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Hungry? Google wants to help.  In a series of updates Thursday, the search giant is adding features to Google Assistant, Maps and its classic search to help you get your next meal.  Partnering with delivery services including DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, Slice and ChowNow, Google is enabling users in the US to order directly from search, …

Chip designer Arm has become the latest company to cut ties with Huawei to comply with a Trump administration ban.  But Arm will keep supporting older products, and previously signed licenses likely make it possible for Huawei to build its own Arm-based chips for years to come. The Chinese company likely won’t see a huge impact unless the ban lasts …

Qualcomm is a monopoly and has to change the way it does business, a US district court judge ruled late on May 21. The ruling, by Judge Lucy Koh, said Qualcomm wrongfully suppressed competitors in the wireless chip market, using its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees. The ruling requires Qualcomm to change its business practices and renegotiate the license agreements …

Huawei’s Mate 20 X 5G was set to become the company’s first 5G phone in the UK. But on Wednesday UK carriers Vodafone and EE said they’re pulling it from their device lineups for their 5G network launches. This follows a report Sunday that Huawei’s upcoming phones will no longer get access to Google apps and services like Gmail and …

Samsung filed an emergency motion on Wednesday asking a federal court to redact details of its settlement with chipmaker Qualcomm that were “inadvertently” made public late Tuesday. The “highly sensitive and confidential” details had previously been under seal but were disclosed as part of ruling that found Qualcomm illegally hurt competitors in the wireless chip market, Samsung said in its …

Qualcomm illegally hurt competitors in the wireless chip market and used its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees on handset makers like Apple, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in a long-awaited ruling issued late Tuesday. Qualcomm must change how it does business and renegotiate license deals with its customers, according to the ruling, which came four months …

Google’s troubles in China now include Huawei. For years, the tech giant has been dogged by its relationship with the world’s biggest country. In 2010, Google pulled out of the search market in China after co-founder Sergey Brin cited the government’s “totalitarian” policies, including censorship of the web. Since then, Google has tried to tiptoe back into the huge and appealing …

A day after Google cut off Huawei from using Android on its phones, the US Commerce Department scaled back its restrictions on Huawei’s access to American components and software that go into its devices. The department on Monday created a temporary general license that will allow the China-based phone maker to keep existing networks and issue updates to existing phones, …

Google said Tuesday it will continue working with Huawei for 90 days, after the US government announced it’s temporarily scaling back trade restrictions on the Chinese smartphone maker. On Monday, the US Commerce Department said it’s creating a general license that for now lets Huawei keep existing networks and issue updates to its phones and tablets. The reprieve is meant …

Last year Vizio’s customary place as best TV for the money was usurped by the TCL 6 series, which beat out Vizio’s M-Series for CNET’s Editors’ Choice award. Meanwhile, at the higher-end, an LG OLED got the award, but the superb Vizio P-Series Quantum earned a nod as the ideal OLED alternative for video-quality snobs without money to burn. Now four series …