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Krishna spoke about the importance of growth and a determination to keep making acquisitions.
CNBC
Japanese mobile carriers NTT Docomo and SoftBank said they will delay their launches of Apple's new iPhone SE model until May 11 instead of the scheduled April 27 amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Bloomberg
The April 23 decision could open up 1,200MHz of new bandwidth for next-gen Wi-Fi devices.
CNET
The Chinese-backed owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes.
Reuters
The South Korean electronics sector is continuing to push through its original plans of business investment and expansion for 2020 despite the uncertainty cast by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Korea Herald
Alibaba said it will invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) in its cloud infrastructure over three years - a plan that follows a boom in demand for business software as the coronavirus outbreak peaked in China.
Reuters
Nearly 60 million jobs across the European Union and the United Kingdom are at risk from the coronavirus pandemic, according to McKinsey.
CNN
The goal is for the card to be the foundation of Google Pay, the search giant's mobile payment service.
CNET
Apple Music head Oliver Schusser will be taking the top post at Beats, replacing Luke Wood, who's leaving the company on April 30.
CNET
U.S. chip supplier Nvidia said on Thursday Chinese authorities had approved its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd, overcoming the last obstacle for the deal announced over a year earlier.
Reuters
This marks Foxconn's latest semiconductor project in China after other chip-related development initiatives in Nanjing, Jinan and Zhuhai. The Qingdao semiconductor packaging and testing plant will focus on chips used on 5G and AI-based hardware products.
South China Morning Post
Covid-19 supply-chain disruptions are restricting operations
Bloomberg
Verizon is buying the video conferencing platform BlueJeans as workers increasingly rely on web tools to connect during the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Thursday.
CNBC
A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Japan due to the country's worsening coronavirus outbreak.
BBC News
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman sees the coronavirus-induced global recession lasting for the entirety of this year and 2021.
CNBC
Facebook (FB) is canceling all of its planned physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021 due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
As frontline workers and hospitals struggle to get access to enough medical equipment to deal with the rapid spread of coronavirus, a growing number of businesses are pushing what could be a promising fix: 3D-printed supplies.
CNN
And their names are much simpler
The Verge
The world's second largest economy contracted 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year earlier, according to government statistics released Friday.
CNN
Intel Ignite, Intel's startup growth program in Israel, today announced the 10 startups selected for its second cohort, which is scheduled to begin April 19. In response to the coronavirus, Intel Ignite also announced that the program will be conducted entirely online until people can safely return to work.
Company release
Amazon is suspending its distribution activity in France after a court ruled it had to stop all non-essential deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
Microsoft will provide security tools to healthcare organisations around the world amid a spike in attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
BBC News
Huawei's involvement in the most sensitive parts of EE's mobile network is to continue longer than planned.
BBC News
Higher temperatures allow for more than just a handful of quantum bits.
engadget
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told workers Wednesday that the company is re-evaluating investments for the remainder of 2020, starting with hiring.
CNBC
It could be used in Pixels as early as next year
The Verge
Apple shipped roughly 2.5 million iPhones in China in March, a slight rebound after one of its worst months in the country ever, according to government data published on Friday.
Reuters
Cisco on Tuesday launched a $2.5 billion financing program that lets its customers defer 95% of payments until 2021, giving companies additional leeway at time when some are facing a cash crunch but also need more remote-work tools.
Reuters
Apple said on Tuesday it would release data that could help inform public health authorities on whether people are driving less during lockdown orders to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Reuters
The Washington-based organization expects the global economy to contract by 3% in 2020.
CNBC
Amazon has been ordered to limit its deliveries in France to essential goods only, amid claims it is failing to protect its workers from coronavirus.
BBC News
JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the largest U.S. bank by assets, kicked off earnings season for the big banks on Tuesday by announcing that it set aside billions in anticipation of loan losses.
Yahoo! Finance
There's a corporate boardroom drama unfolding at Imagination Technologies that features high finance, international intrigue, and an all-star cast.
EE Times
SoftBank shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday morning after estimating the Vision Fund will record a 1.8 trillion yen ($16.73 billion) loss in the year ended March due to the tumbling value of bets on unproven startups.
engadget
The Raspberry Pi Foundation hopes to make 250,000 Pi Zeros this quarter.
engadget
Computer manufacturing giant Dell released on Friday a new security tool that detects attacks attempting to modify a computer's BIOS component.
ZDNet
Expect the curvy Edge+ to make its debut.
engadget
iPhone's fall refresh to add 5G on as many as four new models
Bloomberg
Russia and Saudi Arabia have struck a deal with other major crude producers to slash oil production in a bid to steady a market that has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has said that disrupting its involvement in the rollout of 5G would do Britain "a disservice".
BBC News
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