Despite hurdles, the wheels are in motion to make the world's fastest 5G phones easier to afford.

But don't expect it to come cheap

But no Google Play features

A non-profit campaign group set up by Berners-Lee has secured the backing of Facebook and Google for his "contract for the web."

EU countries on Friday endorsed a tough line for selecting 5G suppliers, including vetting the domestic legal framework to which they are subjected, potentially dealing a blow to telecoms equipment market leader Huawei Technologies.

China said on Sunday it would seek to improve protections for intellectual property rights, including raising the upper limits for compensation for rights infringements.

Despite hurdles, the wheels are in motion to make the world's fastest 5G phones easier to afford.

A bipartisan group of 15 U.S. senators urged the Commerce Department to suspend issuing licenses to U.S. firms that conduct business with China's Huawei Technologies Co, saying it could threaten U.S. security.

Russia has passed a law banning the sale of certain devices that are not pre-installed with Russian software.

Tesla has unveiled its "Cybertruck" pickup truck, but not without an embarrassing moment on stage.

Microsoft is pushing back the launch of its new Surface Earbuds, meaning it will miss the crucial 2019 holiday shopping season.

IBM's fast-talking AI machine faces a huge new test: It's taking part in a Cambridge University debate on the merits of the emerging technology that will feature some of the world's best human minds.

President Donald Trump tweeted yesterday after a visit the manufacturing facility in Austin Texas where Apple's Mac Pro is made. His comments raised a lot of questions.

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Intel said on Wednesday it was increasing its reliance on contract chip manufacturers to ramp up supply of chips used in personal computers as the company struggles with shipment delays amid higher demand.

Huawei suppliers in the United States are about to find out whether they can restart sales to the beleaguered Chinese company.

Apple CEO Tim Cook once again reiterated his company's emphasis on privacy when speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference on Tuesday.

Investors remain nonplussed by supply problems since guidance remains on track

Chairman Ajit Pai goes against the recommendation of transportation officials and backs Qualcomm's C-V2X technology for 5.9GHz.

Huawei's new Mate 30 flagship is also finally headed to Europe next month - though the availability there comes with a couple of major asterisks.

The head of Nokia's software business Bhaskar Gorti defended the Finnish mobile network maker on Wednesday against market fears that it is lagging behind its peers Ericsson and Huawei in 5G development.

Apple announces Wednesday it will begin construction on its new Austin campus on the day of CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump's visit to a manufacturing plant there.

Qualcomm expects global smartphone makers to ship 450 million 5G handsets in 2021 and another 750 million in 2022, the world's largest supplier of mobile phone chips said on Tuesday.

A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet.

"If we don't make a deal with China, I'll just raise the tariffs even higher," Trump says.

It's the third such extension granted by the Commerce Department, but Huawei downplays its importance.

Including new Samsung Health and Bixby features

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.

Chinese officials were troubled by Trump's comment that there was no agreement on phasing out tariffs, a government source told CNBC.

Samsung is expected to launch at least three flagship smartphones next year, including the Galaxy S11, Fold 2, and Note 10.

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.

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.

Innovative chip from Graphcore could push AI applications to greater heights.

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.

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.

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.

Huawei's foldable smartphone, the Mate X, has, briefly, gone on sale in China.

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.

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.

The deal could be worth up to $10 billion.