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U.S. printer maker Xerox walked away from its $35 billion hostile cash-and-stock bid for HP on Tuesday, after the coronavirus outbreak weighed on its campaign to take over the PC and printing equipment manufacturer.
Reuters
Apple has purchased the weather predicting app Dark Sky and plans to shut down the Android and Wear OS versions.
BBC News
The updated tracker is Fitbit's first GPS wearable since the Ionic, and is similar to the current Charge 3.
CNET
SK hynix's said Monday its non-memory semiconductor sales marked a 1.5-fold increase last year, while sales of memory products decreased by 33 percent on-year.
The Korea Herald
Huawei warned on Tuesday that 2020 would be its most difficult year yet due to American trade restrictions which dealt a blow to its overseas sales in 2019, and predicted the Chinese government would retaliate against the United States.
Reuters
Vint Cerf, vice president of research at Google and one of the main creators of the Internet, has tweeted that he tested positive for coronavirus. He also recommended people watch an HBO segment from comedian John Oliver about preventative steps that the US needs to take.
ZDNet
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn reported a 23.7% fall in profit in the last three months of 2019 on Monday as it braces for the impact from the coronavirus pandemic that has hit demand from key customers such as Apple.
Reuters
New IP sounds good in some ways, but might help authoritarian crackdowns.
engadget
What if every window in your house could generate electricity? One Redwood City, California-based startup thinks its technology can achieve that by transforming the way solar power is collected and harnessed.
CNN
They'll start as low as $519
The Verge
The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will be the company's first full lineup of 5G devices.
engadget
OneWeb - which for years chased a multibillion-dollar dream of beaming cheap, high-speed Internet from space - filed for bankruptcy on Friday.
CNN
Apple on Friday released a website and an iOS app that allows users to screen themselves for coronavirus symptoms, marking another response to the pandemic by a major tech platform.
CNN
The CDC could use the info to track compliance with stay-at-home orders
The Verge
Senior officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to China's Huawei Technologies, sources familiar with the matter said, as the White House ramps up criticism of China over coronavirus.
Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had a "very good discussion" with U.S. President Donald Trump over the coronavirus crisis and that the two were preparing a new initiative to combat the pandemic.
Reuters
China has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits.
BBC News
Affirmed works with network operators like AT&T and SoftBank.
CNBC
Weekly jobless claims in the US surge to a record 3.28 million.
CNET
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Americans on Thursday progress in controlling the spread of the coronavirus would determine when the economy reopens but assured them the Fed was taking every action to support a vigorous rebound when it comes.
Reuters
Apple is preparing the ground to possibly delay the launch of its first 5G iPhones as the coronavirus pandemic threatens global demand and disrupts the company's product development schedule, sources familiar with the matter have told the Nikkei Asian Review.
Nikkei Asian Review
A group representing major U.S. semiconductor companies on Wednesday said it was working with federal officials to make clear to state and local officials overseeing lockdowns that chip companies are essential businesses that should continue operations.
Reuters
Tesla will reopen its New York factory "as soon as humanly possible" to manufacture ventilators for coronavirus patients, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Twitter on Wednesday.
Reuters
A draft of the Senate's stimulus bill reveals just how far the government is going to ensure the country is prepared for future pandemics and how it is making sure the US supply chain for food, medical supplies and medicine remains intact over the next several months.
CNN
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
BBC News
President Donald Trump says he wants the nation "opened up and just raring to go by Easter" - a date just more than two weeks away that few health experts believe will be sufficient in containing the spread of coronavirus.
CNN
Apple could start re-opening some of its retail stores in the first half of April, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo.
Reuters
Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone have agreed to work together on developing smart cities and will invest 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other to cement the relationship, the two companies said on Tuesday.
Reuters
The semiconductor maker is pulling masks, gloves and other gear from its factory stock.
CNET
Right on cue, Apple has released iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4.
Yahoo! Finance
Singapore launched a contact-tracing smartphone app to allow authorities to identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease.
Reuters
With a fresh round of supplier factory closures enforced by Malaysia, and the virus disrupting operations in much of the rest of the world, the iPhone maker's supply chain has not fully recovered yet.
Yahoo! Finance
The petition demands that Samsung stop using Exynos processors, which it labels as "inferior", in its flagship smartphones. Put simple, the petition claims that, "Phones with Exynos SoC chips [sic] are shown to perform slower, have less battery life, use inferior camera sensors and processing, overheat and throttle faster, amongst other issues."
Neowin.net
Recruitment goals ahead of schedule, as Apple prepares for new model releases
Nikkei Asian Review
HP calls it a 'no-compromise VR headset'
The Verge
The governor of the Japanese capital warned on Monday that a lockdown of the city was possible if it saw an explosive rise in coronavirus cases, and called on event organizers and residents to exercise restraint to avoid such a drastic step.
Reuters
Last year, Apple said the tariffs would hurt its competitiveness.
CNET
India's cabinet has approved a 480 billion rupees ($6.37 billion) plan to boost electronics manufacturing and woo large investment to a country which, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make-in-India drive, has become the world's second-biggest mobile phone manufacturer.
Reuters
With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals as well as components along the supply chain such as chips, as companies rush to build virtual offices.
Reuters
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