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Microsoft is counting on users seeing the Duo as filling an untapped niche. But for people used to thinking about carrying no more than two devices - usually a PC/tablet or phone - where does the Duo fit?
ZDNet
HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google, Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies, to help accelerate its development of 5G devices.
Reuters
SiFive, a California startup working to commercialize an open-source semiconductor technology, said on Tuesday that it has raised an additional $60 million in funding from investors including SK Hynix and Saudi Aramco.
Reuters
Users say they would rather give up their iPhones than the 'crucial' app
Nikkei Asian Review
Apple CEO Tim Cook has become a billionaire as he nears a decade at the helm of the world's most valuable company.
CNN
The SoftBank Vision Fund, which reported an $18 billion loss last year, recorded an investment gain of $2.8 billion for this quarter.
CNBC
Looks like the FTC lost
The Verge
Tesla announced a five-for-one stock split on Tuesday evening.
CNBC
Top U.S. tech firms including Amazon.com and Facebook filed a legal brief on Monday backing a challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary ban on the entry of certain foreign workers to preserve jobs for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters
Including 'berry blue' and 'red camouflage'
The Verge
New Ampere GPUs might be on the way
The Verge
Chinese electric car start-up Xpeng Motors has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange.
CNBC
Singapore's economy contracted by 42.9% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter - sending the Southeast Asian country into a technical recession, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said.
CNBC
Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal.
Reuters
Big performance, low power
Tom's Hardware Guide
The company sold its remaining shares of its PC business to Sharp
The Verge
Microsoft has confirmed that its new game streaming service, xCloud, will not appear on Apple devices.
BBC News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a "clean" internet.
BBC News
There's no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix from Qualcomm.
Ars Technica
It says foreign rivals will claim an edge if the US doesn't change course.
engadget
Huawei Technologies will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month, financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday, as the impact of U.S. pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows.
Reuters
Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, SDKs, chip designs, and more.
Ars Technica
Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest Galaxy Note smartphone and new version of its foldable phone, the Z Fold 2, on Wednesday, hoping to regain ground against rivals Huawei and Apple as the smartphone market begins to recover from its COVID-19 slump.
Reuters
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies.
CNN
Apple's unified ecosystem is piling on the pressure
The Verge
"Exconfidential Lake" leak includes docs Intel provided under NDA as recently as May.
Ars Technica
China's dollar-denominated exports rose 7.2% from a year ago.
CNBC
German chipmaker Infineon reported forecast-beating third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, sending its shares higher as CEO Reinhard Ploss said that the worst of the auto industry slump had passed.
Reuters
For chip design, packaging, testing and relevant equipment, materials and software enterprises, the first two years of profits will be tax exempt
South China Morning Post
5G connectivity on a very affordable Android
The Verge
His deputy Greg Joswiak will assume Schiller's previous position.
Ars Technica
Sony on Tuesday reported a 1.1% decline in first-quarter operating profit, much milder than market estimates.
CNBC
The European Commission will carry out a full-scale probe into Google's takeover of Fitbit.
BBC News
Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber executive who oversaw its self-driving vehicle efforts, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for stealing an internal tracking document from Google related to its self-driving car program.
CNN
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday denied a media report that it is considering buying a small stake in SoftBank Group's chip company Arm Holdings.
Reuters
The co-founder of the company described as the jewel in the crown of British tech has said it would be disastrous for it to be sold to a US computing firm that is reportedly negotiating a takeover.
BBC News
The best thing about the Pixel 4a is how good a deal it is.
engadget
Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging it has infringed on its patents.
Reuters
SoftBank Group under-reported income to Japan's tax authorities by around 40 billion yen ($380 million) in the financial year ended March 2019, a person with knowledge of the matter said, requiring the conglomerate to resubmit filings.
Reuters
Alphabet's Google is buying a 6.6% stake in home security firm ADT for $450 million in a deal that will allow it to provide service to customers of its Nest home security devices.
CNBC
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