Google apparently has warned the Trump administration that its Huawei ban could endanger US national security. The search giant’s senior executives are pushing for an exemption from the Huawei blacklisting that basically banned US companies from doing business with the Chinese company, according to the Financial Times, which cited three anonymous sources. Now playing: Watch …
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Facebook has slapped Huawei with yet another ban by no longer letting the embattled Chinese phone marker preinstall its apps. Huawei phone owners will still be able to download and update Facebook’s apps, but fresh Huawei devices can’t come with Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps preinstalled, as previously reported by Reuters. “We are reviewing the Commerce Department’s final rule and …
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Huawei‘s inked a deal to help with Russia’s 5G network. The embattled Chinese telecom will work with Russian counterpart MTS to develop the country’s next-generation cellular network over the next year. Huawei Chairman Guo Ping and MTS boss Alexei Kornya signed the agreement in the Kremlin on Wednesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping watching. “We …
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China approved 5G licenses for a quartet of state-owned bodies on Thursday, winning investment in vendors like Huawei, a report said. Carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, as well as broadcaster China Broadcasting Network Corporation, got the licenses, according to Reuters. The carriers were given trial licenses at the end of 2018, but Thursday’s announcement lets them begin …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is known for slickly produced product launches and, in Steve Jobs‘ time, a singular masterful showman unveiling groundbreaking products including the iPhone and the MacBook Air. But WWDC is when the company lets its hair down and gets geeky with its developers. I finally got …
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A trial began in Texas on Tuesday over Huawei’s charge that one of its former engineering managers stole trade secrets and lured away employees to form his CNEX Labs chipmaking startup, says a Reuters report. In October, Huawei filed a lawsuit against CNEX and Ronnie Huang for allegedly stealing its solid-state disk storage technology that’s found in thumb drives, smartphones and laptops. …
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Problems are stacking up for Huawei as the US cracks down on the Chinese technology giant. After the US government barred Huawei from using US products, which includes Google’s Android operating system, the company is reportedly slowing down production of its phones, according the South China Morning Post. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers electronics from Apple, Huawei, Sony, Nokia, …
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers on Sunday reversed restrictions it had slapped on Huawei last week, letting the Chinese company’s scientists review its papers once again. “Our initial, more restrictive approach was motivated solely by our desire to protect our volunteers and our members from legal risk,” the US publisher wrote in its statement. The IEEE, which publishes …
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Two tech standards groups that severed ties with Huawei apparently changed their minds pretty quickly. The Wi-Fi Alliance and SD Association last week apparently restricted and removed the embattled Chinese phone maker respectively, but Huawei reappeared on both organizations’ list of members this week. The Wi-Fi Alliance promotes and certifies Wi-Fi technology, and the SD Association sets the industry standards …
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Huawei has responded to tension with the US by ordering employees to stop having technical meetings with American contacts, says a Thursday report. The Chinese maker of phones and other telecommunications gear also sent away American citizens working in research and development roles at its Shenzhen headquarters, according to the Financial Times. That move came two weeks ago, after US …
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