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| Facebook reports massive data breach |
10/1/2018 |
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The social media giant says it doesn’t know exactly what kind of information has been compromised. However, in an updated statement yesterday, it did admit the hack affected those who use Facebook to log into other accounts.
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| U.S. reached "New NAFTA" with Canada and Mexico |
10/1/2018 |
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the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, is a major step toward completing one of Trump’s signature campaign promises and gives the president a concrete policy win to tout on the campaign trail this fall.
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| Microsoft wants people to switch to Skype 8.0 |
9/28/2018 |
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Microsoft plans to stop supporting the desktop version of Skype 7.0, or Skype Classic as it’s fondly called by dedicated users, on November 1st, while the mobile and tablet versions will be cut off on November 15th.
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| Wind power outpaces fossil fuel in Texas |
9/27/2018 |
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Strong winds helped Texas set a record for wind generation at 17,541 MW on Feb. 19. Meanwhile, the use of natural gas has declined rapidly from 167 million MWh (48 percent) in 2015 to 139 million MWh (39 percent) in 2017, according to ERCOT.
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| China cuts tariff on importing tools from non-U.S. companies |
9/27/2018 |
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The tariff cut, effective Nov. 1, applies to 1,585 types of goods including construction equipment, industrial machinery, paper products and building materials. It gave no indication the reductions would apply to U.S. goods on which Beijing has imposed additional taxes of 5 to 25 percent.
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| How business are fighting cyber attack? |
9/26/2018 |
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Cybersecurity ranks among four global risk factors highlighted by the World Economic Forum for 2018. In the United States, spending on cybersecurity by companies has more than doubled over the past eight years, to $66 billion.
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| Macronix said tight supply to remain with high end NOR chips |
9/25/2018 |
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Supply of high-end NOR flash memory chips is to remain tight for the remainder of the year due to growing demand from the medical, automotive and industrial segments. PC DRAM chip prices would likely fall 2 percent quarterly in the final quarter of this year, ending nine quarters of price hikes, while prices of NAND flash memory chips might face a steeper quarter-on-quarter decline of 10 percent.
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| Comcast bids $40 billion for UK's Sky TV Services |
9/25/2018 |
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The deal — which will now be taken to Sky shareholders for their consideration — would enable Philadelphia-based Comcast to access millions of homes in Europe through Sky. With 31,000 employees, Sky sells satellite-TV and high-speed internet services to 23 million subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.
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| AP Memory wants to sell memory IP for profit |
9/25/2018 |
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AP Memory will start licensing part of its memory products, while putting increased focus on its design services for AI and other high-margin devices, said the company.
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| Semiconductor manufacturers are weighing relocation of packaging from China |
9/25/2018 |
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Mitsubishi Electric (6503.T), Toshiba Machine Co. (6104.T) and Komatsu (6301.T) of Japan began plotting production moves since July, when the first tariffs hit, and the shifts are now under way. Others, such as Taiwanese computer-maker Compal Electronics (2324.TW) and South Korea’s LG Electronics (066570.KS), are making contingency plans in case the trade war continues or deepens.
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| Toshiba Memory and Western Digital JV R&D center opens in Japan |
9/24/2018 |
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Mass production of 96-layer 3D flash memory at Fab 6 kicked off earlier in September 2018. Toshiba Memory and Western Digital have installed cutting-edge manufacturing equipment for key production processes including deposition and etching at the new fab.
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| Samsung Electronics to cut memory production |
9/24/2018 |
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After tremendous growth over the past 18 months amid shortages, the memory chip market is softening, with industry analysts warning of a looming downturn amid oversupply.
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| What if Amazon gets into banking ? |
9/21/2018 |
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A Bain & Company survey of 6,000 people published Tuesday showed that consumers trust Amazon (amzn, +0.39%) more than they do their banks: 65% of Amazon Prime customers said they would sign up for a bank account with Amazon (specifically, a free account that offered 2% cash back), while 43% of non-Prime customers and 37% of non-Amazon customers said they would.
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| Cadence Design offers IP for AI processor |
9/21/2018 |
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As a result, the DNA 100 processor is well suited for on-device neural network inference applications, spanning autonomous vehicles (AVs), ADAS, surveillance, robotics, drones, augmented reality (AR) /virtual reality (VR), smartphones, smart home and IoT
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