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Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, is building its own smartphone that will come with its many apps preinstalled, including newsfeeds, video platforms, games — China's ByteDance, owner of the popular TikTok streaming app, is taking a step into hardware to develop its own smartphone …
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
A look at Apple's secret testing lab where Secure Enclave chips are subjected to extreme tests, and Q&A with Craig Federighi about Apple's commitment to privacy — UK exclusive: In a never-before-seen look at the company's privacy and security work, it takes on criticism …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Nvidia brings pro-level Quadro RTX 5000 series to laptops, announces 17 “RTX Studio” laptops from seven partners including ASUS, Dell, HP, Razer, and Gigabyte — NVIDIA has succeeded in shrinking its beefy Quadro RTX 5000 graphics hardware in order to bring it to laptops.
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia unveils its first AI platform for edge devices, Nvidia EGX, compatible with AWS and Azure IoT offerings; launch partners include Cisco, HPE, and Lenovo — Nvidia Corp. is bringing artificial intelligence to the edge of the network with the launch early Monday of its new Nvidia EGX platform … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
ASUS announces the ZenBook Pro Duo with two 4K screens, a 15-inch 16:9 OLED display and a 32:9 IPS “ScreenPad Plus” screen directly above the keyboard — One of the most decadent laptops ever created — Asus always likes to use its hometown trade show of Computex …
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| Leika Kihara / Reuters: |
Japanese government says, starting August 1, it will limit foreign ownership of companies in 20 sectors in its IT and telecom industries — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is considering raising $20B via a second listing in Hong Kong, after raising a record-breaking $25B in its 2014 market debut on the NYSE — - It's said to be angling for Hong Kong in the second half — The offering comes after the Hong Kong exchange relaxes rules
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South China Morning Post, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
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| 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.
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AMD, CNET, PCWorld, The Verge, Windows Central, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Engadget, YouTube, Mashable, PCWorld, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Engadget, Android Authority, ZDNet, VentureBeat, AnandTech, and PCWorld
Tweets: @amd, @amdryzen, @amd, @cnetnews, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @markhachman, @devindra, @markhachman, @tomshardware, and @markhachman. Thanks:@anandtech
| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
SoundCloud acquires rights management platform Repost Network, which is used by over 20M audio creators and offers content distribution to over 25 stores — SoundCloud, the audio platform company started in Berlin back in 2007, has acquired rights management and distribution company Repost Network … | Emma Grey Ellis / Wired: |
Profile of HobbyKidsTV, a family-run children's YouTube channel with 3M+ subscribers and adult moderators protecting its kid hosts and viewers from predators — In it will be a Silver Play Button, a plaque that YouTube gives to creators who have surpassed 100,000 subscribers.
Tweets: @wired
| BitMEX Blog: |
A coordinated reversal of transactions after some BCH was stolen, due to a bug during the latest Bitcoin Cash hardfork, may undermine trust in the blockchain — Abstract: The 15 May 2019 Bitcoin Cash hardfork appears to have suffered from three significant interrelated problems.
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CryptoGlobe, CoinDesk, Crowdfund Insider, Bitcoinist.com, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @coindesk, @frances_coppola, @icodrops, and @wmougayar
| Matthew Wall / BBC: |
Since GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 cross-border investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram — Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic … | 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 …
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