https://www.theepochtimes.com/huawei-removed-from-standards-setting-bodies-in-another-setback-after-us-ban_2935963.html

Huawei has been removed from three key standards-setting organizations, in the latest blow to the company flowing from the U.S. export ban.

The SD Association, the trade group that sets standards for SD and micro SD cards, removed Huawei from its member list. According to technology news website Android Authority, this means that world’s second-largest smartphone maker will not be able to use SD or microSD cards’ slots in its future designs.

Meanwhile, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, a body which sets standards for semiconductors, told Asian Nikkei Review that Huawei voluntarily withdrew its membership.

Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that sets standards for wireless technology, also told Nikkei it “temporarily restricted” Huawei’s participation.

Following the U.S. ban, which effectively barred Huawei from doing business with U.S. suppliers, several American companies, including Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Intel, suspended their business with the company.

Foreign companies have followed suit, including UK-based chip designer ARM, German chipmaker Infineon Technologies, Japanese parts’ supplier Toshiba.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2019/05/684_269525.html

Brazilian Trumps secret weapon

Thousands gathered in cities across Brazil on Sunday to show support for President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces an uncooperative Congress, street protests, a family corruption scandal and falling approval ratings five months into his term.

The stumbling start for the far-right leader who rode a wave of dissatisfaction with Brazil's political class to an election victory led his backers to call for the demonstrations, which represented a mixed bag of demands and protests.

Bolsonaro's base supporters sang the national anthem and waved Brazilian flags while chanting the names of his Cabinet members. Many said Brazil's institutions are not letting Bolsonaro govern. Some called for the closure of Congress and the Supreme Court.

We need to clean out Congress, said Neymar de Menezes, a construction contractor. Unfortunately all the deputies there are compromised and all about deal making. Bolsonaro is fighting them by himself.

Bolsonaro aired grievances in recent weeks about the difficulties he is having running the country. At an event in Rio de Janeiro last week he said Brazil is a great country, but our problem is the political class.

Bolsonaro wants to break the system, but the system wants to break him and we won't let that happen, said Elen dos Santos, a law student. The establishment politicians aren't letting him govern because they want favors in return.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/24/smic-nyse-delisting/

The U.S-China trade war is increasingly influencing tech. Huawei has suffered a turbulent past week with key suppliers pausing work with the company, and now China’s largest chipmaker is planning to delist from the New York Stock Exchange.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) announced in a filing published Friday that it plans to delist next month ending a 15-year spell as a public company in the U.S. The firm will file a Form 25 to delist on June 3, which is likely to see it leave the NYSE around ten days later. SMIC, which is backed by the Chinese government and state-owned shareholders, will focus on its existing Hong Kong listing going forward but there will be trading options for those holding U.S-based ADRs.

In its announcement, SMIC said it plans to delist for reasons that include limited trading volumes and “significant administrative burden and costs” around the listing and compliance with reporting.

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/445636-video-game-addiction-now-classified-as-mental-health-disorder-by-world

Addiction to video games is now considered a mental health disorder by a leading international body.

The World Health Organization (WHO) added video game addiction to its International Classification of Diseases in an update Saturday, according to NBC News.

The classification refers to “gaming disorder” as "a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior" that becomes so extensive it "takes precedence over other life interests.”

The move comes less than a year after WHO added gaming addiction to its list of potentially harmful technology-related behaviors.

Shekhar Saxena, the WHO's expert on mental health and substance abuse, told NBC News that the disorder is rare and is only diagnosed following months of extended playing.