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May 27, 2019, 2:45 AM

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David Richards / Channel News:

Report: court documents, government and industry sources detail decades of Huawei's alleged IP theft, from the science behind 5G to phone accessory designs — As Australians move to flog their Huawei smartphones due to security concerns and the fact that Google has pulled the plug …

Source: Wall Street Journal. More: Forbes, The Verge, and Forbes

Tweets: @kate_okeeffe, @erikholmwsj, @dnvolz, @kenweinstein, @wedfglobal, @kate_okeeffe, @birdyword, @kimzetter, @esaagar, @jkylebass, @alexrblackwell, @dnvolz, @stevekopack, @mattrosoff, @dnvolz, and @kate_okeeffe

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Trump's claims that Huawei was banned because it is a security threat and that the ban may be lifted as part of a trade deal, are incompatible and make no sense — Over the past week, the US government has taken extreme and unprecedented steps against Huawei, cutting it off from every US partner …

More: Bloomberg. Tweets: @artemr, @reckless, and @greengart

James Vincent / The Verge:

China supplies around 80% of world's rare earths, crucial elements for electronics, but this monopoly is not an effective tool to retaliate over the Huawei ban

More: Ars Technica and PR Newswire

Tweets: @verge, @drpippam, and @greenminerals

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:

Small, rural carriers, dependent on Huawei's inexpensive equipment, are having to rethink expansion plans or replace existing gear due to the ban on the company

Tweets: @sangernyt, @nadabakos, @greta, @ceciliakang, @nytimes, and @bobfrankston

Ian Cutress / AnandTech:

AMD announces five Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs, including the Ryzen 9 3900X, a new mainstream desktop 4.6 GHz chip with 12 cores, coming July 7 for $499 — Today at Computex, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su is announcing the raft of processors it will be launching on its new Zen 2 chiplet-based microarchitecture.

More: The Verge, PCWorld, Windows Central, Engadget, ZDNet, TechCrunch, CNET, and VentureBeat

Tweets: @amd, @amdryzen, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @devindra, @markhachman, @tomshardware, and @markhachman. Thanks:@anandtech

Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

AMD says the first GPU cards with the new Navi architecture, the Radeon RX 5700 series, are coming in July, touts 50% better power efficiency over Vega

More: Engadget

Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk:

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is taking Sequoia Capital China back to court for allegedly harming his reputation after its case against him was dismissed — Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao is taking a unit of Sequoia Capital back to court after the VC investor's case against him was dismissed.

More: NewsBTC, Messari Crypto, Cointelegraph, Asia, The Block, Coinspeaker, CryptoGlobe, and Decrypt

Tweets: @cz_binance, @ellazhang516, and @mdudas

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

ARM announces the Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU touting performance improvements, and a more energy efficient and powerful machine learning processor — Arm, the company that designs the basic chip architecture for most of the world's smartphones, today announced the launch of its next suite of designs for premium phones.

More: AnandTech, AnandTech, ZDNet, PCWorld, The Register, VentureBeat, and Engadget

Christopher Dring / World Health Organization:

World Health Organisation makes “gaming disorder” a recognized illness; classification to come into effect January 1, 2022 — Classification to come into effect January 1, 2022 — The 194 members of the World Health Organisation have recognised ‘gaming disorder’ as an illness at the 72nd World Health Assembly today.

Intel Newsroom:

Intel Computex preview: its first volume 10nm Ice Lake mobile CPU, Core i9-9900KS special edition CPU running at 5 GHz on all 8 cores, and more — Ahead of Intel's COMPUTEX Opening Keynote on May 28, the company today previewed products that deliver a significant boost in real-world workload performance …

More: Engadget, Engadget, Digital Trends, AnandTech, Gearburn, AnandTech, VentureBeat, PCWorld, PCWorld, and Windows Central

Tweets: @devindra, @intelnews, @iancutress, @iancutress, @intel, @iancutress, and @iancutress

Circle:

SEC's framework for digital assets, introduced this April, has created increasing uncertainty in crypto community and is driving innovative projects out of US — We want to highlight how recent signals from U.S. regulators are creating an uncertain environment for crypto assets …

Tweets: @fredwilson, @poloniex, @skupor, and @mayazi

Julia Alexander / The Verge:

YouTubers are seeing an increase in aggressive copyright claims from record labels, creating frustration among creators, who believe their work is fair use — Glenn Fricker didn't run into any issues when he uploaded a video about digital music editing to YouTube in 2014.

Tweets: @loudmouthjulia, @georgepoulos_, and @dinomfx

Adam Haworth / Charged:

Dating apps' design, which frequently uses gamification, manipulative copy, and growth hacks, can drive engagement at the expense of a healthy dating culture — Dating has always been stressful, I'm sure. By its very nature, dating is an emotionally intense thing to do.

More: Wired. Tweets: @jasonsalas and @aahaworth

Li Jin / Andreessen Horowitz:

The state of the podcasting industry in 2019, including key trends and monetization strategies of audio apps in China — In the world of podcasting, the flywheel is spinning: new technologies including AirPods, connected cars, and smart speakers have made it much easier for consumers to listen …

Tweets: @scottmaustin, @patricialclark, @kartvee, @mwmoretti, @ljin18, and @cheriehu42

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku:

The US esports industry seems to be in a bubble, with viewership stats that sources say are rosy-eyed at best, and inflated, unverified, or misleading at worst — The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There's big money in esports, they say.

More: Windows Central. Tweets: @mcuban, @tomi, @smorriscreation, @fwiz, @sjeneris, @kotaku, @michelemorrow, and @cecianasta

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Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:

Warner Bros. Discovery says John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of directors and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus

Natalie Korach / Vanity Fair:

Q&A with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway on covering Trump's tariffs; their Odd Lots newsletter saw sign-ups jump 142% in April vs. March average

Julian Clover / Broadband TV News:

A group of current and former BBC World Service journalists warn that cuts to the international service risk fracturing “the core identity of the World Service”

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Crystal Tai / South China Morning Post:

Profile of Singapore-based ecommerce company Qoo10, which raised a total of $230M, sold its Japan site to eBay for $537M in 2018, and is expanding in SE Asia

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

SEC filing: the CEO and co-founder of King is stepping down on July 1, three years after Activision Blizzard acquired the Candy Crush developer for $5.9B

More: CNET

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

The imaginary “race” to 5G has been foisted on us by telecom giants which want something new to sell at high prices, instead of competing to improve service

Tweets: @trengriffin, @jaspervdj, @robertwrighter, @imhassan, @smgalante, @renick, @ryanlcooper, @backlon, @shiraovide, @stopthecap, @freeutopia, and @mattyglesias

Paris Martineau / Wired:

Airbnb to give NYC data on 17K+ listings, plus data on every listing between Jan. 1, 2018 and Feb. 18, 2019 that could have potentially violated NY rental laws

More: Engadget. Tweets: @wired, @parismartineau, and @parismartineau

Eddie Kim / MEL Magazine:

The Pirate Bay, the iconic torrent site born in 2003, remains an online juggernaut despite blockages in multiple countries and millions of dollars in fines

Tweets: @liamihorne, @eddiekimx, @wearemel, and @twigpress

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Reuters:

Sources: Grindr owner Beijing Kunlun's decision to give some engineers in Beijing access to users' data prompted US officials to require the firm to sell Grindr

More: Boing Boing and Engadget

Tweets: @isaacstonefish and @yoyoel

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Sofar Sounds, which charges users $15-$30 to attend concerts in people's living rooms while paying bands just $100 for a 25-minute set, raises $25M Series B

More: USV Blog and AVC

Tweets: @joshconstine, @j_mcleodmusic, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @jgage718, @brokeassstuart, @father_daughter, and @joshconstine

Kate Fazzini / CNBC:

Moody's lowers Equifax's rating citing a $690M charge Equifax posted in Q1 for its breach, the first time a cyber attack was cited as the reason for a downgrade

More: Hunter Walk. Tweets: @glennsolomon and @swagitda_

Agnieszka Barteczko / Reuters:

Poland's government files a complaint with EU's top court against EU's new copyright law, which it says is “analogous to preventive censorship”

More: Engadget, CloudWedge, Geek News Central, Boing Boing, and The Verge

Tweets: @premierrp_en and @annemariebridy