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It might also have a bigger battery
The Verge
IBM is cutting an unspecified number of jobs
CNBC
China's securities watchdog on Sunday condemned a U.S. law that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities exchanges, saying it politicised regulation and would damage both countries.
Yahoo! Finance
It may be a while before you can check for an irregular heartbeat.
engadget
The Prime Minister has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China's involvement in the UK's 5G network reduced to zero
The Telegraph
Last year, GDP expanded by 6.1%, just making the official target range of 6% to 6.5%.
CNBC
Data from numerous sources collated by CNBC painted a positive picture for Apple since February, at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
CNBC
The top Chinese brands remain Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi, which make up more than 90 per cent of the country's smart speaker market
South China Morning Post
U.S. regulators are open to making changes to close what some see as a loophole in a new rule aimed at curbing global chip sales to blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Reuters
Huawei has been pushing its own operating system HarmonyOS since last year, when it was cut off from Google's Android due to being put on a U.S. blacklist.
CNBC
It'll also support Verizon's low-band network when that launches
The Verge
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Shops, a new e-commerce feature that allows businesses to easily list their products on Facebook and Instagram.
CNBC
The autonomous car industry will have to consolidate because it is too difficult for separate companies to cooperate in developing self-driving vehicles, the head of Intel's autonomous car unit said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Japan's Sharp, an Apple Inc supplier, reported a 37% decline in annual operating profit and refrained from releasing an earnings outlook for the current year because of uncertainty over the novel coronavirus impact.
Reuters
It's got large pixels for better low-light capability, too.
engadget
Sony's image sensor will have Microsoft Azure artificial intelligence capabilities.
ZDNet
Japan's economy has entered recession, and the coronavirus pandemic will likely make things even worse.
CNN
Japan's SoftBank Group reported a stunning $18 billion loss at its giant Vision Fund, pushing Masayoshi Son's conglomerate to a record loss and highlighting the deepening crisis at its portfolio companies from the global downturn.
Reuters
Huawei Technologies in its first official response to the Trump administration's move to curb its access to global chip supplies called it "arbitrary" and said its business would be impacted.
Reuters
25 more US stores will open this week
The Verge
It also has 5G carrier aggregation for better speeds and seamless handovers.
engadget
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced plans to protect US national security by restricting Huawei's ability to use US technology and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad.
Company release
The pair say there's no tech out there to hack this.
engadget
After a month of silence from both firms about the rumored deal
The Verge
US officials are working with some of the world's leading chipmakers in an effort to expand semiconductor manufacturing capability in the United States, a move intended to reduce the industry's reliance on producers in East Asia for those crucial electronics components.
CNN
The much-rumored glasses had been previously expected to debut later this year.
CNET
Sony on Thursday said it would make its cash-cow image sensors smarter to broaden their application, as the Japanese electronics maker seeks to reduce reliance on a saturated smartphone market.
Reuters
Economists see U.S. growth rebound in second half of year, though GDP is expected to shrink 6.6% in 2020
Wall Street Journal
Huawei says employee submitted code as part of a personal project, not on behalf of the company.
ZDNet
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has agreed to build an advanced chip factory in the United States, in a response to the Trump administration's growing concerns about the security of the global electronics supply chain and its competitive tensions with China, according to people briefed on the plans.
The New York Times
Tougher scrutiny of foreign investment in India has soured the plans of China's smartphone manufacturers seeking to expand beyond selling hardware for a bigger share of the South Asian country's competitive financial services market.
Reuters
Sony thinks sales will do the talking
The Verge
Intel appears to have made its speediest 10th-generation Ice Lake mobile processors exclusive to Apple's MacBook lineup.
Apple Insider
President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk.
Reuters
Tencent posted earnings that beat expectations thanks to its gaming business as well as better-than-expected performance in both advertising and fintech services.
CNBC
Japan's Sony on Wednesday reported a 57% drop in fourth-quarter operating profit and refrained from providing an outlook for the current year due to uncertainty related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
he Pixel 5's chipset could be the new Snapdragon 768G with 5G support and better gaming performance
Tom's Hardware Guide
US trade restrictions have hindered the company's ability to use Google's IP.
engadget
Smartphone shipments from China's factories to vendors rose 17% in April compared to the same month a year ago, according to government data released on Tuesday.
Reuters
As Google responds to the surge of interest in video conferencing tools, it makes Meet free to anyone with an email address.
ZDNet
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