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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will raise up to $12.9 billion in its Hong Kong secondary listing, pricing its shares at a 2.8% discount to their last closing price in New York, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Reuters
It's the third such extension granted by the Commerce Department, but Huawei downplays its importance.
CNET
Their responses come amid increasing pressure on the tech companies.
CNET
Including new Samsung Health and Bixby features
The Verge
At the SC19 conference, AMD will announce new AWS and Microsoft Azure instances based on the Epyc processor, as well as other second-gen Epyc wins.
ZDNet
Chinese officials were troubled by Trump's comment that there was no agreement on phasing out tariffs, a government source told CNBC.
CNBC
Samsung is expected to launch at least three flagship smartphones next year, including the Galaxy S11, Fold 2, and Note 10.
BGR
The Trump administration on Monday issued a new 90-day extension allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd as U.S. regulators continue crafting rules on telecommunications firms that pose national security risks.
Reuters
SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.
Reuters
Microsoft said on Monday it was updating the privacy provisions of its commercial cloud contracts after European regulators found its deals with European Union institutions failed to protect data in line with EU law.
Reuters
Hackers began hijacking accounts hours after Disney+ launched earlier this week.
ZDNet
Innovative chip from Graphcore could push AI applications to greater heights.
Ars Technica
Three of Apple Inc's former top semiconductor executives in charge of iPhone chips have founded a startup to design processors for data centers, aiming to take on current industry leaders Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Reuters
Samsung's plan to outsource a fifth of its smartphone production to China next year may help it compete with low-cost rivals such as Huawei and Xiaomi but it's a strategy fraught with risks, people with familiar with the move said.
Reuters
Hewlett-Packard Inc.'s Board of Directors has unanimously rejected a bid to be acquired by Xerox, though it did not completely shut down an effort by Xerox to merge the two aging former tech giants.
CNN
Google is getting one more shot at fending off Oracle's Android copyright claims.
engadget
Huawei's foldable smartphone, the Mate X, has, briefly, gone on sale in China.
BBC News
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said the risk of the U.S. economy facing a dramatic bust is remote, partly because the record-long expansion is notable for not having pockets of overheating activity.
Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to jack up U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods if the world's two largest economies fail to reach a trade deal could raise the price of cellphones, laptops, and toys less than two weeks before Christmas.
Reuters
The deal could be worth up to $10 billion.
CNBC
Apple is finally putting function over form. Some of its newest gadgets are thicker than previous models, but you get better keyboards and longer battery life.
CNBC
The FBI busted a counterfeit ring centered on iPhones and iPads that reportedly cost Apple over $6.1 million.
CNN
he chief executive of semiconductor chip equipment manufacturer ASML Holding NV said on Thursday the company continued to see strong demand from high-end computer chip makers, though the market for memory chips remained weak.
Reuters
With the launch of its national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, alongside a slew of initiatives, the Singapore government aims to fuel AI adoption to generate economic value and provide a global platform on which to develop and testbed AI applications.
ZDNet
Google plans to add checking accounts from Citigroup and a credit union to its Google Pay digital wallet in 2020, the tech company said Wednesday.
AP
Carmack helped put Oculus on the map
The Verge
Huawei's R&D teams will likely see the extra cash, a report says.
CNET
Alibaba Group Holding Inc co-founder Jack Ma said on Wednesday results from the Singles' Day annual online shopping festival had missed the Chinese e-commerce giant's expectations.
Reuters
SoftBank's Yahoo Japan, one of Japan's top internet firms, confirmed it is in talks to merge with Line, a $27 billion union that would bring the messaging app operator under the SoftBank umbrella in a major tech shake-up.
Reuters
Cisco's poor guidance drove the stock down after hours on Wednesday, despite an earnings and revenue beat for its fiscal first quarter.
The Street
PureLocker ransomware appears to have links to some of the most prolific cyber-criminal operations active in the world today.
ZDNet
More than any other industry, technology companies prioritize ethical issues important to most Americans, according to a study released Tuesday from Forbes and the non-profit research group Just Capital.
CNN
Personal computer pioneer Michael Dell defends free market capitalism as the most effective system to drive entrepreneurship and jobs.
CNBC
Best friends!
The Verge
Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, has said Berlin will be the site of its first European factory as the carmaker's expansion plans power ahead.
BBC News
AMD wants to keep its momentum rolling
The Tech Spot
Infineon slightly beat its profit guidance in the fourth quarter and said the semiconductor market showed signs of picking up in 2020, triggering a share rally for the German chipmaker.
Reuters
The next big trend in technology will be smart glasses we wear everywhere.
CNBC
Balderton Capital has raised a new investment fund that focuses on start-ups seeking Series A financing.
CNBC
PDF Solution's CEO talks about the growing impact of analytics and AI on semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Semiconductor Engineering
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