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Just a few years ago, one in every five smartphones sold in China was made by Samsung. How times have changed.
CNN
Chinese officials are growing hesitant to pursue a broad trade deal with the U.S. in negotiations set to begin this Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
CNBC
The federal government will determine in the next few months whether Apple will get a tariff exemption on its core products.
CNBC
Microsoft might be working on a virtual reality mat to, at least in part, keep you from getting clotheslined by your coffee table yet again while ostensibly blinded by a VR headset.
Gizmodo
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Facebook is at risk of becoming a "dream come true" for child pornographers if it follows through with a plan to encrypt all of its users' messages.
CNN
U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group.
Reuters
By stacking two LCD panels in one television, Hisense and Panasonic aim for better picture quality.
CNET
The founder and chairman of one of India's biggest telecom companies voiced his support for Huawei on Thursday, saying it should be allowed to help build the country's 5G networks.
CNN
Tim Cook has weighed in against launching an Apple cryptocurrency, saying that companies should not be trying to gain power by establishing competing currencies.
CNBC
Any errors in the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada last December were technical in nature and do not meet the requirements to suspend her extradition proceedings to the United States, government lawyers said in court on Wednesday.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics is likely to post a fourth consecutive quarter of declining profit when it reports preliminary earnings next week, though investors will be hoping the worst has passed with chip prices showing signs of recovery.
Reuters
Personal computer maker HP Inc said on Thursday it will cut about 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as part of its fiscal 2020 restructuring plan.
Reuters
The ruling could let EU nations override other countries' own laws, critics say.
Ars Technica
Speedy camera gets speedier
The Verge
With the new services, users can shop and add money from the Samsung Pay app, as well as send payments in most major currencies.
CNET
AG Barr wants Mark Zuckerberg to give law enforcement backdoor access to messages.
engadget
A new timeline sheds some light on when 5G's many potential benefits could come to real people.
CNET
The United States plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European exports as soon as October 18, a senior US Trade Representative official said on a call with reporters Wednesday.
CNN
GoPro on Wednesday cut its revenue and profit forecasts for the rest of the year, hit by a delay in production of its latest Hero8 Black cameras, triggering a 19% drop in its shares.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world's biggest smartphone market.
Reuters
Amazon wants the Go technology to go into other companies' stores in the first quarter.
CNET
A workaround for the Trump ban has seemingly been eliminated.
CNET
South Korea's SK Hynix Inc has started using a high-tech material from a Korean supplier in its chipmaking process, a company official said on Wednesday, shifting away from a Japanese product for the first time.
Reuters
Comcast, one of America's largest media and communications companies, is wading into the epic regulatory pile-on against big tech companies such as Google, according to people familiar with the matter.
Reuters
Apple CEO Tim Cook told German newspaper Bild iPhone 11 sales are off to a "very strong start."
CNBC
GoPro announced the HERO8 Black and HERO MAX cameras on Tuesday.
CNBC
Tesla is acquiring computer vision startup DeepScale, CNBC has learned.
CNBC
Visa, Mastercard and other key financial partners may reconsider their involvement in Facebook's cryptocurrency, Libra, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters
Karen Walker, a veteran of more than 20 years of global technology industry marketing, will join Intel as senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), effective Oct. 23. Walker will oversee Intel's global marketing group and be responsible for building and strengthening Intel's brand, supporting growth strategies, cultivating opportunities in new and existing markets, and increasing demand for Intel's products and solutions globally.
Company release
China's central bank has approved PayPal's acquisition of a 70% equity interest in GoPay, the companies announced Monday.
CNN
The official Purchasing Managers' Index and the private Caixin/Markit PMI for China's manufacturing activity were released on Monday.
CNBC
Apple denied tariff exemptions on additional Mac Pro parts despite US-made commitment (Sep 30, 2019)
Bloomberg reports today, however, that despite this commitment, the US Trade Representative's office has denied Apple's request for tariff exemption on certain components made in China.
9to5Mac.com
Verizon has agreed to acquire some of Jaunt's software and technology assets.
CNBC
It's the first global expansion of the app
The Verge
Samsung Electronics is likely to report a 60.2 percent plunge in its third-quarter operating profit, hit by continuing falls in chip prices, an industry report showed Sunday.
The Korea Herald
In Oracle's filing on Friday, the company said it owns less than 20% of Ampere.
CNBC
"For years, Silicon Valley looked down on China tech and believed it was only copying. But today, there is awareness that China is innovating and getting ahead in certain tech arenas," says Rebecca Fannin, author of "Tech Titans of China."
CNBC
There will still be a human operator onboard, but Baidu says these autonomous cars are Level 4.
CNET
All the rumors and leaks for one of the most exciting phones this year.
CNET
Windows ships with a full volume encryption tool called BitLocker.
Tom's Hardware Guide
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