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• Intel puts "millions of engineering hours" into oneAPI

  Intel has launched the oneAPI "industry initiative" to deliver a unified and open programming experience to developers on any architecture.

• Women uneasy about smart home technology

  A study of 31 Australian households which have installed smart home technology has found the early adopters are concerned about the potential security threats for women, and the gendered stereotypes reinforced by virtual assistants.

• IBM tops US patent list for 26th year running

  ​IBM was granted the most patents in the US in 2018, the company’s twenty-sixth consecutive year at the top of the ranking.

• Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing its secrets to help Intel

  Qualcomm has alleged that Apple stole its trade secrets and gave them to Intel to improve its chips, the latest salvo in a drawn-out legal dispute.

• White House launches strategy to lead world in quantum

  The White House yesterday launched a national strategy for Quantum Information Science (QIS) in a bid to secure global leadership in “the next technological revolution”.

• Intel discloses three more chip flaws

  Intel has disclosed three more possible flaws in some of its microprocessors that can be exploited to gain access to certain data from computer memory.

• Intel has been in business for 50 years this week

  It's hard to believe but the chip giant was established on July 18, 1968. Here are some of the highlights from the last half-century.

• Trio completes first 5G data call

  Ericsson, Telstra and Intel on Monday said they had completed the first 5G non-standalone 3GPP data call on a commercial mobile network.

• ​Krzanich’s resignation the right move, but a loss for Intel’s diversity efforts​

  Brian Krzanich was one of the loudest advocates for increasing diversity in tech. Will Intel’s efforts continue now that he’s gone?

• Intel CEO resigns over relationship with employee

  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned after a probe found a consensual relationship with an employee violated company policy.

• Further Spectre and Meltdown-like flaws found

  Reports have emerged that ​researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs.

• Mobileye says its software would have seen Uber crash victim

  ​The CTO of Mobileye has claimed the company’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) software would have seen the pedestrian killed by a self-driving Uber car last week.

• Intel left cyber officials in the dark about chip flaws

  ​Intel did not inform US cyber security officials of the Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws until they leaked to the public.

• Huawei unveils first car to be driven using a smartphone

  Huawei is the latest company to throw its hat into the ring in the race to get autonomous cars on the road. The Chinese tech giant said on Thursday that it was the first mobile device manufacturer in the world to use an AI-powered smartphone to drive a car.

• Apple may drop Qualcomm's chips: reports

  ​Qualcomm's shares fell 3 percent on Monday after two brokerages said Apple might drop the chipmaker in favor of Intel as the supplier for modem chips in its next generation of iPhones.