On Wednesday, Uber posted a loss of US$891 million for the second quarter, compared with a loss of more than US$1 billion during the same period a year earlier.

Cabot Microelectronics has agreed to buy KMG Chemicals for US$1.2 billion in cash and stock, making its largest acquisition ever in an effort to strengthen its position as a supplier to the semiconductor industry.

Microsoft and Amazon finally are making available to the public their promised Cortana and Alexa integration across Windows 10 PCs and Echo devices in early preview form.

Intel on Tuesday disclosed three more possible flaws in some of its microprocessors that can be exploited to gain access to certain data from computer memory.

Sprint is getting ready for the 5G future, partnering with LG to bring what it says will be the first 5G smartphone to the U.S. capable of tapping into its faster, next-generation cellular network.

Apple has a team exploring a custom processor that can make better sense of health information coming off sensors from deep inside its devices, job listings show.

Infineon Technologies and JD group have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at creating a smart IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem.

Mobile revenues will account for more than 50% of the nearly $138 billion global games market this year, according to global market intelligence group Newzoo.

Samsung's new SmartThings Wifi router uses artificial intelligence and mesh networking to optimize whole-home Wi-Fi coverage while it also functions as a smart home hub.

Chinese researchers are claiming an organic solar cell record - 17.3% efficiency under standard sunlight conditions from a solution-processes structure - as opposed to more-complex vacuum processing.

Using the Von Neumann architecture for artificial intelligence applications is inefficient. What will replace it?

Skyworks Solutions has agreed to purchase Avnera, a developer of analog SoCs.

Covestro is pushing ahead with developing and marketing its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) by introducing Maezio as brand name. These materials are set to tap into the growing demand worldwide for strong and light materials that contribute to resource conservation and energy efficiency.

Japan's economy grew more than expected in the second quarter, helped by strong household and business spending and recovering from an earlier contraction, but global trade tensions loom as major risks to the export and investment outlook.

Despite years dodging blue shells and piranha plants, Luigi has finally been claimed by the Grim Reaper. Fans were shocked after Nintendo broadcast footage of the green Mario brother's soul being ripped from his body.

Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said he was "satisfied" with the company's growth in the PC and tablet segment in the Indian market but admitted that Lenovo had "made some mistakes" with its smartphone portfolio.

Net profit for January-June was 65.6 billion yuan ($9.62 billion).

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As PC sales have stagnated, Intel has increasingly been depending on its sales to data centers.

The semiconductor cycle is showing signs of overheating,

Japan's Toshiba reported a record quarterly net profit on Wednesday, thanks to the $18 billion sale of its flash memory chip business.

The compute accelerator is optimized for graphics-intensive applications and machine learning inference.

US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country.

Musk said de-listing from the stock exchange meant Tesla would no longer be pressured into making short-term decisions to appease investors.

AMD formally announced four new 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadrippers (also called Threadripper 2) Monday morning, at prices aimed to kill Intel. The 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores, 64 threads, and a list price of US$1,799.

Samsung has entered mass production of the first 4TB QLC SATA SSDs for the consumer market. The news comes on the cusp of this week's Flash Memory Summit, an annual storage conference where all of the newest flash and memory tech is normally announced. Samsung is usually a premier conference sponsor and dominates the show floor, but the company is curiously absent this year.

In a big boost to the manufacturing sector in Andhra Pradesh, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has announced that one of its global component suppliers, Holitech Technology Co of China, will be setting up a plant at Tirupati at an investment of Rs 1,400 crore and creating 6,000 jobs.

Asus has brought the ZenFone Live L1, its first Android Go phone, to the US. The phone has budget specs, but it could stand out at US$110 thanks to a couple of features uncommon for its price range: an 18:9 display and a face unlock feature.

GraphicsFuzz's three-person team - Alastair Donaldson, Hugues Evrard and Paul Thomson - will join Google's Android Graphics Team to "integrate their graphics driver testing technology within the Android ecosystem," according to an announcement on the startup's website.

"Sources said the world's largest maker of semiconductors and smartphones is relocating its Washington, D.C. office right next to Capitol Hill"

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately-held Duo Security, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. Duo Security is the leading provider of unified access security and multi-factor authentication delivered through the cloud.

Infineon Technologies held early-stage talks about buying STMicroelectronics last year, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would have created a European semiconductor powerhouse.

Oversupply and seasonal weakness combine for a potential big drop in SSD prices.

Wave Computing has set its sights on becoming the first AI startup to develop and deploy a 7-nm AI processor in its AI systems.

The company today announced its latest quarterly numbers, which saw the average selling price of its wearables increase 6 percent year-over-year to $106 a device.

CFO suggests average iPhone sales price won't see another leap.

Apple has become the world's first public company to be worth US$1 trillion. The iPhone maker's market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday and its shares closed at a new record high of US$207.39.

Social media site Reddit has suffered a data breach, but has refused to disclose its scale. The site said it discovered in June that hackers compromised several employees' accounts to gain access to databases and logs.

The future of Tesla hinges on the Model 3, the lower-priced sedan that Elon Musk wants to sell in large numbers. The company has to both build them fast enough and make a profit doing it. Fail at either one, and the company will struggle and eventually sink.

Google reportedly has been working on a project code-named Dragonfly that will block terms like human rights and religion, a move sure to anger activists.