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Huawei has had a tough year on a number of fronts, with the U.S and other countries leading efforts to ban its networking equipment on cybersecurity grounds.
Venturebeat
Top iPhone assembler Foxconn Technology is preparing to launch a $9 billion chip-making project in China as tensions intensify between Washington and Beijing over China's tech ambitions.
Nikkei Asian Review
Qualcomm won a second court skirmish in its worldwide patent battle with Apple on Thursday, with the iPhone maker saying it would pull some older models from its German stores.
Reuters
Facebook on Wednesday evening published a blog post explaining why it allowed Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada to read, write and delete private user messages, as was reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.
CNBC
China probably has become the world's biggest economy and will reap the benefits that once flowed to the U.S.
Bloomberg
Arm debuts Cortex-A65AE, a 7-nanometer chip for 'next-generation' driving experiences (Dec 18, 2018)
The next generation of automotive processor has finally arrived, says Arm.
Venturebeat
The mobile phone unit of Japanese tech giant Softbank has had a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market, with shares falling 14.5%. The firm raised as much as JPY2.6 trillion by selling shares at JPY1,500 each in one of the world's largest ever stock offerings.
BBC News
Apple said it would update the software of iPhones in China to try to resolve a legal dispute that threatens to stop the company from selling older iPhones in the country.
The New York Times
The lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking at least $9 billion in damages from Qualcomm
Reuters
A woman from California is suing Apple because she claims it wasn't clear the iPhone XS had a screen notch when she bought it.
Tech Radar
For some time, Apple has been serious about building more wireless components for its own devices, putting its own Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips into the latest Apple Watches and AirPod earbuds.
The Information
Apple, facing a court ban in China on some of its iPhone models over alleged infringement of Qualcomm patents, said on Friday it will push software updates to users in a bid to resolve potential issues.
Reuters
Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, the most widely followed Apple analyst on Wall Street whose calls typically move the stock, says demand for iPhones is falling way short.
CNBC
Almost half (48.6%) of US chief financial officers believe the United States will be in recession by the end of next year.
CNN
Apple has announced plans to build a new campus in Austin, Texas, saying the project will involve a $1bn investment.
BBC News
Samsung Electronics will cease operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China, the company said, as its sales in the world's biggest smartphone market slumps amid rising competition from lower-cost local rivals.
Reuters
UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership on Wednesday. She said a new prime minister would have to scrap or extend Article 50, the mechanism taking Britain out of the EU on 29 March, "delaying or even stopping Brexit".
BBC News
On Tuesday, a Chinese court banned the sale of older iPhone models as part of a long-running patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Qualcomm.
BBC News
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have been granted 5G radio frequency spectrum allocations to pursue trials in the next-generation mobile system ahead of its wide roll-out from 2020
South China Morning Post
Qualcomm announced that the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court in China has granted the company's request for two preliminary injunctions against four Chinese subsidiaries of Apple, ordering them to immediately cease infringing upon two Qualcomm patents through the unlicensed importation, sale and offers for sale in China of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
Company release
The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members.
BBC News
Twitter's chief executive has been criticized for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.
BBC News
Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results on Thursday. Shares of the chipmaker soared 6% in after-hours trade after beating on both the top and bottom lines.
Yahoo! Finance
The iPhone assembler said earlier this year that the Sino-US trade spat was the biggest challenge it is facing, and its high-level managers were making plans to counter the impact
South China Morning Post
Yandex, the internet titan often referred to as the "Google of Russia," has launched its first smartphone.
Venturebeat
Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its defenses against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks.
Reuters
UK telecoms group BT (BT) confirmed on Wednesday that it would not buy equipment from the Chinese tech company for the core of its next generation wireless network. The company also said it would remove existing Huawei technology from the heart of its 4G network within two years.
CNN
The daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States.
BBC News
Apple is shifting marketing resources and providing unusually generous promotions to boost sales.
Fortune
Bose's Frames will let users privately listen to music, answer calls and talk to preferred voice assistant without having to wear earbuds.
engadget
Alphabet will start testing its drone delivery service in Europe from next year, having struggled to gain momentum for the service in the US, in the latest signal that tech giants are beginning to see the region as a prime testbed for new technologies.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Cirrus Logic joined a growing list of Apple suppliers in cutting its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter.
Bloomberg
Qualcomm considers the matter closed and is fully focused on continuing to execute on its 5G roadmap.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The US and China have agreed to suspend plans to impose new tariffs on January 1.
BBC News
Huawei has warned that American ambitions to lead the world in the next generation of mobile Internet may not be realized if Washington continues to block the company from participating in the US market.
CNBC
The prosecutors did not reveal the names of the recipients of the OLED trade secrets, but an industry source identified one of the companies as BOE Technology Group, which supplies smartphone screens for key Samsung rival Huawei Technologies.
Nikkei Asian Review
Another phone manufacturer folds up its hat and throws it into the ring
The Verge
The fund, Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund, has already made its first investment via a Series A funding round of AnyVision, a face, body, and object recognition startup, the company said without disclosing the amount.
Reuters
Oppo has upped its R&D investment across 5G, IoT, and artificial intelligence as it pushes to become the first company to launch a 5G smartphone next year.
ZDNet
The CEO and some employees of a supplier allegedly sold IP to a Chinese company.
engadget
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