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Microsoft on Monday announced plans to purchase game publisher Bethesda Softworks's parent company, ZeniMax, in a landmark $7.5 billion acquisition deal.
CNN
The Federal Reserve remains committed to using all the tools at its disposal to help the U.S. economy recover from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic, Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday.
Reuters
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Tesla is holding its annual shareholders' meeting in conjunction with a "battery day" where it could announce details about its own new type of battery cell.
CNBC
First Amendment concerns are keeping the Chinese messaging app alive.
engadget
Nintendo said Thursday it has stopped making the 3DS family of systems, and it has updated the 3DS and 2DS Japanese product pages, which say that the items are out of production.
CNN
The newly appointed chief executive of SiFive, a rising rival to Arm to supply chip designs, says Nvidia's $40 billion agreement to acquire Arm has sparked fresh interest from customers about deepening ties with the young firm.
Reuters
Kioxia Holdings, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, warned on Thursday that tighter U.S. restrictions on Huawei could cause memory chip oversupply and drive down market prices.
Reuters
Geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing remain a concern for German chipmaker Infineon and the company preparing for increased competition in the semiconductor space out of China, CEO Reinhard Ploss said.
CNBC
Apple is going big in Singapore.
CNN
Companies that supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan to warn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist China's top chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, arguing it would be "detrimental" to U.S. industry.
Reuters
Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing curbs on the firm's access to U.S. technology will soon cut off production of its premium handsets.
Reuters
It costs $499, putting it head to head with its rival, Microsoft's Xbox Series X, which likewise is going for $499.
CNN
AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially paid for by advertising, CEO John Stankey said Tuesday.
CNN
Qualcomm's bet that it can use 5G to bring AI inferencing closer to edge compute nodes may be about to pay off.
ZDNet
Apple on Tuesday ended its long-time card partnership with Barclays, a move designed to focus attention on its own Apple Card product-financing plans, Bloomberg News reported, citing a memo sent to employees.
Reuters
The World Trade Organization has ruled that tariffs the US imposed on Chinese goods in 2018, triggering a trade war, were "inconsistent" with international trade rules.
BBC News
South Korean tech firm LG has unveiled a smartphone with a larger screen which swivels out to reveal a second, smaller one underneath.
BBC News
5G versions of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A are on the way
The Verge
Sony is reportedly having trouble with its custom SoC design.
ZDNet
South Korean chip exports to China are feared to take a hit from U.S. sanctions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei due to their heavy dependence on the neighboring country, sources said Tuesday.
Yonhap News
Chinese internet companies do not rely on international suppliers for parts and technology for their products unlike telecom firm, said Elinor Leung, China internet analyst at brokerage firm CLSA.
CNBC
Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington, analysts and lawyers say.
Reuters
New Snapdragon XR2 processor pushes nearly 50% more pixels than the original Quest.
Ars Technica
Samsung shares could rally over 40% in the next year, according to one analyst who sees TV and smartphone sales rebounding sharply in the near-term and a boost in the chip division.
CNBC
Exclusive: Canada looks set for a fight over C$1 billion compensation for Huawei gear (Sep 13, 2020)
Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by China's Huawei from 5G networks, setting up a potential fight over a bill that could hit C$1 billion ($758 million).
Reuters
In the battle for tech supremacy between the US and China, America has "dropped the ball" in funding for basic research, according to former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt.
BBC News
Samsung still has more new hardware on the way
The Verge
TikTok and Oracle will become business partners in the United States - a deal meant to satisfy the Trump administration's national security concerns, according to a person familiar with the matter.
CNN
'If This and These Then That and That or whatever'
The Verge
Huawei is a major buyer of OLED panels for Samsung Display.
ZDNet
The dual-screen phone costs a lofty $1,399.
Ars Technica
Huawei launched the second version of its HarmonyOS operating system on Thursday.
CNBC
October 8th for CPUs and October 28th for GPUs
The Verge
China has taken aim at the US saying its tech firms are victims of "naked bullying".
BBC News
It could cost under $600 and bridge the gap between Surface Go and Surface Pro.
engadget
Apple has announced that it will hold an event next week, where many expect it could reveal the design of the latest iPhone or other new products.
CNN
Shares in SoftBank retreated again on Tuesday, bringing losses in Japan to 7.7% over two days following reports that the conglomerate had been making huge and risky bets on tech stocks.
CNN
China is launching an initiative to set global standards on data security, countering U.S. efforts to persuade countries to ringfence their networks from Chinese technology, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Reuters
Moto G9 Plus appears on on a European retailer's website
The Verge
China's dollar-denominated exports rose 9.5% for the month of August while imports fell 2.1% in the same period, data from the country's General Administration of Customs showed on Monday.
CNBC
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