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Huawei Technologies Co and several other Chinese tech firms have raised concerns to local regulators about chipmaker Nvidia Corp’s deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The tech firms have been lobbying the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) to either reject the transaction or impose conditions, which will ensure their access to Arm technology, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. One of the major concerns of these… Source link

Stressing that this is not the dial-up 1990s when changing services was slow and difficult and often required to buy and install software with a CD-ROM, Google has vehemently defended its position after the US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorneys General sued the tech giant for allegedly abusing its market position in the domain of online search. Claiming that the lawsuit relies on dubious antitrust arguments, Google said that like countless other businesses, the company pays to… Source link

The reported move to have a sunset date for high import tariffs on electronic products like mobile phones and TVs makes perfect sense. Artificial value addition behind high tariff walls enriches a few while impoverishing the citizenry, with high costs, obsolescence and incapacity to compete globally. Reportedly, high tariffs to boost domestic production would have a 4-5-year term limit. In tandem, what’s surely required are innovative industrial and technology policies for Indian producers… Source link

MEXICO CITY: America Movil chief executive officer, Daniel Hajj, said on Wednesday that the telecoms giant will reduce capital expenditure to $6 billion in 2020, down from the $8.5 billion foreseen at the start of the year. “We are going to reduce the capex from our original number this year, because execution in the lockdown was very difficult” Hajj said in a call following the third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Hajj added that some non-essential projects were also canceled or delayed. Follow… Source link

The Daily Beast UK History Channel Under Fire for Featuring Guy with Suspected Neo-Nazi Tattoos The UK’s History channel is getting taken to school.On Monday, Sky HISTORY—the History channel’s counterpart across the pond—posted a promotional clip for its competition series The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker on Twitter. Featured contestant Darren Lumsden, a heavily-tattooed joiner from Bristol, was portrayed as good-natured and folksy; contemplating the competition ahead, he described… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Half of Trump supporters believe QAnon’s conspiracy theories  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Jeffrey Toobin, suspended by the New Yorker, steps down from CNN role over ‘personal matter’  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Biden surges to his largest-ever lead against Trump among likely voters  Yahoo News Source link

(CNN) — If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head but can’t remember enough lyrics to search for it, Google has a solution: hum to search. Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify music. The feature is now part of Google’s mobile app and Google Assistant, where you can say “what’s this song?” (add a “Hey Google” first on Google Assistant) and then hum, whistle, or sing… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex pulls out of deal for online bank Tinkoff  PitchBook News & Analysis Source link