Microsoft beat estimates on the top and bottom lines.

Arm, the British firm whose chip technologies power most smart phones, said on Wednesday it was easing fees for startup companies and providing free offerings to an incubator for early-stage chip firms.

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Even as it beat its revenue expectations in Q2

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it expected profit to decline in the current quarter due to a coronavirus-related slump in sales of smartphones and TVs, although the chip business would remain solid.

Huawei's secretive chip unit shipped slightly more smartphone processor shipments in the latest quarter despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report

The US economy contracted for the first time in nearly six years between January and March, as the coronavirus crisis put the world in a choke hold.

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Some antibody tests, which check for prior Covid-19 infection, had high rates of false positives in screenings performed by a consortium of California laboratories, according to a recently released report.

To combat the coronavirus pandemic, Pfizer Inc. said it could have a vaccine ready for emergency use by the fall, according to a report.

The company put cost-cutting measures in place during the quarter.

Apple's discounts on the iPhone 11 in China and the release of a new low-price SE model have put the company in a better position than rivals to weather a coronavirus-related plunge in global smartphone demand.

Though, it still has a big year ahead of it

Major U.S. wireless firms said on Monday they will extend a commitment through June 30 not to cancel service or charge late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Microsoft on Monday said it had won a five-year deal with Coca-Cola to supply business software, including its Teams chat app and tools for customer service agents.

The Trump administration's 2021 budget request contains $237 million in funding to support quantum information research.

The UK's coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model to the one proposed by Apple and Google, despite concerns raised about privacy and performance.

We could see shortages of iPhone 12 devices later this year

U.S. chipmaker Broadcom has offered to scrap its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers to end an EU antitrust investigation and stave off a possible hefty fine.

Singapore Telecommunications' subsidiaries have secured close to $3 billion in bank credit facilities, it said on Friday.

he Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday said it may shut down the U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, citing national security risks.

China is set to release a new plan this year called "China Standards 2035" with the aim of influencing how the next-generation of technologies, from telecommunications to artificial intelligence, will work.

It shows China's eagerness to defend its technological crown jewel.

AT&T executive John Stankey will take over from Randall Stephenson on July 1.

Apple and Google on Friday updated technical details of the coronavirus contact tracing system they plan to release next month, saying new features would strengthen privacy protections and give health authorities more detailed data.

Facebook has a long history of expanding its features to emulate major competitors. Now it's taking on platform-of-the-moment Zoom (ZM).

It may go where OnePlus and others have gone before.

AMD announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development.

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The company's Eeyo sub-brand will also come to Europe and Taiwan in the summer.

The news comes a week after CEO Sundar Pichai told employees the company is slowing down hiring.

Facebook (FB) is spending billions of dollars for a stake in India's largest mobile operator, and teaming up with the country's richest man to tap into an internet boom.

Xilinx on Wednesday forecast first-quarter revenue below estimates and refrained from providing an annual outlook, citing the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

TSMC will build the new Mac chips.

It costs the same as the Galaxy S20, is about the same size as Galaxy S20 Plus and has the same battery and main camera as the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

A Samsung 600MP camera is in the works

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics NV (STM) on Wednesday reported a 7.9 percent growth in its profit for the first quarter, as revenues rose 7.5 percent, led by higher sales of Imaging products, and Analog and Micro-controllers.

Netflix reported its Q1 2020 earnings after the bell on Tuesday.

Texas Instruments on Tuesday reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter but forecast current-quarter revenue and profit largely below Wall Street estimates, as the chip industry braces for a big hit from the coronavirus outbreak.