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Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years earlier than predicted
Broadcom forecasts that US-China trade tensions and the Huawei ban would reduce its sales by $2B this year, sending a shockwave through the chipmaking industry
Huawei prepares for 40%-60% fall in international smartphone
Germany's ProSieben says Joyn, its free streaming service with Discovery, will launch on June 18 with ~50 channels, with a premium version coming this winter
China on Thursday officially launched Shanghai's STAR Market, a Nasdaq-style tech board which is China's first exchange allowing listings of pre-profit startups
Huawei asks Verizon to pay over $1 billion for over 230 patents
U.S. recession odds rise to 40-45% in six months: DoubleLine's Gundlach
Mexico blocks Walmart's acquisition of grocery delivery app Cornershop for $225M citing Walmart's size and Cornershop's access to Walmart's competitor data
Sources: in Karan Bhatia's first year as Google's policy lead, he's encouraged relationship building with governments, cut some contract lobbyists, and more
Parler, a right-wing social site, had ~200K signups this week, reportedly Saudi Arabians frustrated at Twitter's censorship; CEO says it doubled its total users
Huawei asks Verizon to pay over $1 billion for over 230 patents: source
Huawei files to trademark mobile OS around the world after U.S. ban
Walmart to integrate Jet.com's retail, technology, marketing, analytics, and product teams with its own e-commerce business; Jet.com president to leave in Aug.
Symphony, a messaging platform for Wall Street firms created by Goldman Sachs and others, raises $165M; source says its valuation is now $1.4B
Facebook worries emails could show Zuckerberg knew of questionable privacy practices: WSJ – Reuters
Ten U.S. states sue to stop Sprint-T-Mobile deal, saying consumers will be hurt
More U.S. millennials subscribe to video games than traditional pay TV
Renault and Nissan partner with Israeli startups to launch an innovation lab in Tel Aviv focused on sensors for autonomous driving, cyber security, and big data
Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record market share
How much does lithium cost? The industry can’t seem to agree
G20 agrees to close tax loopholes used by many global tech conglomerates
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has blocked the extradition to the United States of a New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg, a document obtained by Reuters showed on Friday
GSMA: Chinese telecom equipment ban may lead to €55B in additional costs and delay of 5G rollout by 18 months in Europe; Nokia disputes the report
Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram apps on new Huawei phones
Exclusive: Pentagon eyes rare earth supplies in Africa in push away from China
Microsoft and Oracle announce a partnership to link their US data centers in an effort to unite against Amazon's AWS
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Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook
In new design guidelines, Apple asks developers to put its Sign in with Apple login button above other rival buttons
Nasdaq confirms correction as Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon drag
Factory activity shrinks across Asia, global recession fears mount
Google says issues affecting YouTube, Gmail, Google Cloud in U.S. resolved.
Google faces outage affecting YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite
Space firm founded by billionaire Paul Allen closing operations
Sources: Amazon is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint
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Google bans apps that facilitate sale of marijuana
Cuba legalizes private Wi-Fi networks in bid to boost connectivity
Canadian lawmakers fume after Facebook’s Zuckerberg snubs invitation
Huawei asks U.S. court to declare defense bill ‘unconstitutional.’
PayJoy, which helps customers with no credit history buy smartphones on installment plans by turning the smartphone into collateral, raises $20M
Sources: the overseas version of Honour of Kings flopped due to development and marketing missteps and rift with Riot Games, as Tencent retools strategy abroad
As the Tiananmen anniversary nears, censorship by Chinese internet companies has ramped up and is largely automated with AI and voice and image recognition tech
Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages 'diverted'
Japanese government says starting from August 1, it will limit foreign ownership of companies in 20 sectors in its IT and telecom industries
Hungary's Fidesz wins 52% of votes; Orban sees shift in Europe
Can law firms be liable for fake reviews? Pennsylvania firm says no
Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017)
Behind Grindr's Doomed Hookup in China
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"
At Amazon, facial recognition ban won just 2% of shareholder vote
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