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  • Xiaomi's Lei Jun says its chip development work continues

    Xiaomi's Surge chip research and development work since 2014 has encountered "great difficulties" but continues, Xiaomi Group founder, chairman and CEO Lei Jun said on Weibo today.

  • Huawei may start using dual processor solutions from Mate40

    Huawei will use dual processor options starting with the Mate40 at the earliest, with both MediaTek and Samsung as possible suppliers, Yicai.com cited Qualcomm as well as MediaTek insiders as saying.

  • Xiaomi's Lei Jun says MIX Alpha is too difficult to mass-produce and has been abandoned

    Mass production for the Xiaomi MIX Alpha is too difficult and the project has been abandoned, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said today on Weibo while answering user questions.

  • Qualcomm wants permission to sell chips for Huawei 5G phones

    Qualcomm has been putting pressure on the Trump administration to allow it to sell components to Huawei, saying current restrictions risk channeling revenue to foreign competitors rather than preventing Huawei from obtaining the parts, the Wall Street Journal reports.

  • Twitter, TikTok held talks about potential combination, WSJ reports

    Twitter has held preliminary talks about a potential combination with video-sharing app TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources.

  • China ships 43 million 5G phones in Q2, more than half of which use Huawei HiSilicon chips

    In the second quarter of this year, China shipped more than 43 million 5G smartphones, of which Huawei HiSilicon is the largest 5G processor supplier, with a 54.8% market share, according to data recently released by IDC.

  • Chinese police uncover massive theft case involving PUBG, more than 3 million accounts stolen

    Police in Yangzhou, China's Jiangsu province, recently cracked a case of theft involving PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), in which more than 3 million user accounts were stolen, with a value of 19 million yuan, according to CCTV.

  • Tencent launches its largest campus recruitment campaign, offering up to 5,000 jobs

    Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent has now launched its largest-ever campus recruitment with 5,000 positions open for new graduates, according to sznews.com.

  • Huawei's first desktop to be released soon, specs revealed

    Huawei's first desktops will be released soon and will be powered by 24-core Kunpeng processor and AMD's Radeon 520 graphics card, according to IT Home.

  • Apple reportedly tweaking iPhone 12 to support China's BeiDou Navigation

    As the only smartphone in China that doesn't yet support the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System (BDS), Apple's iPhone may soon be making a change.