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EBay announced Wednesday that Devin Wenig has stepped down as president and CEO as the once dominant auction and shopping site continues to weigh selling off parts of its business.
CNN
Alibaba unveiled its first chip to power artificial intelligence (AI) processes called the Hanguang 800.
CNBC
The Asian Development Bank said in a report on Wednesday that India is expected to grow by 6.5% in the current fiscal year and 7.2% in the next year.
CNBC
Facebook's upcoming augmented-reality smart glasses will be differentiated from rivals by focusing on connecting people.
CNBC
Amazon dropped a ton of Echo devices, including a new Echo Show 8 and Echo Dot. And now you can get the voice of Samuel L. Jackson!
CNET
Samsung Display plans to spend 13 trillion won ($11 billion) to upgrade a South Korean liquid crystal display (LCD) plant so it can manufacture more advanced screens.
Reuters
A U.S. House panel unveiled bipartisan legislation this week that would authorize $1 billion for small and rural wireless providers to replace network equipment from companies including Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp that lawmakers say pose a national security risk.
Reuters
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday as her lawyers argued that Canadian authorities abused their powers and violated her rights to gather evidence against her, a claim the government denies.
Reuters
Google's system generates quantum statistics that we just can't simulate.
Ars Technica
iPadOS is now available to consumers, meaning you can get it for yourself. Here are all the new features found in iPadOS.
Digital Trends
Google emerged victorious in a landmark privacy case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday, after Europe's top court ruled that the US search-engine giant need not apply EU 'right to be forgotten' rules across all its global search results.
Yahoo!News
Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg has made a passionate speech to world leaders at the UN, accusing them of failing to act on climate change.
BBC News
Bakkt, the firm behind the derivatives, is backed by ICE, Microsoft and Boston Consulting Group.
CNBC
Samsung's folding phone is finally hitting the U.S.
AP
It wouldn't, however, be a tablet.
engadget
Facebook on Monday announced the acquisition of CTRL-labs, a New York startup that specializes in allowing humans to control computers using their brains.
CNBC
After a months-long back and forth with the White House, Apple announced Monday it will keep production of the newest Mac Pro computer in Austin, Texas.
CNN
Amazon is working on wireless earbuds that can track things like the distance run, calories burned, and pace of running, CNBC has learned.
CNBC
Memory chip prices steady now signaling demand recovery, but Japan export curbs remain a risk factor
The Korea Herald
Apps improperly obtained user data, installed malware, and committed other offenses.
Ars Technica
China needs to develop a better system for financing small businesses that drive innovation in the economy but currently struggle to access the funds they need for growth, a leading Chinese think-tank said in a report published Sunday.
Reuters
Beijing hopes its social credit system will use vast troves of data to quickly punish companies accused of wrongdoing. U.S. firms could get hit, too.
New York Times
Thousands of people protested in the Swiss capital Bern Saturday over the roll-out of a 5G wireless technology across the country, which they fear could damage people's health.
Yahoo!News
It won't be in much of a rush to bring more production stateside.
engadget
Microsoft's president has called on the US to end a ban on it supplying Huawei with Windows software for the Chinese company's computers.
BBC News
"We are combining breakthrough speeds and capacities with revolutionary software solutions as we accelerate expansion in the premium SSD market," said Kye Hyun Kyung, executive vice president of Memory Solution Product & Development at Samsung Electronics. "We plan to introduce additional innovation led by our most advanced (sixth-generation) V-NAND in helping to trigger a lot more growth in the global IT market."
Company release
The OECD projects the world economy will grow just 2.9% in 2019, which would be the lowest forecast since 2009.
CNN
Employees from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are staged to strike over climate on Friday
The Verge
A series of changes have occurred in Intel's upper management.
Tom's Hardware Guide
IBM announced the opening of the IBM Quantum Computation Center in New York State.
Company release
A group formed to respond quickly to hacks and other cyber threats has temporarily expelled the Chinese company after legal advice
Wall Street Journal
Huawei launched its new Mate 30 flagship smartphones Thursday in Munich.
CNBC
"I believe that if Steve were still alive, we would have combined our companies," Disney CEO Bob Iger wrote. "Or at least discussed the possibility very seriously."
CNET
Apple's new iPhones will use recycled rare earth elements in a key component, the company said on Wednesday.
Reuters
Facebook is hoping a partnership with Luxottica will result in the glasses reaching consumers by 2023, 2024 or as late as 2025.
CNBC
Chip stocks brush off trade war and rally to near record highs as investors bet on 5G (Sep 18, 2019)
Semiconductor stocks experienced a sector sell-off at the end of 2018 but rebounded in 2019.
CNBC
Huawei expects the roll-out of next-generation 5G wireless networks to start contributing to the firm's revenue from next year when China launches services, the company's deputy chairman said on Wednesday.
Reuters
He argues that it just creates more companies that behave badly.
engadget
Credit rating agency Moody's changed its outlook on Hong Kong's rating to negative from stable on Monday, reflecting what it called the rising risk of "an erosion in the strength of Hong Kong's institutions" amid the city's ongoing protests.
Reuters
I'm standing inside Samsung Digital City, where some 35,000 employees work, eat, play, and work some more in Suwon, South Korea.
CNN
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