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19 Jan 2019
The scale of the cuts is not necessarily deeper than previous years, it is simply significantly earlier, the report said, citing an industry source familiar with the situation.
Reuters
As Apple holds firmly onto its lead in the wearables category, Google seeks to refresh its flagging Wear OS with help from Fossil's IP and its R&D team.
ZDNet
It's one of multiple phones launching at the Mobile World Congress trade show next month. But none of them will fold.
CNET
Apple is in talks with private Medicare plans about getting Apple Watches into the hands - or on the wrists - of millions of people over the age of 65.
CNBC
The price of nostalgia
The Verge
China accuses US of 'hysteria'
CNN
New devices from both Microsoft and PC makers
The Verge
Wiliot makes a sticker sized battery-free Bluetooth sensor tag with an ARM processor that's powered by ambient radio frequencies.
ZDNet
Expect a price close to a midrange smartphone.
CNET
After missing its own 2018 deadline for shipping a multi-device wireless charger, industry speculation now has the AirPower charging pad on the assembly line and ready to ship soon.
Computerworld
Samsung plans to launch a budget smartphone series in India ahead of a global release.
Reuters
Company says decision was taken to sack Wang Weijing because the incident 'brought Huawei into disrepute'
South China Morning Post
Apple considered tapping Samsung Electronics and MediaTek along with existing vendor Intel to supply modem chips for 2019 iPhones, according to an Apple executive's testimony at the trial between Qualcomm and the US Federal Trade Commission on Friday.
Reuters
Polish authorities charged a Chinese citizen Friday - who's worked for smartphone giant Huawei Technologies - with high-level espionage that could send him to prison for 10 years.
UPI
Chinese blockchain platforms will have to censor content, allow authorities access to stored data and check the identity of users under rules set out on Thursday by Beijing.
Reuters
Ericsson said it will book a 6.1 billion crown ($687 million) charge for the fourth quarter after a failed revamp of its loss-making Business Support System unit.
Reuters
Skyworks Solutions, a supplier to Apple, lowered its fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit guidance, citing a weakening smartphone market.
The Street
Huawei defines three characteristics of data center switches in the AI era: embedded AI chip, 48-port 400GE line card per slot, and the capability to evolve to the autonomous driving network, and innovatively incorporates AI technologies into data center switches.
Company release
Apple supplier AMS has developed a light and infrared proximity sensor that can sit behind a smartphone's screen.
Reuters
InterDigital on Monday said Huawei filed a lawsuit against it in China, alleging the U.S. technology firm had not licensed its intellectual property on fair terms.
Reuters
Apple is cutting its current production plan for new iPhones by about 10% for the next three months in a sign that the US smartphone maker is expecting a further hit this year.
Nikkei Asian Review
Intel said on Monday at the CES in Las Vegas that it is working with Facebook to finish a new artificial intelligence chip in the second half of this year.
Reuters
LG Electronics delivered an earnings shock by recording an 80 percent plunge in operating profit
BusinessKorea
Xiaomi bought 65.2 million shares, or 0.48 percent, of TCL from the secondary market.
Bloomberg
Sensor specialist AMS is teaming up with Chinese software maker Face++ to produce new 3D facial recognition features for smartphones, as the Austrian firm aims to reduce its dependency on Apple and boost its battered shares.
Reuters
iPhone XR became the best-selling iPhone model in November 2018. In contrast, last year in November the more expensive iPhone X was the best-selling model with almost 50% higher volume compared to the iPhone XR in November this year.
Counterpoint
Samsung Electronics is set to post its first drop in quarterly operating profit in two years as slowing economic growth in China.
Reuters
Acclaimed industry insider Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka @onleaks, has revealed Apple's biggest change coming to the 2019 iPhone. And, given his exceptional track record, we can expect the back of new iPhones to look very different indeed.
Forbes
The Vuzix Blade pair of AR glasses are available directly from Vuzix for US$999.99. This is a mighty steep price for AR glasses with Amazon Alexa inside.
Techradar
USB-C cables could soon come with built-in security thanks to the newly-launched USB Type-C Authentication Program. This will offer protection against malicious devices.
The Mac Observer
The company made the announcement via an image on its official website, confirming that more would be disclosed at a January 10 press conference.
Andorid Authority
Production is set to ramp up in late summer 2019, just in time for a deluge of new Android and Apple devices
The Verge
Google unit won approval from U.S. regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli.
Reuters
Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will have made the product in the country, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Reuters
The UK says China is behind hackers targeting commercial secrets. Huawei denies any link to the Chinese state.
BBC News
The executive order would direct the Commerce Department to block U.S. companies from buying equipment from foreign telecommunications makers that pose significant national security risks.
CNBC
Not a very merry Christmas
BBC News
What's the secret sauce for its chips?
Forbes
It would 'encourage' foreign companies to hand things over, though.
engadget
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