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CEO Jensen Huang will kick things off with a keynote.
engadget
Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the government's lawyers said on Monday, as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention.
Reuters
Xe LP graphics in Tiger Lake laptops are only the first part of the story.
Ars Technica
The escalating battle between Apple and Epic Games has already resulted in Fortnite being unavailable to download on phones around the world.
CNBC
IBM announced on Monday a new processor chip for data centers that it says will be able to handle three times the workload of its predecessor.
Reuters
You might not get software updates again.
engadget
The world's third-largest economy shrank 7.8% in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter, the country's Cabinet Office said on Monday.
CNN
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok.
Reuters
Facebook on Friday took a shot at Apple, saying the company will only be able to pay small businesses a portion of sales from a new paid online events feature because of the iOS App Store's policies.
CNBC
Huawei recently became the world's biggest smartphone maker, beating Samsung and Apple at their own game by offering consumers state of the art phones with amazing cameras at competitive prices.
CNN
Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Thursday as demand rebounds for semiconductor equipment and services from the coronavirus-driven slump, and predicted sustained spending into 2021.
Reuters UK
Micron Technology said the outlook for demand is worsening and predicted it's unlikely to meet its revenue forecast for the fiscal first quarter. Shares dropped about 5% on the comments.
Bloomberg
Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, smashed expectations with a 31% leap in first-quarter net profit, as the coronavirus pandemic spurs businesses to shift to remote work and schools to switch to online learning.
Reuters
Intel on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance Intel's next round of processors by as much as 20%.
Reuters
Intel showed us something new at Architecture Day 2020: confidence.
Ars Technica
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is in early talks with ByteDance about an investment in TikTok's India business, according to a TechCrunch report.
CNBC
President Trump's executive order last week banning TikTok if it doesn't find a buyer by next month potentially threatened to upend a vibrant social network and the broader social media marketplace.
CNN
The 20.4% second-quarter plunge follows a 2.2% contraction in the first quarter.
CNBC
The use of automatic facial recognition technology by South Wales Police was unlawful, according to the Court of Appeal.
CNBC
The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president's executive order targeting social media companies, calling it a "profound misunderstanding," according to a copy of the motion seen by Reuters.
Reuters
Cisco called for the fourth consecutive revenue decline in its quarterly guidance.
CNBC
Microsoft is counting on users seeing the Duo as filling an untapped niche. But for people used to thinking about carrying no more than two devices - usually a PC/tablet or phone - where does the Duo fit?
ZDNet
HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google, Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies, to help accelerate its development of 5G devices.
Reuters
SiFive, a California startup working to commercialize an open-source semiconductor technology, said on Tuesday that it has raised an additional $60 million in funding from investors including SK Hynix and Saudi Aramco.
Reuters
Users say they would rather give up their iPhones than the 'crucial' app
Nikkei Asian Review
Apple CEO Tim Cook has become a billionaire as he nears a decade at the helm of the world's most valuable company.
CNN
The SoftBank Vision Fund, which reported an $18 billion loss last year, recorded an investment gain of $2.8 billion for this quarter.
CNBC
Looks like the FTC lost
The Verge
Tesla announced a five-for-one stock split on Tuesday evening.
CNBC
Top U.S. tech firms including Amazon.com and Facebook filed a legal brief on Monday backing a challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary ban on the entry of certain foreign workers to preserve jobs for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters
Including 'berry blue' and 'red camouflage'
The Verge
New Ampere GPUs might be on the way
The Verge
Chinese electric car start-up Xpeng Motors has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange.
CNBC
Singapore's economy contracted by 42.9% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter - sending the Southeast Asian country into a technical recession, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said.
CNBC
Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal.
Reuters
Big performance, low power
Tom's Hardware Guide
The company sold its remaining shares of its PC business to Sharp
The Verge
Microsoft has confirmed that its new game streaming service, xCloud, will not appear on Apple devices.
BBC News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a "clean" internet.
BBC News
There's no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix from Qualcomm.
Ars Technica
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