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AT&T is the second US carrier to get Samsung's fastest phone, but there's a catch.
CNET
Huawei has told Verizon that the U.S. carrier should pay licensing fees for more than 230 of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker's patents and in aggregate is seeking more than $1 billion, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.
Reuters
A robot from the RoboMasters competition shrunk down to fit your living room.
The Verge
Kudlow also says that he remains hopeful that negotiations between Beijing and the U.S. can be repaired after stalling last month.
CNBC
The rollout of 5G could "make things better" on the cybersecurity front, according to Verizon's Chris Novak.
CNBC
Like the internet, blockchain will eventually underpin new business models - and the movement in that direction has already begun.
Computerworld
Sales of LG Electronics Inc's new 5G smartphone looked uncertain on Wednesday.
Reuters
American tech companies may be restricting their dealings with Huawei following the Trump administration's ban on the Chinese telecom giant, but they are also speaking up against it in an effort to reverse the ban.
Yahoo! Finance
Amazon is the most valuable brand in the world, according to a new report.
Fox Business
Bad news for Galaxy owners: A site for selling used phones says the S10+ has dropped in value.
CNET
The new app will hopefully make life easier for PC users with Apple devices.
engadget
It can apparently satisfy the US market if the US-China trade war escalates.
CNET
Japan's Tokyo Electron, the world's No.3 supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, will not supply to Chinese clients blacklisted by Washington, a senior company executive told Reuters.
Reuters
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on Saturday to compile common rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants such as Facebook to reduce their corporate taxes, a copy of the bloc's draft communique obtained by Reuters showed.
Reuters
Some of the world's biggest tech companies have told their employees to stop talking about technology and technical standards with counterparts at Huawei Technologies.
Reuters
Project Scarlett arrives in fall 2020
The Verge
The White House Office of Management and Budget has asked the U.S. Congress for more time to phase in a ban on federal contracts with companies that do business with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, part of a defense law passed last year.
Reuters
Carrie Lam's government could squander Hong Kong's privileged position in the eyes of foreign governments. A bill that would allow extradition to the mainland prompted hundreds of thousands to protest on Sunday. If the chief executive ignores the message, Washington, Brussels and others may reconsider their relationship with the territory. That would hurt both Hong Kong and China.
Reuters
The UK and South Korea have signed in principle a free trade agreement (FTA) that seeks to maintain existing trade arrangements post-Brexit.
BBC News
International Business Machines is cutting about 2,000 jobs in a round of layoffs this week, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the technology giant works to reshape its business.
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft has deleted a massive database of 10 million images which was being used to train facial recognition systems, the Financial Times reports. The database was released in 2016 and was built of online images of 100,000 well-known people.
BBC News
They're in a no-win situation.
engadget
China is creating a system to protect its technology, according to state media.
CNBC
Facebook has been working on its own cryptocurrency for quite a while now, and it looks like the company is seeking to unveil its product as soon as its month.
BGR
Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones.
Reuters
The new Nokia 3.1 A and Nokia 3.1 C arrive on AT&T and Cricket
The Verge
As memory semiconductor prices decline and the uncertainty of the semiconductor industry grows due to the U.S.-China trade dispute, 3D memory attracts attention as a future technology.
BusinessKorea
China granted 5G licenses to the country's three major telecom operators and China Broadcasting Network on Thursday, giving the go-ahead for full commercial deployment of the next-generation cellular network technology.
Reuters
Sony promises its upcoming console, often referred to by fans as the PS5, will share saved games, have backward compatibility and more.
CNET
Co-founder Mike Olson is also leaving.
CNBC
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday reported that its contacts at companies across the country were worried that international trade tensions could weigh on business even as economic activity picked up.
Reuters
Security and the complexity of change are the key barriers to full benefits, according to new report.
ZDNet
"We are willing to sign no-spy agreements with countries," Huawei Chairman Liang Hua told reporters in Shenzhen.
Forbes
Apple's CEO also says he's kept a close relationship with the White House.
CNET
AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed to Tom's Hardware at Computex 2019 that the company isn't licensing further chip designs to its China-backed joint venture.
Tom's Hardware Guide
The U.S. Justice Department has jurisdiction for a potential probe of Apple as part of a broader review of whether technology giants are using their size to act in an anti-competitive manner, two sources told Reuters.
Reuters
Apple has announced that iTunes is to be replaced by Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV.
BBC News
With 42 commercial 5G orders, Nokia has edged ahead of Huawei and Ericsson, Nokia director Federico Guillen said.
Reuters (via Yahoo! Finance)
8K OLED TVs officially become a thing this week as LG starts taking orders in South Korea.
The Verge
SEMI membership will give Audi access to SEMI core competencies in developing international standards and harmonizing technology roadmaps and enable the automaker to leverage the global SEMI platform to promote industry alignment across supply-chain segments.
SEMI
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