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The phones of the future are here–growing pains and all

A slew of experimental phones, like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, are due to hit the market this year. But radical new design brings radical new engineering challenges.

Smartphone design hasn’t evolved in a decade. That’s about to change

New phone design trends are coming on February 25 to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.

Trump bans ZTE and Huawei gear from use by the U.S. government

Some government contractors that already rely on ZTE and Huawei tech will be greatly affected by the new law.

ZTE can’t fix its urinal because of American ban

The company has been banned from buying American-sourced products by the Trump administration.

The U.S. and China have a draft plan to settle the ZTE dispute

The companies have come up with an outline of a plan that would allow the ban on U.S. companies selling components and software to ZTE to be lifted, reports the Wall Street Journal. The ban is threatening to put the Chinese phone maker out of business. Now sources say the U.S. and China have agreed … Continue reading “The U.S. and China have a draft plan to settle the ZTE dispute”

Why Trump’s desire to bail out Chinese tech giant ZTE is so alarming

The decision flies in the face of the president’s decades-long rhetoric about Chinese trade practices.

ZTE is just the first of a list of trade demands that China gave to Trump

Suddenly all that campaign rhetoric about the Chinese being out to get the U.S.–using technology–has given way to great concern for the preservation of Chinese jobs.

Trumps says he’s working to save Chinese jobs at ZTE

ZTE halted its main operations last week after the Trump administration banned American companies from selling its vital components.

In a blow to Huawei and ZTE, an FCC proposal would ban Chinese phone subsidies

With its two biggest strategic rivals also being major tech providers, the U.S. government is trying to cut its dependence on Russian and Chinese technology firms. The latest move comes from the FCC. Today its chairman, Ajit Pai, circulated a proposal for consideration at the Commission’s April 17 meeting to ban certain companies from receiving … Continue reading “In a blow to Huawei and ZTE, an FCC proposal would ban Chinese phone subsidies”

Someday, Someone Will Build A Great Dual-Screen Phone—Maybe Even Apple

ZTE’s ungainly new Axon M shows that it isn’t easy to cram two displays into one smartphone. But the concept is still worth pursuing.

Canada’s “National Security Exception” Could Pose A Problem For Huawei and ZTE

The fallout from the U.S. Congress report that labeled the two Chinese firms a security risk has spread northwards, although the Canadian government is naming no names.

Huawei and ZTE Answer Home Security Committee’s ‘Unsafe’ Accusations

The two Chinese telco firms release their own statements and the Congress Intelligence Committee report of a “predetermined outcome.”

Huawei And ZTE A National Security Risk, Says Congress

The tech firms, with links to the Chinese military, are a threat to consumer privacy, to national security in the U.S., and to firms’ intellectual property, says report.

Microsoft and Huawei Put Chinese Tech Security Under The Spotlight

A Microsoft report into security found that cyber criminals were infecting computers on production lines, while the Chinese firm is under suspicion of having inserted codes into some of its U.S.-bound equipment

The Smartphone Wars Are Over

Solar Panels Could Resurrect the Passe Flip Phone

The Most Innovative Companies in China

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in China.