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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment against ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski.
CNBC
China's central bank will launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and issue it to seven institutions in the coming months, according to a former employee of one of the institutions who is now an independent researcher.
Forbes
Nvidia and VMware today announced their intent to deliver accelerated GPU services for VMware Cloud on AWS to power modern enterprise applications, including AI, machine learning and data analytics workflows.
Company release
China's Huawei has begun talks with Russia about installing Russian operating system (OS) Aurora on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia's population census next year, two sources told Reuters.
Reuters
China is willing to resolve its trade dispute with the United States through "calm" negotiations and resolutely opposes the escalation of the conflict, Vice Premier Liu He, who has been leading the talks with Washington, said on Monday.
Reuters
Cook appears to be the first tech CEO to speak out about the fires.
CNET
The desire to cut reliance on foreign chips and become a global leader in the semiconductor industry has never been stronger in Beijing than it is now
South China Morning Post
Scientists in the United States and Singapore have developed an organ-on-chip platform that uses bio-electrical sensors to measure the electrical properties of heart cells in three dimensions.
Xinhuanet
Trump is expected to drop his threatened wine tariff.
engadget
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted last Friday that America will hike tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods to 30% from 25%. Beijing unveiled new tariffs last Friday on $75 billion of U.S. goods.
CNBC
"Contractors in Cork [Ireland] were expected to each listen to more than 1,000 recordings from Siri every shift, before Apple suspended the practice last month"
Forbes
Hours after China announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods on Friday, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. companies to "start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.".
Reuters
China will fight back against the latest U.S. step to increase tariffs on Chinese goods, the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily said on Sunday amid an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Reuters
Huawei announced the commercial availability of its artificial intelligence chip the Ascend 910.
CNBC
A court has granted a partial reprieve from a US antitrust ruling.
engadget
Google announced Thursday that it had disabled 210 YouTube channels that were uploading videos "in a coordinated manner" about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
CNN
Semiconductor sales fell 30 per cent, while exports to China fell 20 per cent, suggesting joint headwinds of global electronics slowdown and US-China trade war
South China Morning Post
China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding has delayed its up to $15 billion listing in Hong Kong amid growing political unrest in the Asian financial hub, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Reuters
HP CEO and president Dion Weisler is stepping down due to a "family health matter," the company announced on Thursday.
CNN
New Confidential Computing Consortium will promote the use of TEEs (trusted execution environments).
ZDNet
VMware said on Thursday it bought two providers of cloud security and cloud developer services in separate deals valued at about $5 billion, as it expands offerings for corporate clients.
Reuters
HMD said it's making a "value" flagship 5G smartphone with a launch date set for 2020.
Digital Trends
The "Mad Money" host breaks down and gives recommendations on 11 stocks in the cloud-based software space.
CNBC
Everyone uses Bluetooth. Perhaps they shouldn't.
Mashable
Data analytics software maker Splunk on Wednesday said it would acquire privately held SignalFx.
Reuters
Intel's innovative Foveros chip-stacking technology will debut in unusual new laptops with dual screens.
CNET
Google plans to launch a followup to 2017's Google Home Mini with a second-generation 'Nest Mini'
9to5Google
All the rumors and leaks for one of the most exciting phones this year.
CNET
Qualcomm said on Tuesday that it has entered into a new five-year patent license agreement with LG to develop, manufacture and sell 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones.
Reuters
Company release
"To save the internet and ourselves, we'll need to harden and relocate the infrastructure we've built, find cleaner ways to power the web, and reimagine how we interact with the digital world."
Gizmodo
It's happened. Startup Human Inc. has cut the cord on a pair of over-ear headphones. We go hands-on with the Human Headphones.
CNET
China's Huawei will spend more on production equipment this year to ensure supply continuity, cut redundant roles and demote inefficient managers as its grapples with a "live-or-die moment" in the wake of U.S. export curbs, founder Ren Zhengfei said.
Reuters
Both pack 32.5-megapixel sensors, 4K video and Dual Pixel AF with eye detection.
engadget
Google's next flagship is definitely on its way. Keep tabs on the other rumors about the Pixel 4 and 4 XL.
CNET
Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two sources said, ahead of talks by government officials this week to resolve a dispute stemming from their wartime past.
Reuters
Apple Arcade is due to roll out later this fall.
engadget
The Bundesbank said Monday that Europe's largest economy "is probably set to remain lackluster in the third quarter of 2019." It predicts that GDP "could continue to fall slightly."
CNN
"Baidu delivered a solid second quarter with revenues reaching RMB 26.3 billion, growing 9% sequentially, and Baidu Core revenues growing 12% sequentially, despite the weak macro environment, our self-directed healthcare initiative, industry-specific policy changes and large influx of ad inventory." said Herman Yu, Baidu CFO.
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