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DirecTV has announced that it's expanding the capability of its 4K Ultra HD service by launching a new 4K-capable version of its Genie Mini set top box.
Forbes
Seoul giving LG the boost it needs to get OLED mainstream.
Tech Radar
Skyworks Solutions has announced that it is expanding production capacity in Japan to meet the growing demand for its filter technology.
Company release
SK Group is considering pouring about 46 trillion won ($38 billion) over the next few years to expand the production facilities of its chipmaking unit SK hynix, officials said Monday.
Korea Herald
Applied Materials dropped to its lowest price since December 2013 after forecasting fiscal fourth-quarter sales that trailed analysts' estimates.
Bloomberg
Linus of LinusTechTips just published the 9-minute video above that explores whether shooting video at 4K resolution is worth it. Using both a Panasonic GH4 and a Sony FS700, Linus and his team take to discovering the links between video resolution, video bitrate, and downsampling.
Peta Pixel
Combining quantum dot (QD) and photonic crystal technology could lead to brighter and more efficient displays and lighting.
Photonics.com
Astronauts currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) are showing the world just how much light pollution Light-emitting diodes (LED) create.
RYOT
Apple is building a self-driving car in Silicon Valley, and is scouting for secure locations in the San Francisco Bay area to test it. Documents show the oft-rumoured Apple car project appears to be further along than many suspected.
Guardian
China's surprise devaluation of the yuan couldn't have come at a worse time for some Asian currencies.
Bloomberg
A purported iPhone 6s benchmark posted by blog Ringer Blue Men shows that the new device only has 1GB of RAM, or just as much as last year's iPhone 6 had. If accurate, this would be a major disappointment.
BGR
Power-hungry operations save nearly $20 per megawatt hour using the sun and wind.
Wall Street Journal
Investors are sweating over falling oil prices. Renewable energy executives, somewhat counterintuitively, are keeping their cool.
Huffington Post
"Self-assembled, epitaxially grown" quantum dots have the highest optical quality. They randomly emerge (self-assemble) at the interface between two layers of a semiconductor crystal as it is built up layer-by-layer (epitaxially grown).
Nanowerk
Everdisplay, a company in China, showed off a 6-inch 4K display with a whopping 734 pixel-per-inch density. What's even more impressive is that it's the first 4K screen that is AMOLED.
Digital Trends
According to the website Tech Times, new information shows that the Surface Pro 4 is definitely on the way.
4RFV
The new iPhones and iPads to be launched in 2016 may have OLED displays.
International Bussiness Times
Rambus, known for patent battles against chipmakers, is becoming one itself.
Wall Street Journal
Motorola Mobility began laying off about 500 employees Thursday, cutting 25% of its Chicago workforce just over a year after moving from Libertyville into a new headquarters in the Merchandise Mart.
Chicago Tribune
Lenovo is laying off 3,200 employees and trimming down its smartphone portfolio in response to a slowdown in its PC and handset sales.
PC World
Taiwan's dollar fell to a five-year low as the central bank eased monetary policy to spur economic growth and China slashed the yuan's fixing by the most on record.
Bloomberg
China's efforts to expand its reach into advanced semiconductors in the US drew fire on Capitol Hill as a key senator called on US officials to block a state-controlled firm's effort to buy an American memory chipmaker.
Wall Street Journal
Jeff Sheley, a Northland analyst, wrote: "We now believe that Intel will capture roughly 50% of Apple's modem business in the upcoming iPhones due to launch September 9th."
EE Times
At least 17 people died and hundreds more were injured.
BBC News
Apple is a company that's accustomed to being loved by its customers. Carriers, on the other hand, are companies consumers love to hate.
Fortune
China's Central Bank has again cut the guiding rate for the national currency, the yuan, a day after Tuesday's record 1.9% devaluation.
BBC News
Bernstein has cut its target price by 25% on the company amid intense 3G competition and weak demand.
Barron's
"To catch up with Qualcomm as soon as possible, we will pour 30 billion yuan, and probably even more, into the R&D of mobile chips in the next few years," Chairman Xu Jinghong was quoted as saying in an interview. A Tsinghua Holdings spokeswoman confirmed Xu's comments to the newspaper.
Reuters
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