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The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch is an external storage drive that delivers speeds up to twice as fast as the Samsung T5 (review), and for the very first time, features a built-in fingerprint sensor for added security.
9to5Mac.com
The chipmaker also introduced a new car-to-cloud services platform, as well as a new reference platform to advance Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology.
ZDNet
Shares in SK hynix traded at an all-time high on Wednesday on expectations that the chipmaking sector is set to improve this year after bottoming out in the fourth quarter of last year.
Yonhap News
Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, is on a victory lap. At CES 2020, she said the company has gained market share on archrival Intel for the past eight quarters.
Venturebeat
Quibi has a funky name and major Hollywood backing. Launching in April, it came to CES to start its long fight to get your attention.
CNET
The final steps are being made in the Google v. Oracle copyright case, which will put the fate of programming in the hands of the Supreme Court.
ZDNet
IBM announced at CES 2020 that its newest 28-qubit quantum computer, Raleigh, achieved the company's goal of doubling its Quantum Volume (IBM names its systems by city names).
Forbes
Expect a lot more 5G from AT&T in 2020.
CNET
Cuttlefish have the ability to watch 3D movies and react to them much like they would if they saw the real thing out in the ocean.
CNN
These personal hygiene brands want to offer us 'smarter' ways to shave and shit
The Verge
USB 4 will transfer data just as swiftly, but Intel promises other innovations for Thunderbolt.
CNET
The White House on Tuesday proposed regulatory principles to govern the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at limiting authorities' "overreach", and said it wants European officials to likewise avoid aggressive approaches.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said quarterly operating profit likely fell at a milder pace than analysts forecast, indicating memory chip prices bottomed out and strengthening hope of recovery from an industry downturn.
Reuters
For the first time in 28 years, Apple is participating in CES, the world's largest technology conference.
CNN
MicroLED could oust OLED as the next big display technology, but it won't be easy. Here's what's behind the technology powering Samsung's modular screens.
CNET
Chinese smartphone maker Realme shipped 25 million phones in 2019 hopes to ship 50 million in 2020, the company said on Tuesday at an event announcing its first 5G device.
Reuters
Coolpad's Legacy 5G phone costs just $400.
CNET
Samsung's Neon, a venture from Star Labs, introduced the new NEON "artificial human" during CES 2020.
CNBC
Qualcomm announces new chips to give cars autonomous capabilities.
CNBC
Australian researchers claim they have developed a battery that can keep a smartphone charged for five days or power an electric car for 1,000 kilometers (over 600 miles).
CNN
SK hynix said Tuesday it will showcase its latest memory chip solutions at the world's largest annual tech show in Las Vegas.
The Korea Herald
The company also announced true wireless in-ear buds for $150.
engadget
On the eve of the world's largest consumer technology show in Las Vegas, reporters roamed a giant conference center full of booths featuring tech products ranging from fertility trackers to robots and high-tech cosmetics.
CNN
And it'll reach up to 5GHz with an i9 processor.
engadget
With Samsung Electronics expected to suffer its biggest annual profit drop in at least a decade, investors are counting on an expected uptick in the memory-chip market to cure the tech giant's ills this year.
Reuters
The Trump administration mounted an extensive campaign to block the sale of Dutch chip manufacturing technology to China, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lobbying the Netherlands government and White House officials sharing a classified intelligence report with the country's Prime Minister, people familiar with the effort told Reuters.
Reuters
Iran has vowed revenge after a US air strike ordered by President Donald Trump killed the country's top general Qasem Soleimani. One likely way it could retaliate is through cyber attacks, experts say.
CNN
HP was awarded $439 million in damages against Quanta Storage and its US subsidiary after a federal judge tripled a jury's 2019 award for damages caused by a widespread scheme to inflate the price of optical disk drives.
Bloomberg
Office equipment makers to become rivals in Asian markets
Nikkei Asian Review
The China-based TV manufacturer will also sell a selection of budget-friendly LCD TVs.
CNET
Its Neon avatars could deliver uncannily lifelike expressions.
engadget
Samsung is expected to unveil three Galaxy S11 devices and a new foldable phone at Unpacked 2020 in San Francisco.
Tech Radar
And an always-on display too?
Tech Radar
It will come in 55- and 65-inch sizes, but pricing hasn't been announced.
CNET
Coming this spring
The Verge
Apple previously used graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies in its iPhones and iPads, but moved to its own internal chip designs from 2017
South China Morning Post
It plans to produce them at scale to keep self-driving costs down.
engadget
The company expands its QLED notebook series with the Flex Alpha.
engadget
Google says it has developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect the presence of breast cancer more accurately than doctors.
CNN
The new TVs include an updated rollable model that will "roll down" from the ceiling.
CNET
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