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China's central bank will use foreign exchange intervention and monetary policy tools to stop the yuan weakening past the key 7-per-dollar level in the near-term, three people familiar with the central bank's thinking said.
Reuters
Google has cut phone maker Huawei off from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese firm. New Huawei smartphones will also lose access to popular Google apps.
BBC News
The search and mobile giant's apparent move follows President Trump's executive order that effectively bans Huawei in the US, according to Reuters.
CNET
HiSilicon has been secretly developing back-up products for years in anticipation of the unlikely scenario that Huawei may one day be unable to obtain advanced chips and technology from the United States.
Reuters
Don't worry, the console wars are probably here to stay.
Ars Technica
"Nvidia is back on an upward trajectory," said Jensen Huang
Company release
It's a big day for the future of wireless internet connectivity.
CNN
Huawei said Thursday it has not ruled out legal action to resolve a growing crisis with the Trump administration following the Commerce Department's decision Wednesday to place the Chinese tech giant on a trading blacklist.
CNN
After months of speculation, President Trump has signed an executive order giving the federal government the power to block US companies from buying foreign-made telecommunications equipment deemed a national security risk.
The Verge
Today's announcement covers the new D77 which is an evolutionary upgrade to the D71.
Anandtech
The company has mentioned that date to prospective hires for an in-house 5G modem team, says a report.
CNET
The streaming platform is number one in the US, UK, Germany, India and Japan.
engadget
President Donald Trump urged the Fed on Tuesday to match China's central bank by cutting rates. "It would be game over, we win!" Trump tweeted.
CNN
Nvidia looks set to respond to AMD's upcoming Navi generation of graphics cards with some tweaks to its existing GPU lineup.
Digital Trends
Scientific breakthrough leads to record low costs for essential battery ingredient
South China Morning Post
"It could cost Cisco a lot of money."
BBC News
Seemingly overnight, Intel's Clear Linux became a distribution with an eye toward not just Cloud environments, machine learning applications, data science and power users, but the broader desktop user as well.
Forbes
Struggling Japanese engineering firm Toshiba on Monday reported improved full-year net profit thanks to the sale of its chip business, but said operating profit was sharply down.
Japan Today
On Monday, WhatsApp admitted a major cybersecurity breach that has enabled targeted spyware to be installed on phones through voice calls.
Forbes
Microsoft has taken another step toward creating a secure identification platform that will allow users to own their personal data and keep it from the prying eyes of marketers and others.
Computerworld
Hands-on with Lenovo's PC prototype with folding screen
The Verge
An entire class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips allows attackers to steal data directly from the processor, according to new reports from a group of cybersecurity researchers from around the world.
Gizmodo
Toshiba still faces a tough operating environment. The system chip business remains in the red amid China's economic slowdown, and the company has decided to cut about 350 jobs from that segment via an early retirement program.
Nikkei Asian Review
The co-chief executives of China's largest chipmaker are fighting over whether to build a profitable business or focus on leading-edge technology, highlighting the problems plaguing the government's push to build an indigenous semiconductor manufacturing sector.
U.S. stock indexes fall about 2% as the trade war between the world's two largest economies escalates.
CNBC
The iPhone 11 is so close.
CNET
Dr. Venkata Renduchintala outlined how the chip giant plans to becomes nimbler and less 'monolithic' following years of manufacturing stumbles.
The Street
The European Commission's plan for a wifi-based standard for cars endorsed by Volkswagen faces a two-month delay as EU countries wait for legal advice on the proposal.
Reuters
Foxconn is poised to nominate chip unit boss Liu Young to succeed Terry Gou as chairman in a surprise choice by the iPhone assembler, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Reuters
A South Korean court said on Saturday it had approved warrants to arrest two senior officials at Samsung Electronics in relation to an alleged accounting fraud at the tech giant's biopharma affiliate.
Reuters
Qualcomm's CEO received $3.5 million in Qualcomm shares for settling a bitter legal battle with Apple.
CNBC
Kudlow said that "both sides will suffer on this," but argued that China will suffer significant GDP losses as export markets are hit. The blow to U.S. GDP, on the other hand, won't be substantial since the economy is "in terrific shape," he said.
CNBC
Subsidiaries of Xperi Corp, a company that licenses intellectual property, have filed suit against Nvidia in the U.S. District Court of Delaware for patent infringement.
Tom's Hardware Guide
China urged Washington on Friday to stop putting "unreasonable pressure" on Chinese companies.
Reuters
An independent researcher discovered dozens of files set to public.
engadget
US tariffs on China jump as deadline passes, China immediately says it will retaliate (May 10, 2019)
The Trump administration is hiking duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese products to 25% from 10%.
CNBC
Bill passes that forces media to correct or remove content the government considers to be false
The Guardian
Chris Hughes says Zuckerberg sacrificed "security and civility for clicks."
Ars Technica
A fix for 'the defect caused by substances' is in the works
The Verge
Japan's Toyota Motor and Panasonic said they plan to establish a joint company to develop "connected" services to be used in homes and urban development.
Reuters
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