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  • ASSOCIATED PRESS

    US gives Huawei another 90 days to serve existing customers

    by 
    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    08.19.2019

    The US government has granted Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers. The "temporary general license" extension will allow Huawei to continue servicing existing US customers before it is fully blacklisted, Reuters reports. The company now has through November 19th to maintain existing telecom networks and provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets.

  • Google Translate API gets reprieve, servers will accept cash for interpreter duties

    by 
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    06.06.2011

    Last month, Google said it intended to pull the plug on a variety of APIs, including one rather curious pick -- Google Translate, which had actually been getting so much use that it was allegedly causing an "economic burden" for the company. Well, it seems Google got in touch with its capitalistic roots, because the Translate API won't be depreciated after all. Following a public outcry, Mountain View's announced that it'll create a paid version as soon as possible. Hear it from the horse's Google API Product Manager's mouth at our source link.