Telecommunications equipment manufacturing

Huawei Chief Technology Officer Paul Scanlan, during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Scanlan says the company wants to be open and transparent in persuading the U.S. government that national security concerns about its technology are unfounded. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
October 18, 2019 - 6:18 pm

Huawei exec: Chinese tech giant wants to be 'transparent'

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday that the company is prepared to be "open and transparent" as it looks to persuade the U.S. government that it can be trusted and that national security concerns about its technology are unfounded. "The first thing we need to...
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Visitors tour near the logo of Samsung Electronics at semiconductor exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Samsung Electronics has predicted its operating profit for the last quarter will fall by more than 56% from a year earlier amid sluggish global demand for computer chips. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
October 08, 2019 - 5:22 pm

Tough times for chipmakers as Samsung warns of profit drop

Samsung provided the latest sign of the tough times afflicting computer chipmakers as it braced investors for a sharp drop in profit. The sobering forecast Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected, given an industrywide glut that has forced chipmakers to slash prices to clear out inventory. Although...
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FILE - This Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, shows the logo of Samsung Electronics Co. at its shop in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung said in an emailed statement Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, that it "has arrived at the difficult decision to cease operations of Samsung Electronics Huizhou" in China in late September. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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October 04, 2019 - 4:30 am

Samsung ends smartphone phone production in China

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Friday it has ended the production of smartphones in its last factory in China. Production at the factory in southern China’s Huizhou ended last month, the company said in an email Friday. It said it made “the difficult decision to cease operations...
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September 26, 2019 - 7:09 am

Ericsson: Q3 result will be hit by $1.2B from US probes

HELSINKI (AP) — Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson AB says its third-quarter earnings will be hit by a 12 billion Swedish krona ($1.2 billion) provision to settle U.S. investigations into past corruption allegations. The Stockholm, Sweden-based company said Thursday that the probes started in 2013...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook announces new products at an event Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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September 11, 2019 - 3:32 am

Apple takes on Netflix with a $5-a-month streaming service

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at a bargain price — $5 a month beginning on Nov. 1. Walt Disney Co. is launching its own assault on Netflix the same month, for just $7. It...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the latest iPhone during an event to announce new products Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
September 10, 2019 - 6:56 pm

Apple rolls out new streaming TV service for $5 a month

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at a bargain price — $5 a month beginning on Nov. 1. Walt Disney Co. is launching its own assault on Netflix the same month, for just $7. It...
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People arrive at Apple for an event to announce new products Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
September 10, 2019 - 1:19 pm

The Latest: Apple game service comes Sept. 19 for $5 a month

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Apple product event (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Apple's new video game subscription service will cost $5 a month when it rolls out on Sept. 19. Apple said Tuesday that subscribers will be able to access games through a new dedicated tab in the app store...
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Richard Yu, CEO of the Huawei consumer business group, holds a 'Kirin 990 5G' processor during a keynote at the IFA 2019 tech fair in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The IFA takes place in Berlin from Sept. 6 until Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
September 06, 2019 - 7:20 am

Huawei debuts latest advanced chipset for smartphone

BERLIN (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its latest advanced chipset Friday ahead of the upcoming launch of its latest flagship smartphone, even as uncertainty hangs over whether the device can use Google's Android. Huawei's consumer business CEO, Richard Yu, showed off the Kirin 990...
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FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei has accused U.S. authorities of trying to coerce employees to gather information on the company and of trying to break into its information systems. The company, the target of U.S. accusations that it is a security threat, said Wednesday, Sept. 4, that American officials were using "unscrupulous means" to disrupt its business.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
September 04, 2019 - 2:19 pm

Huawei accuses US of cyberattacks, coercing employees

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei accused U.S. authorities on Wednesday of attempting to break into its information systems and of trying to coerce its employees to gather information on the company. Huawei, which faces mounting American pressure including possible loss of...
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FILE - This Sept. 12, 2018, file photo shows an Apple iPhone XR on display at the Steve Jobs Theater after an event to announce new products, in Cupertino, Calif. Security experts are calling a newly announced security vulnerability the worst yet affecting Apple’s iPhone. Google researchers say the mere act of visiting a small group of malware-infected websites was enough to allow attackers to steal sensitive information from iPhones, including text messages, photos and real-time location data. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
August 30, 2019 - 1:21 pm

Researchers: Websites infected iPhones with spyware

Suspected nation-state hackers used malware-laden websites to infect iPhones with spyware in what security researchers are calling the worst general security failure yet affecting the Apple devices. Announced late Thursday by Google researchers, the vulnerabilities were quietly fixed by Apple in...
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