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U.S. semiconductor supplier Broadcom has made a patent claim for more than $1 billion against Volkswagen.
Reuters
China has promised to further cut import tariffs and open its economy as it tries to address criticisms that its trade practices are "unfair".
BBC News
Expect to see that along with a foldable phone on stage in Las Vegas.
engadget
Start-up Royole has unveiled the world's first bendable smartphone.
CNBC
The mediation committee for the dispute between Samsung Electronics and its former employees suffering from work-related illnesses announced the finalized settlement for the two parties, with the plan including compensation of up to 150 million won (US$132,000) per illness.
Yonhap News
Cisco has 400G Ethernet switches that fall into two camps: The Nexus 9000 family aimed at large enterprise networks and the 3400-S class for hyperscale users.
Network World
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled an indictment against two companies based in China and Taiwan and three individuals.
Reuters
Intel's exclusive deal to provide modem chips for new iPhones has strained its ability to supply such longtime personal computer partners as Taiwan's Acer and Asustek Computer, which face shortages of a key component heading into the year-end shopping season, industry sources said.
Nikkei Asian Review
Over 2.6 billion people are now using Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger every month.
engadget
The Japanese electronics firm raised its annual profit forecast to 870bn yen ($7.7bn), up 30% from estimates given in July.
BBC News
The company posted KRW 65.46 trillion in consolidated quarterly revenue, up 5.5 percent from a year earlier, and KRW 17.57 trillion in quarterly operating profit, up 20.9 percent.
Company release
Baidu's new driverless car takes on Tesla
CNN
Samsung Electronics slashed 2018 capex by more than a quarter on Wednesday and warned of lower profit until early next year, calling an end to a two-year boom in memory chips that fueled record third-quarter profit.
Reuters
The Chinese currency - the yuan - is flirting with the 7 mark against the US dollar, a level it hasn't seen since the 2008 global financial crisis. The movements in the yuan are closely monitored, not least because the currency is a flashpoint in the US and China's trade war.
BBC News
Israeli chip manufacturer TowerJazz on Monday reported lower quarterly net profit and forecast fourth quarter revenue below expectations, citing overall market weakness.
Reuters
No rolling shutter and a wide dynamic range.
Coming soon to China: A factory where robots will build robots.
CNN
US official fears supply chain attack on US military systems.
ZDNet
More than 70 percent of U.S. firms operating in southern China are considering delaying further investment there and moving some or all of their manufacturing to other countries as the trade war bites into profits.
Reuters
The companies will accelerate the adoption of EUV lithography for high-volume production, including the current latest available equipment for EUV (0.33 Numerical Aperture, NA). Moreover, they will explore the potential of the next-generation high-NA EUV lithography to enable printing of even smaller nanoscale devices advancing semiconductor scaling towards the post 3nm logic node.
Company release
General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of auto companies' sales be zero-emissions vehicles.
Concord Monitor
Baillie Gifford & Co, one of the top shareholders of Tesla Inc, has said it would be willing to inject more cash into the electric carmaker, the Times reported on Monday.
Reuters
The acquisition is by far IBM's largest deal ever, and the third-biggest in the history of U.S. tech.
CNBC
On Friday, Qualcomm said in a federal court hearing that Apple owes the chipmaker US$7 billion in unpaid patent royalty payments, according to a Reuters report. This allegation is just the latest in a string of accusations since this epic legal battle between the two companies started almost 2 years ago.
Forbes
Partnership comes on the heels of Samsung-NEC tie-up
Nikkei Asian Review
An increase of 37.5% R&D expense on a year-on-year basis.
Company release
Intel said its making progress on improving 10nm yields and reiterated its pledge to have 10nm chips shipping by the 2019 holiday season.
EE Times
China's foreign ministry has some suggestions for the Trump administration if it is worried about foreign eavesdropping on the U.S. president's iPhones: use a Huawei handset instead.
Reuters
The UK's data watchdog has levied the maximum possible fine against Facebook for its failure to protect user's personal information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The Verge
Wingtech will indirectly own 75.86 percent of Nexperia as a result of the deals.
Reuters
The White House has ordered a National Spectrum Strategy and task force to lead the way for 5G.
CNET
Pichai said 48 employees have been terminated for sexual misconduct over the last two years.
CNBC
Google's third quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Business Insider
Nokia announced a new cost-cutting program on Thursday, targeting annual cost savings of 700 million euros by the end of 2020.
CNBC
The iPhone XR might have been dubbed the best value iPhone in years, but shoppers weren't giving it the usual show of love.
CNET
Researchers say they have developed tiny readers that can detect information in light spirals
The Guardian
Like foldable smartphones, Samsung is collaborating with display makers to develop laptops with foldable displays that will not just simply fold in and out but create new value and user experience, amid the changing market trends for laptops.
Digital Trends
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