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Though it has been working to commercialize a pair of AI accelerators, the chip giant is reportedly in talks to buy AI chip startup Habana Labs.
The Street
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to bring quantum computing to the cloud world, with the company lifting the lid off three initiatives on Monday at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas.
ZDNet
Samsung's foldable smartphone follow-up to the Galaxy Fold may cost around $1,000, according to a report from South Korea.
Digital Trends
T-Mobile's newest 5G network is just about ready for action.
CNET
Trump administration says the tax rules discriminate against US companies.
CNET
Apple's answer to OLED could arrive as early as next year
The Verge
Intel sold its smartphone modem chip business to Apple Inc at "a multi-billion dollar loss," the U.S. chipmaker said in a court filing on Friday, alleging that rival Qualcomm forced it out of the market.
Reuters
Apple is expected to release four 5G-capable iPhones in 2020, according to a forecast report from JPMorgan released Monday.
CNN
A better operating system thanks to Rust's combination of safety and performance?
The Register
Samsung's Galaxy S11 has leaked and leaked again, revealing a series of radical new features. And now Samsung confirmed its new smartphone for the first time.
Forbes
Exclusive: U.S. weighs new regulations to further restrict Huawei suppliers - sources (Nov 30, 2019)
The U.S. government may expand its power to stop more foreign shipments of products with U.S. technology to China's Huawei, amid frustration the company's blacklisting has failed to cut off supplies to the world's largest telecoms equipment maker, two sources said.
Reuters
The Nissan Motor, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors alliance has agreed to form a new company focused on research and development of advanced automotive technologies, Kyodo News said.
Reuters
Factory activity in China unexpectedly returned to growth in November for the first time in seven months, but the gains were meagre with more U.S. tariffs looming within weeks unless Beijing and Washington agree to defuse their damaging trade war.
Reuters
Chinese telecom giant has reduced reliance on U.S. suppliers, report finds
MarketWatch
People spent $2.9 billion using the device in their pocket.
engadget
The Chinese company is readying itself for a court battle, according to the Wall Street Journal.
CNET
People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.
BBC News
Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google's data collection (Dec 1, 2019)
EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years.
Reuters
"We plan to engage directly with HP shareholders to solicit their support in urging the HP Board to do the right thing and pursue this compelling opportunity," Xerox CEO John Visentin writes.
CNBC
French President Emmanuel Macron, asked about possible security risks posed by China's Huawei, said on Thursday that he would never look to stigmatize any particular telecoms operator or any particular country.
Reuters
U.S. online retail giant Amazon is not liable for unwittingly stocking trade mark infringing goods for third-party sellers, but should be diligent in checking whether products are legal, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday.
Reuters
Robots are one step closer to gaining a human sense that has so far eluded them: Touch.
CNN
Revised third quarter growth was reported at 2.1% from 1.9%.
CNBC
Quantum dot tech that can last up to a million hours is the key.
engadget
Japan's Panasonic will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.
Reuters
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi posted its slowest-ever quarterly revenue growth as the country's smartphone market grapples with a protracted lull in sales and larger rival Huawei increases its share of the market.
Reuters
Amazon's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
Reuters
A report on Wednesday said Apple will offer models that are both smaller and larger than those currently available.
CNBC
Intel shares move lower after Dell and HP both cite Intel supply constraints on their earnings calls.
CNBC
Audi is reducing its workforce by 7,500, the latest example of dramatic changes roiling the global autos industry.
CNN
The Department of Commerce has proposed requiring case-by-case approvals of all purchases of telecommunications equipment in a move likely to hit major Chinese suppliers like Huawei.
AP
The robots will be controlled remotely by tablet and deliver a live camera feed
Daily Mail
China raised $6 billion in its biggest ever international sovereign bond sale on Tuesday, as it pounced on the year's sharp dive in borrowing costs.
Reuters
In 2018, South Korea's SK Innovation beat its larger, local rival LG Chem to a multibillion dollar deal to supply German carmaker Volkswagen with electric vehicle batteries in the United States.
Reuters
A foldable tablet from Samsung also won't be alone next year, as Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 foldable laptop should come to market in 2020, while Microsoft's Surface Duo dual-screen foldable device is expected at the end of next year.
BGR
Democratic senators revealed a new online privacy bill Tuesday that could mark a milestone in the lengthy push for a federal privacy law.
CNBC
A Cortex-M processor and 1MB of RAM is all you need.
engadget
Bitcoin loses $3,000 in value in just a month as China accelerates a crackdown on businesses involved in cryptocurrency operations.
CNBC
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