DS and 2DS Japanese product pages, which say that the items are out of production.
CNN
The newly appointed chief executive of SiFive, a rising rival to Arm to supply chip designs, says Nvidia's $40 billion agreement to acquire Arm has sparked fresh interest from customers about deepening ties with the young firm.
Reuters
South Korea's LG Chem, an electric car battery supplier for Tesla and GM said on Thursday it plans to separate its battery business into a new company as the electric vehicle market takes off.
Reuters
Kioxia Holdings, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, warned on Thursday that tighter U.S. restrictions on Huawei could cause memory chip oversupply and drive down market prices.
Reuters
Geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing remain a concern for German chipmaker Infineon and the company preparing for increased competition in the semiconductor space out of China, CEO Reinhard Ploss said.
CNBC
Apple is going big in Singapore.
CNN
CTO Jeff Zhang said his company wants to make cloud technology accessible to everyone.
ZDNet
Companies that supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan to warn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist China's top chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, arguing it would be "detrimental" to U.S. industry.
Reuters
The Chinese division of UK-based chip designer Arm has been sued by an investor over its board's attempt to oust the unit's chief executive, escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech group is on the verge of being taken over in a $40 billion deal.
Reuters
Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing curbs on the firm's access to U.S. technology will soon cut off production of its premium handsets.
Reuters
It costs $499, putting it head to head with its rival, Microsoft's Xbox Series X, which likewise is going for $499.
CNN
AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially paid for by advertising, CEO John Stankey said Tuesday.
CNN
Qualcomm's bet that it can use 5G to bring AI inferencing closer to edge compute nodes may be about to pay off.
ZDNet
Sony has denied a recent Bloomberg report that said the company has cut its expectations for PlayStation 5 production by 4 million units and now expects to manufacture about 11 million units by the end of March.
The Verge
SMIC has asked for approval from the United States to continue supplying Huawei, state media outlet Beijing News reported on Tuesday, citing the company.
Reuters
Apple on Tuesday ended its long-time card partnership with Barclays, a move designed to focus attention on its own Apple Card product-financing plans, Bloomberg News reported, citing a memo sent to employees.
Reuters
The World Trade Organization has ruled that tariffs the US imposed on Chinese goods in 2018, triggering a trade war, were "inconsistent" with international trade rules.
BBC News
South Korean tech firm LG has unveiled a smartphone with a larger screen which swivels out to reveal a second, smaller one underneath.
BBC News
5G versions of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A are on the way
The Verge
Sony is reportedly having trouble with its custom SoC design.
ZDNet
South Korean chip exports to China are feared to take a hit from U.S. sanctions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei due to their heavy dependence on the neighboring country, sources said Tuesday.
Yonhap News
Chinese internet companies do not rely on international suppliers for parts and technology for their products unlike telecom firm, said Elinor Leung, China internet analyst at brokerage firm CLSA.
CNBC
Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington, analysts and lawyers say.
Reuters
New Snapdragon XR2 processor pushes nearly 50% more pixels than the original Quest.
Ars Technica
Two years ago, Microsoft sank a data centre off the coast of Orkney in a wild experiment.
BBC News
China has been trying to ramp up its domestic semiconductor industry as the U.S. increases the pressure on the country's technology giants.
CNBC
An 8-core 11th-gen Tiger Lake could give Intel the one feature it needs to beat Ryzen 4000.
PC World
Samsung shares could rally over 40% in the next year, according to one analyst who sees TV and smartphone sales rebounding sharply in the near-term and a boost in the chip division.
CNBC
Exclusive: Canada looks set for a fight over C$1 billion compensation for Huawei gear (Sep 13, 2020)
Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by China's Huawei from 5G networks, setting up a potential fight over a bill that could hit C$1 billion ($758 million).
Reuters
In the battle for tech supremacy between the US and China, America has "dropped the ball" in funding for basic research, according to former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt.
BBC News
When the South Korea government unveiled an expanded semiconductor material testing facility last month, the centrepiece was a towering white machine given by Samsung Electronics at a fraction of its market price.
Reuters
Samsung still has more new hardware on the way
The Verge
TikTok and Oracle will become business partners in the United States - a deal meant to satisfy the Trump administration's national security concerns, according to a person familiar with the matter.
CNN
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The Verge
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