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Hours after China announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods on Friday, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. companies to "start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.".
Reuters
China will fight back against the latest U.S. step to increase tariffs on Chinese goods, the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily said on Sunday amid an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Reuters
Huawei announced the commercial availability of its artificial intelligence chip the Ascend 910.
CNBC
A court has granted a partial reprieve from a US antitrust ruling.
engadget
Google announced Thursday that it had disabled 210 YouTube channels that were uploading videos "in a coordinated manner" about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
CNN
Semiconductor sales fell 30 per cent, while exports to China fell 20 per cent, suggesting joint headwinds of global electronics slowdown and US-China trade war
South China Morning Post
China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding has delayed its up to $15 billion listing in Hong Kong amid growing political unrest in the Asian financial hub, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Reuters
HP CEO and president Dion Weisler is stepping down due to a "family health matter," the company announced on Thursday.
CNN
New Confidential Computing Consortium will promote the use of TEEs (trusted execution environments).
ZDNet
VMware said on Thursday it bought two providers of cloud security and cloud developer services in separate deals valued at about $5 billion, as it expands offerings for corporate clients.
Reuters
HMD said it's making a "value" flagship 5G smartphone with a launch date set for 2020.
Digital Trends
The "Mad Money" host breaks down and gives recommendations on 11 stocks in the cloud-based software space.
CNBC
Everyone uses Bluetooth. Perhaps they shouldn't.
Mashable
Data analytics software maker Splunk on Wednesday said it would acquire privately held SignalFx.
Reuters
Intel's innovative Foveros chip-stacking technology will debut in unusual new laptops with dual screens.
CNET
Google plans to launch a followup to 2017's Google Home Mini with a second-generation 'Nest Mini'
9to5Google
All the rumors and leaks for one of the most exciting phones this year.
CNET
Qualcomm said on Tuesday that it has entered into a new five-year patent license agreement with LG to develop, manufacture and sell 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones.
Reuters
Company release
"To save the internet and ourselves, we'll need to harden and relocate the infrastructure we've built, find cleaner ways to power the web, and reimagine how we interact with the digital world."
Gizmodo
It's happened. Startup Human Inc. has cut the cord on a pair of over-ear headphones. We go hands-on with the Human Headphones.
CNET
China's Huawei will spend more on production equipment this year to ensure supply continuity, cut redundant roles and demote inefficient managers as its grapples with a "live-or-die moment" in the wake of U.S. export curbs, founder Ren Zhengfei said.
Reuters
Both pack 32.5-megapixel sensors, 4K video and Dual Pixel AF with eye detection.
engadget
Google's next flagship is definitely on its way. Keep tabs on the other rumors about the Pixel 4 and 4 XL.
CNET
Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two sources said, ahead of talks by government officials this week to resolve a dispute stemming from their wartime past.
Reuters
Apple Arcade is due to roll out later this fall.
engadget
The Bundesbank said Monday that Europe's largest economy "is probably set to remain lackluster in the third quarter of 2019." It predicts that GDP "could continue to fall slightly."
CNN
"Baidu delivered a solid second quarter with revenues reaching RMB 26.3 billion, growing 9% sequentially, and Baidu Core revenues growing 12% sequentially, despite the weak macro environment, our self-directed healthcare initiative, industry-specific policy changes and large influx of ad inventory." said Herman Yu, Baidu CFO.
Company release
Starting at $50 per month with a $1,500 removal fee
The Verge
Yandex, a Russian equivalent to Google, said it is considering expanding its fleet of self-driving cars to up to 1,000 within the next two years in order to speed up tests on the fledgling technology.
Reuters
Silicon Valley veterans take on Nvidia in AI chip market
Bloomberg
'We do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.'
The Verge
The US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, has confirmed a ban on Chinese technology giant Huawei will not come into force for another 90 days.
BBC News
Certain MacBook laptops have been recalled, which means they're banned from flights until they've been repaired, the FAA confirmed to CNBC.
CNBC
Germany has the fiscal strength to counter any future economic crisis "with full force", Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, suggesting Berlin could make available up to 50 billion euros ($55 billion) of extra spending.
Reuters
President Trump told reporters on Sunday that Apple CEO Tim Cook privately made a "very compelling argument" that the administration's tariffs on Chinese-assembled goods have made an unfair impact on the California-based tech giant, because its chief rival, Samsung, has conducted most of its manufacturing in South Korea and did not have to pay the levy.
Fox News
"We'll see what happens. I'm making a decision tomorrow," Trump said.
CNBC
It's not mobile data, but it's a start.
engadget
ZenGo's wallet will support Libra, a cryptocurrency Facebook plans to launch in 2020.
CNET
Apple is taking a hard stance on online privacy with a new anti-tracking policy in Safari.
The Next Web
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