Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corporation, banned from buying components from American firms for seven years, is trying to convince US authorities that it failed to meet the terms of a settlement over breaking export sanctions due to problems within its own processes, and not due to a plan to deceive.

The shares of US security firm Symantec Corporation fell by more than 20% on Thursday after the company said it had commenced an internal investigation in connection with what it said were "concerns raised by a former employee".

Networking gear manufacturer Cisco is pulling all its advertisements from Google's YouTube video site, because it feared that they would appear on unsuitable content, according to a blog post that has now been removed.

In a world where plenty of competition exists in the entry-level, mid-range and upper mid-range space, with the Galaxy A8 2018 model Samsung hopes to tempt you into spending a little more to get a better phone.

There’s something about microphones that makes them sexier than they ever should be, according to iTWire reviewer Nick Ross. He puts one of the sexier and more affordable ones, Razer’s Seiren X, through its paces.

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