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Calls by China's president to put blockchain at the heart of the country's innovation could tip the scales toward Beijing in the global race to lead in the fledgling technology, analysts and investors said.
Reuters
Some investors want Apple to sell its iPhone on a subscription basis to shift more of Apple's revenue from transactional sales to recurring revenue.
CNBC
It can handle more than 50 devices at once
The Verge
The US firm said it "wished it had done more to investigate Cambridge Analytica" earlier.
BBC News
European fans of Huawei smartphones will soon be able to purchase the Mate 30 Pro and the regular Mate 30, though, assuming they're ready to ditch Google's version of Android in favor of Huawei's alternative.
BGR
Valor Glass has been designed for pharmaceutical applications, and this approval makes Valor Glass the first and only fundamentally new glass composition to be approved by the FDA since the advent of borosilicate glass more than 100 years ago.
Company release
China's Huawei Technologies expects around 480 million households worldwide will have access to fifth-generation (5G) broadband service by 2025, the chief executive of its Brazilian telecoms operations said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Apple faces more regulatory woes in Europe as EU antitrust regulators ask online sales companies whether they have been told to use its mobile payment service instead of rival services, an EU document seen by Reuters showed.
Reuters
The trade war with China has been a two-steps forward, three-steps back affair. The current thinking is in the "two-steps forward" camp.
CNN
Esports are filling basketball arenas, airing on major cable TV networks and attracting sponsorship dollars from blue chip companies. So it should come as no surprise that Wall Street is looking to cash in on the popularity of the ESL, Overwatch League, League of Legends World Championship and other esports events as well.
CNN
It looks like a folding flip phone
The Verge
Google's parent company, Alphabet, made a bid to acquire Fitbit, a source familiar with the matter tells CNBC.
CNBC
Google saw an increase in spending on research and development, sales and marketing, and general administrative fees in Q3 2019 compared to the same time last year.
Yahoo! Finance
Exemptions on nearly 1,000 products are set to expire in December.
CNBC
A photo of one was found in iOS 13.2
The Verge
Apple could be ready to announce these soon
The Verge
The agency is also looking to require rural carriers to replace their Huawei and ZTE gear, and for ways to fund that effort.
CNET
China is studying the application of blockchain and artificial intelligence in cross-border financing with a focus on risk management, and will further liberalize its capital markets, a senior foreign exchange regulator said on Sunday.
Reuters
Leaked documents indicate Microsoft's Windows 10X will be coming to clamshell laptops (Oct 26, 2019)
Microsoft looks to be making Windows 10X available not just on dual-screen and foldable devices, but on clamshell laptops, as well, according to newly leaked documents.
ZDNet
The EU has agreed to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020, according to a tweet from the European Council president. Donald Tusk said the bloc would allow for a so-called "flextension" - meaning the UK could leave before the deadline if a deal was approved by Parliament.
BBC News
It's no secret that AMD has benefited from Intel's ongoing processor shortage.
Tom's Hardware Guide
The US-China trade war is rocking America's manufacturing industry. It's denting profits for major companies like Hasbro and Caterpillar. And farmers are hurting badly.
CNN
Facebook News will show users a personalized selection of news stories.
CNBC
Profits at China's industrial firms contracted for the second straight month in September as producer prices continued their slide, highlighting the toll a slowing economy and protracted U.S. trade war are having taken on corporate balance sheets.
Reuters
The president directed former Defense Secretary James Mattis to push Amazon out of the bidding for a lucrative cloud computing deal, a bio of Mattis reportedly says.
CNET
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to grant China's Huawei access to the UK's future 5G telecoms network, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
Reuters
Nokia is struggling to keep pace with its rivals in the race to 5G.
CNN
Amazon.com on Thursday forecast revenue and profit for the holiday quarter below expectations, as it faces fierce competition and rising costs from its plan to speed up delivery times globally.
Reuters
The BBC has made its international news website available via the Tor network, in a bid to thwart censorship attempts.
BBC News
Forget the Galaxy Fold. This prototype from TCL has a 10-inch screen and folds in two different directions.
CNET
Idaho-based memory chipmaker Micron Technology on Thursday challenged rival Intel with a new line of hard drives aimed at data centers, just as the two companies are on the cusp of formally ending a joint venture of more than a decade that developed the technology.
Reuters
South Korea's industry ministry on Thursday vowed to make all-out efforts to overcome existing hurdles in the chip industry, which has been struggling with a cyclical downturn and sluggish global demand.
Yonhap News
STMicroelectronics NV said Thursday that third-quarter net profit fell, but turnover exceeded its expectations.
MarketWatch
Samsung's Exynos Modem 5123 boasts 5.1Gbps download speed for sub-6GHz spectrum and 7.35Gb for mmWave.
ZDNet
South Korea's LG Display will chop its spending by 500 billion won ($427 million) and revamp its older LCD TV production lines after falling to a third-quarter loss, it said on Wednesday.
Reuters
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix posted its smallest quarterly profit in three years with a 93% on-year drop in July-September earnings, as prices of memory chips for smartphones continued to decline.
Reuters
Shares spiked more tan 20% after Tesla posted the surprise profit and said it was ahead of schedule with a new factory in Shanghai.
CNBC
Microsoft beat expectations on the top and bottom lines, but revenue guidance was lower than expected.
CNBC
The Chinese company is releasing a limited edition Mate 30 Pro 5G to celebrate.
CNET
As Samsung prepares for the Fold, these other companies have big plans, too.
CNET
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