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Arm Holdings, the semiconductor technology firm owned by Softbank Group, still plans to return to the public markets by 2023, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Reuters
"Japan is still a problem, but they don't actually need it to make billions of dollars," Takahashi said.
CNBC
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is going to launch globally at the end of next year.
BBC News
The United States is less competitive than it was a year ago and the global economy remains hobbled by low productivity despite a decade of cheap money from central banks, the World Economic Forum said Wednesday.
AP
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said "stay tuned," when asked whether China would retaliate for the blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Muslim minorities.
CNBC
You might've given your phone number to Twitter for two-factor authentication. The company said that number could've been used for advertising.
CNET
However, Facebook said that it's working on bringing the feature back.
engadget
Oracle plans to hire nearly 2,000 additional workers as part of an aggressive plan to roll out its cloud computing services to more locations around the world, its cloud chief told Reuters on Monday.
Reuters
Austrian sensor specialist AMS has pledged to find another way to take over Germany's Osram to form a global leader in sensors and lighting, after its $4.9 billion bid for the larger firm fell through on Friday.
Reuters
Japan Display said it aims to clinch a deal this month for least 50 billion yen ($470 million) in vital funding, having had to scramble after an investment group suddenly pulled out of a bailout plan for the Apple supplier.
Reuters
"When I look at the growth of U.S. and Chinese companies, I feel strongly it's not good enough," Son said in an interview.
Reuters
Microsoft does more research and development in China than it does anywhere else outside the United States. But, as US-China relations continue to sour on issues of trade and cyber-security, the decades-long ties Microsoft has in China are coming under close scrutiny.
BBC News
Amazon announced a new Fire HD 10 tablet on Monday.
CNBC
Hikvision was one of 28 companies added to the Entity List.
CNBC
In late September, electronics distributor Avnet Inc. formed an alliance with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to boost its online capabilities in China. E-commerce shopping sites such as Amazon and Alibaba, which sell electronic devices and components, are considered distribution's competitors. The announcement stirred up a lot of interest in the electronics industry.
EE Times
Chip designer Dialog Semiconductor on Monday said it agreed to buy Germany's Creative Chips as part of its push into low-energy connectivity used for devices in the internet of things.
Reuters
7 Oct 2019
UAE telecoms company du saw no evidence of security concerns about Huawei's 5G technology, the company's chief technological officer Saleem Albalooshi told Reuters on Sunday.
Reuters
Just a few years ago, one in every five smartphones sold in China was made by Samsung. How times have changed.
CNN
Chinese officials are growing hesitant to pursue a broad trade deal with the U.S. in negotiations set to begin this Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
CNBC
The federal government will determine in the next few months whether Apple will get a tariff exemption on its core products.
CNBC
Microsoft might be working on a virtual reality mat to, at least in part, keep you from getting clotheslined by your coffee table yet again while ostensibly blinded by a VR headset.
Gizmodo
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Facebook is at risk of becoming a "dream come true" for child pornographers if it follows through with a plan to encrypt all of its users' messages.
CNN
U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group.
Reuters
By stacking two LCD panels in one television, Hisense and Panasonic aim for better picture quality.
CNET
The founder and chairman of one of India's biggest telecom companies voiced his support for Huawei on Thursday, saying it should be allowed to help build the country's 5G networks.
CNN
Tim Cook has weighed in against launching an Apple cryptocurrency, saying that companies should not be trying to gain power by establishing competing currencies.
CNBC
Any errors in the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada last December were technical in nature and do not meet the requirements to suspend her extradition proceedings to the United States, government lawyers said in court on Wednesday.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics is likely to post a fourth consecutive quarter of declining profit when it reports preliminary earnings next week, though investors will be hoping the worst has passed with chip prices showing signs of recovery.
Reuters
Personal computer maker HP Inc said on Thursday it will cut about 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as part of its fiscal 2020 restructuring plan.
Reuters
The ruling could let EU nations override other countries' own laws, critics say.
Ars Technica
Speedy camera gets speedier
The Verge
With the new services, users can shop and add money from the Samsung Pay app, as well as send payments in most major currencies.
CNET
AG Barr wants Mark Zuckerberg to give law enforcement backdoor access to messages.
engadget
A new timeline sheds some light on when 5G's many potential benefits could come to real people.
CNET
The United States plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European exports as soon as October 18, a senior US Trade Representative official said on a call with reporters Wednesday.
CNN
GoPro on Wednesday cut its revenue and profit forecasts for the rest of the year, hit by a delay in production of its latest Hero8 Black cameras, triggering a 19% drop in its shares.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world's biggest smartphone market.
Reuters
Amazon wants the Go technology to go into other companies' stores in the first quarter.
CNET
A workaround for the Trump ban has seemingly been eliminated.
CNET
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