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The European Commission's plan for a wifi-based standard for cars endorsed by Volkswagen faces a two-month delay as EU countries wait for legal advice on the proposal.
Reuters
Foxconn is poised to nominate chip unit boss Liu Young to succeed Terry Gou as chairman in a surprise choice by the iPhone assembler, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Reuters
A South Korean court said on Saturday it had approved warrants to arrest two senior officials at Samsung Electronics in relation to an alleged accounting fraud at the tech giant's biopharma affiliate.
Reuters
Qualcomm's CEO received $3.5 million in Qualcomm shares for settling a bitter legal battle with Apple.
CNBC
Kudlow said that "both sides will suffer on this," but argued that China will suffer significant GDP losses as export markets are hit. The blow to U.S. GDP, on the other hand, won't be substantial since the economy is "in terrific shape," he said.
CNBC
Subsidiaries of Xperi Corp, a company that licenses intellectual property, have filed suit against Nvidia in the U.S. District Court of Delaware for patent infringement.
Tom's Hardware Guide
China urged Washington on Friday to stop putting "unreasonable pressure" on Chinese companies.
Reuters
An independent researcher discovered dozens of files set to public.
engadget
US tariffs on China jump as deadline passes, China immediately says it will retaliate (May 10, 2019)
The Trump administration is hiking duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese products to 25% from 10%.
CNBC
Bill passes that forces media to correct or remove content the government considers to be false
The Guardian
Chris Hughes says Zuckerberg sacrificed "security and civility for clicks."
Ars Technica
A fix for 'the defect caused by substances' is in the works
The Verge
Japan's Toyota Motor and Panasonic said they plan to establish a joint company to develop "connected" services to be used in homes and urban development.
Reuters
Qualcomm today announced that it has partnered with Google to create a reference design and development kit for building Assistant-enabled Bluetooth headphones.
TechCrunch
Oracle is planning to lay off more than 900 people in China, primarily from its local research and development operations of 1,600 employees, Chinese news outlets report.
CNBC
Trump added that the United States "won't back down until China stops cheating our workers and stealing our jobs."
CNBC
Hackers stole bitcoin worth $41 million from Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges around the world.
Reuters
Intel shares declined 2.5 percent on Wednesday after executives forecast modest profit growth over the next three years, signaling it is likely to lag big rivals as the once-dominant chipmaker catches up in technology.
Reuters
But don't expect a foldable Pixel any time soon
The Verge
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it cannot confirm the shipping date for its foldable device Galaxy Fold yet
Reuters
Apple's CEO tells CNBC that his company has been rapidly, yet quietly, making acquisitions.
CNET
Recap of all the big announcements.
BGR
The Internet of Things processor is optimised for data communications shorter than 100 metres, Samsung said.
ZDNet
German chipmaker Infineon said on Tuesday that a slump in demand had led to an inventory pile-up that would only plateau this summer, keeping pressure on profit margins.
Reuters
Marvell is purchasing Aquantia for $13.25 per share in cash.
The Street
The new Windows Subsystem for Linux will use a real Linux kernel.
Ars Technica
Microsoft's annual developer conference gave us a peek at Edge for Mac, new virtual assistant technology and HoloLens 2.
CNET
As part of the injunction, the court ordered Xtal not to conduct development activities on its software products that ASML says contain the Dutch company's intellectual property.
Reuters
South Korea aims to rise to an unrivaled position in both memory and non-memory semiconductor industry by 2030, President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited a Samsung facility, unveiling a set of policy measures worth over KRW1 trillion (US$860 million) to support industry players.
The Korea Herald
Donald Trump has said he will raise tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods, because talks on a US-China trade deal are moving "too slowly."
BBC News
Microsoft released the tools ahead of its software developer conference next week in Seattle.
Reuters
South Korea's semiconductor export volume dropped 12 percent from the previous quarter in the first three months of this year on sluggish global demand, central bank data showed Wednesday.
Yonhap News
U.S. chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit.
Reuters
Cisco Systems said on Monday it is rolling out hardware for the next generation of Wi-Fi standards.
Reuters
The percentage of Apple's total sales coming from iPhone was down this past quarter.
CNBC
KT has secured 100,000 5G subscribers, putting it ahead of SK Telecom and LG Uplus in the race to gain 5G subscribers.
ZDNet
Alphabet, which also owns YouTube, reported US$36.3 billion in sales for the first quarter, below expectations of US$37.33 billion.
BBC News
Caballero is probably best known for his role in the 2010 discussion of the so-called "antennagate" saga. The executive is named on nearly all of Apple's 3G, LTE, and other wireless networking patents.
Apple Insider
It was supposed to be a period of joyous national celebration, the Golden Week public holiday, which has been extended this year to celebrate the ascension of a new emperor to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Washington Post
A new patent awarded to Samsung last week reveals an ambitious phone concept that includes a screen that wraps around the entire device, from front to back.
Digital Trends
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