ZTE has appointed a new board of directors in a bid to have its US trade ban lifted. As expected, the new board has strong links to the government in Beijing, just like the company's old board of directors. However, three of the eight directors have a legal background, and include one lawyer based in Hong Kong and two women.

Facebook has revealed which businesses it gave special rights to access users' data after it had shut others out. It listed the companies as part of a lengthy response to US politicians' questions about its practices, which it published at the end of last week. It said 61 companies had been given a temporary exemption to a block on apps accessing details about users' friends.

Photos of an adapter labeled "engineering sample" surfaced this weekend on Chongdiantou.com, as spotted by Macotakara, and were reportedly taken by someone in Apple's supply chain.

The US government moved on Monday to block China Mobile from offering services to the US telecommunications market, recommending its application be rejected because the government-owned firm posed national security risks.

Tesla's news isn't all positive now that it has met its Model 3 production milestone. The company has confirmed to Bloomberg that senior engineering VP Doug Field has left the company. It's not clear why Field left or who his replacement will be.

Apple will soon land a second supplier for the organic light-emitting diode screens used in high-end iPhones, according to people familiar with the matter, a key step in the US company's push to reduce iPhone costs and its dependence on Samsung Electronics.

Apple may choose to use modems manufactured by MediaTek instead of modems from Intel in future iPhones, according to an investor's note from Northland analyst Gus Richard that was shared by Bloomberg.

Samsung has sent out invitations for an event on August 9th for a new Galaxy device - and while it doesn't call out the Note 9 by name, the picture of a Note stylus plus the timing means it's almost certain we'll see the launch of the company's next flagship device.

Google devices and apps have experienced serious outages that lasted for more than 12 hours and affected millions of users. The issue affected Google Home and Google Home Mini - speakers that respond to voice commands - as well as Chromecast - a device that plugs into a television and allows people to watch video content.

Apple has started commercial production of the iPhone 6s in India since last week at the Bengaluru facility of its Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Wistron that has set up a new line for the handsets, two senior industry executives said.

President Donald Trump is coming to Wisconsin to officiate at Thursday's ceremonial groundbreaking for the massive Foxconn Technology Group project in Racine County - and to put his personal stamp on his vision of an American manufacturing revival.

The decision to class gaming addiction as a mental health disorder was "premature" and based on a "moral panic," experts have said. The World Health Organization included "gaming disorder" in the latest version of its disease classification manual.

Google parent company Alphabet is in discussions to spin out a molten-salt energy storage project in a transaction with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a US$1 billion fund devoted to energy research, MIT Technology Review has reported. It is unclear if a deal has been finalized or how much money may be involved.

Uber's appeal against the decision not to renew its licence in London will begin on Monday. The hearing will be held at Westminster magistrates court and will last for several days. Transport for London (TfL) told the taxi-hailing app firm in September last year it would not renew its licence due to concerns over public safety and security.

WinFuture says it has obtained details surrounding SDM1000 (possibly Snapdragon 1000), a previously hinted-at CPU that would be designed from the start for PCs. It would have a relatively huge design compared to most ARM designs (20mm x 15mm) and would consume a laptop-like 12W of power across the entire system-on-a-chip. I

Samsung is already in hot water for cancelling the Galaxy Note 9's biggest upgrade, and now new information reveals Samsung will slash a major feature from the Galaxy S10.

Broadcom said it had laid off about 1,100 employees across its businesses to cut costs after its merger with Brocade

The ruling clears an antitrust roadblock caused by trade tensions between the US and Beijing

"China's government has been trying to break the country's addiction to ever-rising debt."

Once again European lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that promises to change the internet as we know it.

A bunch of new Microsoft hardware codenames and information are circulating. Here's what could be in the works and when new devices may arrive.

The Q Fund will seek to work exclusively with startups developing software and services that tackle AI's biggest challenges.

Intel has started production of modem chips that will go into Apple's upcoming iPhones later this year, while the US semiconductor company continues to eye markets beyond personal computers and pledges to take the lead in fifth generation, or 5G, wireless communication after 2019.

"We are not looking at strategic options. We are not selling. We are still focused on it."

Telecommunications equipment maker ZTE fell around 40% early in Hong Kong Wednesday trading hours after its shares resumed trade there and in Shenzhen. ZTE said it will pay a US$1 billion lump sum payment to the US government as part of a settlement agreement, as well as an additional US$400 million in escrow.

A US district court judge has cleared the merger of telecoms giant AT&T and media firm Time Warner, in a major defeat for government regulators. The US had sued to block the deal, arguing that it would reduce competition in pay TV and lead to higher prices for consumers.

Samsung has asked a court to either dismiss the judgment in its phone patent fight with Apple or retry the case in which the damages were decided. In a 34-page post-trial motion filed with the US District Court in San Jose, California, Samsung says the jury's US$539 million verdict is "excessive" and not supported by the evidence.

The Republican-led Senate is working to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE to buy component parts from the US.

The long-running patent dispute between Apple and wireless chip supplier Qualcomm didn't look likely to end anytime soon, with more than 50 separate proceedings filed across 16 jurisdictions in six different countries. Apple accuses Qualcomm of unfair terms for the use of its chips and patent licenses, while Qualcomm accuses Apple of infringing those patents. Bloomberg reports that the outcome of hearings in three countries - the US, Germany and China - could prove decisive.

Apple has revised its App Store rules to place restrictions on cryptocurrency mining, storage and payment across apps it distributes. The rules change coincides with the company's introduction of beta versions of its forthcoming iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS releases at its annual developer conference.

Phil Spencer, Microsoft's gaming chief, has revealed the company is hard at work building a streaming game service for any device.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed on Twitter Sunday that the company plans to roll out its "Version 9" software in August of this year, and that the update will "begin to enable full self-driving features."

The company has disclosed that a bug, which was live last month, switched the "suggested" sharing setting on some users' posts to the "public" setting.

Leaders of the G7 group are gathering in Canada for what could be one its most acrimonious summits in years. On the eve of the meeting, the French and Canadian leaders clashed with US President Donald Trump on the summit's key agenda - trade tariffs.

The US has reached a deal with Chinese tech firm ZTE that will remove a ban that prevented the company from buying parts from US suppliers, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said. The deal will involve ZTE paying a US$1bn penalty and hiring a compliance team chosen by the US.

Jacobs's new company, XCOM, will focus on 5G wireless technology but still doesn't have a business plan.

The head of Taiwan's Foxconn, which assembles Apple iPhones and other tech products, says Washington's conflict with Beijing is over technology rather than trade.

ZTE has signed an agreement in principle that would lift a US Commerce Department ban on buying from US suppliers, allowing the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker to get back into business, according to sources familiar with the matter.

China has launched a probe into Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology, the three semiconductor makers who control the market for DRAM memory chips.

Apple will attempt to frustrate tools used by Facebook to automatically track web users, within the next version of its iOS and Mac operating systems.