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May 20, 2019, 11:15 AM

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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Sources: after Trump's ban, chipmakers including Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx, and Broadcom have told employees they will not supply Huawei until further notice  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google will end business relationships that involve the transfer of non-public hardware, software and technical services …
Angela Moon / Reuters:
Source: Google will stop collaborating and providing Huawei with technical support for Android and Google services, including Google Play  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except …
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Paul Tassi / Forbes:
Report details how game publishers are paying top streamers, with 15K+ concurrent viewers, $25,000-$50,000 an hour to stream a new game and build buzz  —  The past few years have been full of impressive achievements in the realm of professional gaming, whether it's enormous prize pools …
Eric Niiler / Wired:
Meteorologists say interference from 5G phones could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30%, equivalent to the quality of predictions in the 1980s  —  IF YOU HAD a choice between a better, faster cell phone signal and an accurate weather forecast, which would you pick?
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Robin Powered, a provider of cloud-based workplace scheduling and management software, raises $20M Series B led by Tola Capital  —  Robin Powered, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of cloud-based workplace scheduling and management software, today announced that it's secured $20 million …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Researchers say VidMate, a popular Chinese Android app with 500M installs, secretly subscribes users to paid services and exposes their personal information  —  More than half a billion people have installed VidMate, an Android app that enables them to download videos from YouTube, WhatsApp, and other platforms.
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Siemplify, which provides a security orchestration and automation platform, raises $30M Series C led by Georgian Partners, bringing its total raised to $58M  —  Siemplify, a New York and Tel Aviv security orchestration platform provider, today announced that it's secured $30 million …

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