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Chip company Arm Holdings said on Monday it has put the brakes on the proposed transfer of two of its software businesses to its Japan-based parent SoftBank Group.
Reuters
The eye-catching dome will be part of the Marina Bay Sands resort.
engadget
Industry executives say government seeking to phase out Chinese equipment without formal ban
Finacial Times
Google Cloud is investing $100 million into Amwell, formerly known as American Well, in a concurrent private placement with its IPO.
CNBC
A group of carmakers and tech firms is urging US regulators to take further action against chipmaker Qualcomm over its sales practices.
BBC News
A cloud contract effort designed for governments outside the U.S. could launch later this year.
CNBC
Russia is ready to co-operate with China and its Huawei on 5G technology which Moscow is currently trying to develop, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Reuters
The latest round of trade talks between Britain and the European Union has concluded without a breakthrough, leaving negotiators just two months to reach a deal and avoid further damage to businesses that have already been slammed by the coronavirus recession.
CNN
Apple is apologizing after it found itself in yet another controversy this weekend over its app store.
CNN
Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year's most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Washington Post
The coronavirus crisis will see the world's biggest firms slash dividend payouts between 17%-23% this year or what could be as much $400 billion, a new report has shown, although sectors such as tech are fighting the trend.
Reuters
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown into sharp focus the role of government in supporting the economy during periods of crises.
CNBC
From manufacturing to the service sector, robots are playing a bigger role in China
South China Morning Post
As the U.S.-China "tech war" widens, investors are betting on China's efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector.
Reuters
China's economy has bounced back from the Covid-19 outbreak in China's Wuhan province. That's great news for Alibaba, the e-commerce and cloud giant. But the company also acknowledged the threat of being caught up in the burgeoning trade war between the United States and China.
CNN
Nvidia forecast third-quarter sales above expectations on Wednesday, but results from the data center business of the rising semiconductor industry star disappointed some investors, pressuring shares.
Reuters
Technology is shaping the future of the automotive industry and it's creating a big opportunity in the semiconductor space, Vincent Roche, chief executive of chipmaker Analog Devices, told CNBC Wednesday.
CNBC
China said on Tuesday it firmly opposes U.S. suppression of Huawei, after the Trump administration announced it would further tighten restrictions on the company.
Reuters
Oracle's bid for Chinese-owned social media app TikTok might not be as odd as it first seems.
CNBC
A huge expansion for the Google Stadia rival.
engadget
More than 47,000 games were removed
The Verge
The US is placing further restrictions on Huawei Technologies in a bid to limit the company's access to electronic components, preventing the company from buying computer chips made using US technology even if they were not designed specifically for Huawei.
BBC News
CEO Jensen Huang will kick things off with a keynote.
engadget
Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the government's lawyers said on Monday, as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention.
Reuters
Xe LP graphics in Tiger Lake laptops are only the first part of the story.
Ars Technica
The escalating battle between Apple and Epic Games has already resulted in Fortnite being unavailable to download on phones around the world.
CNBC
IBM announced on Monday a new processor chip for data centers that it says will be able to handle three times the workload of its predecessor.
Reuters
You might not get software updates again.
engadget
The world's third-largest economy shrank 7.8% in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter, the country's Cabinet Office said on Monday.
CNN
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok.
Reuters
Facebook on Friday took a shot at Apple, saying the company will only be able to pay small businesses a portion of sales from a new paid online events feature because of the iOS App Store's policies.
CNBC
Huawei recently became the world's biggest smartphone maker, beating Samsung and Apple at their own game by offering consumers state of the art phones with amazing cameras at competitive prices.
CNN
Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Thursday as demand rebounds for semiconductor equipment and services from the coronavirus-driven slump, and predicted sustained spending into 2021.
Reuters UK
Micron Technology said the outlook for demand is worsening and predicted it's unlikely to meet its revenue forecast for the fiscal first quarter. Shares dropped about 5% on the comments.
Bloomberg
Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, smashed expectations with a 31% leap in first-quarter net profit, as the coronavirus pandemic spurs businesses to shift to remote work and schools to switch to online learning.
Reuters
Intel on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance Intel's next round of processors by as much as 20%.
Reuters
Intel showed us something new at Architecture Day 2020: confidence.
Ars Technica
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is in early talks with ByteDance about an investment in TikTok's India business, according to a TechCrunch report.
CNBC
President Trump's executive order last week banning TikTok if it doesn't find a buyer by next month potentially threatened to upend a vibrant social network and the broader social media marketplace.
CNN
The 20.4% second-quarter plunge follows a 2.2% contraction in the first quarter.
CNBC
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