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ThousandEyes says its customers include Microsoft, Slack, PayPal and Lyft.
CNBC
China's legislature has approved a proposal to impose a highly contentious national security law in Hong Kong, in an unprecedented move that critics say threatens fundamental political freedoms and civil liberties in the semi-autonomous territory.
CNN
We're also expecting the company to launch the Galaxy Fold 2 later this year, but a new patent shows that Samsung is thinking about a different take on the Fold.
Andorid Authority
Rumors suggest Sony has a digital event planned for next week
The Verge
Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices is the first woman ever to top The Associated Press' annual survey of CEO compensation: Her 2019 pay package was valued at $58.5 million following a strong performance for the company's stock during her five years as CEO.
AP
Huawei Technologies has stockpiled up to two years' worth of crucial American chips to shield its operations from Washington's crackdowns, sources told the Nikkei Asian Review.
Nikkei Asian Review
President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of threatening to close down social media platforms.
BBC News
Micron Technology raised its revenue forecast for the third quarter on Wednesday to a range of US$5.2 billion to US$5.4 billion from US$4.6 billion to US$5.2 billion, sending its shares about 3% higher.
Reuters (via Yahoo! Finance)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified to Congress Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China -- a decision that could result in the loss of Hong Kong's special trading status with the US and threaten its standing as an international financial hub.
CNN
Millionaire investors are betting that stocks will take at least a year to regain their previous highs, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey.
CNBC
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an $8.8 billion aid package for the country's embattled auto industry, which has seen sales tank during the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
Laptop sales grow as printing and desktop sales plunge, company's third-quarter earnings forecast comes in below expectations
MarketWatch
They're called the Yoga Duet 7i and IdeaPad Duet 3i
The Verge
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will invest 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) over the next five years in technology infrastructure including cloud computing, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, the company said Tuesday.
Reuters
The US crackdown on China's Huawei is spurring its biggest domestic rival to build up its own chipmaking capabilities, including by snapping up top engineering talent from its own suppliers.
Nikkei Asian Review
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies raised about 1.06 billion euros ($1.16 billion) by issuing new shares to partially finance its $10 billion acquisition of U.S.-based Cypress Semiconductor, it said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday it would reopen buildings in more cities at roughly 10% of their capacity beginning July 6 and scale it up to 30% in September, if conditions permit.
Reuters
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 86.6 this month from 85.7 in April.
CNBC
As part of its annual IP mobile platform announcement, Arm introduced a new initiative called Cortex-X Custom (CXC) program and the first product from the program, the Cortex-X1 CPU cores.
Forbes
It's already powering Vivo's latest smartphone.
engadget
More than just a phone maker now
The Verge
South Korea's chipmakers are again on edge over the second round of technology war between the United States and China involving semiconductors, according to industry sources Monday.
The Korea Herald
Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
CNBC
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee on Tuesday was summoned and questioned by prosecutors over a controversial 2015 merger of two of the group's affiliates, Yonhap News Agency said.
Reuters
Huawei's future in the UK is in doubt - again.
BBC News
Honor has been aggressively pushing an image of an independent company but, looking inside its phones, no one will be able to miss Huawei's DNA in almost every aspect.
SlashGear
It might also have a bigger battery
The Verge
Renault and Nissan have shelved plans to push towards the full merger former leader Carlos Ghosn craved and will instead fix their troubled alliance to try to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, five senior sources told Reuters.
Reuters
Lockdown has removed the luxury of choice for many of us. If you want to see your relatives, it has to be on screen.
BBC News
IBM is cutting an unspecified number of jobs
CNBC
China's securities watchdog on Sunday condemned a U.S. law that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities exchanges, saying it politicised regulation and would damage both countries.
Yahoo! Finance
44.2 Tbps over a fiber cable, using a single chip
The Verge
It may be a while before you can check for an irregular heartbeat.
engadget
Reliance has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com's local unit and Walmart's Flipkart in the huge Indian market.
Reuters
The Prime Minister has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China's involvement in the UK's 5G network reduced to zero
The Telegraph
The latest U.S. government action against China's Huawei takes direct aim at the company's HiSilicon chip division - a business that in a few short years has become central to China's ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success.
Reuters
Last year, GDP expanded by 6.1%, just making the official target range of 6% to 6.5%.
CNBC
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