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Intel seeks $10 billion in subsidies for European chip plant
Intel wants 8 billion euros (approximately $9.7 billion) in public subsidies towards building a semiconductor factory in Europe, its CEO was cited as saying, as the region seeks to...
Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI
Cameras on Google’s smartphones will be able to measure heart and breathing rates starting from next month, in one of the first applications of the groups artificial intellig...
Samsung considers Austin for $17 billion chip plant, eyeing tax breaks
Samsung Electronics is considering Austin, Texas, as one of the sites for a $17 billion chip plant that could create some 1,800 jobs, according to documents filed with state offici...
Samsung sees solid chip demand and stronger phone sales in first-quarter
Samsung Electronics forecast solid demand for its chips in the present quarter and stronger cellular sales after bringing forward the launch of its flagship smartphone to grab mark...
India import hurdles hit Apple iPhone, Xiaomi devices from China
India’s tight control of quality clearances for electronic products from China slowed the import of Apple’s brand new iPhone version a month and held up other goods mad...
Xiaomi’s profit jumps as smartphone shipments surge
Xiaomi has reported a 19% jump in third-quarter net profit, beating estimates, as the Chinese smartphone manufacturer’s shipments over the quarter surged by 45.3% on a year e...
Huawei to sell its $15 billion Honor unit to Shenzhen government, Digital China
Huawei plans to sell budget-brand smartphone unit Honor at a 100 billion yuan (approximately $15.2 billion) deal to a consortium led by handset distributor Digital China and the go...
How Samsung’s ownership may change as heirs take over
South Korea’s strong Lee household faces a struggle to keep control of Samsung Group, the nation’s largest conglomerate, after the death of patriarch and group Chairman...
Samsung’s Lee: tainted titan who built a global tech giant
Back in the February of 1993, some five years after taking over from his father at South Korea’s Samsung Group, the 51-year-old Lee Kun-hee was frustrated that he wasn’...
South Korean antitrust chief says Google has undermined competition
South Korea’s antitrust chief has said the agency considers US search engine Google has undermined competition, including that the bureau intends to present an instance to it...
Four things to watch for at Apple’s iPhone launch event
On Tuesday, Apple Inc will broadcast an event from its Cupertino, California campus and has been widely expected to announce fresh iPhones that can tap 5G wireless information netw...
New Apple iPhone 12 to offer 5G speeds US networks can’t deliver
5G will finally get some attention with the anticipated debut of Apple’s next iPhone later today. However, the blazing speeds promised won’t materialize for most people...
Samsung likely to post 35% surge in third-quarter profit as smartphone sales recover
Samsung Electronics September-quarter profit has likely surged over a third, fuelled by increasing smartphone sales, plus a rush order of memory chips from China’s Huawei, an...
Intel wins second phase of contract to help Pentagon develop new chips
Intel Corp has said it has won a second-phase contract at a project aimed at helping the American military make more sophisticated semiconductors within the US.