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July 29, 2019, 8:40 AM

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
In an update to a previous report, Ming-Chi Kuo now says that all three new iPhones coming in 2020 will support 5G  —  The three iPhones expected to launch in 2020 will feature support for 5G, according to a new note to investors shared today by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and obtained by MacRumors.
Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:
Following Microsoft's $1B investment in OpenAI, critics worry about whether the latter is the proper vehicle for democratizing the benefits of AI  —  OpenAI was founded less than four years ago as a valiant stand against the idea that powerful new technology must inevitably be controlled by giant corporations.
Ronojoy Mazumdar / Bloomberg:
Three-year-old Reliance Jio becomes the biggest telecom operator in India, as its subscribers grow to 331M in Q2 2019, surpassing Vodafone Idea's 320M subs  —  - Had overtaken Bharti Airtel in May, Vodafone Idea in June  — Companies are preparing for the planned 5G rollout next year
Josh Horwitz / Reuters:
Alibaba's new chip division releases its first core processor IP, says the chip is based on RISC-V and is suitable for edge computing, self-driving applications  —  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The semiconductor division of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd released its first core processor IP …
Clay Chandler / Fortune:
A profile of Ping An, China's second-largest insurer and biggest private-sector company by revenue, which is focusing on inventive uses of AI and big data  —  Ping An built an empire around safe and staid products like life insurance.  Now it's betting its future on inventive uses of big data …

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