The United States sees the European Union as its top priority in a global effort to convince allies not to buy Huawei Technologies Co. equipment for next-generation mobile networks, a U.S. State Department Official said on Tuesday.

Lumentum Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it expects Android smartphone makers to launch devices with facial recognition technology this year even as the Apple Inc supplier forecast slightly lower-than-expected revenue for its current quarter.

The United States sees the European Union as its top priority to convince allies not to buy Huawei Technologies Co. equipment for next-generation mobile networks, a U.S. State Department Official said on Tuesday.

Huawei and ZTE will be left out of more state tenders after the tax authority excluded them, the head of the Czech cyber watchdog, which issued a recent security warning about the Chinese technology firms, said on Tuesday.

AMS, which supplies Apple with sensors for its Face ID technology, disappointed investors with a 58 percent decline in fourth quarter core profit, its guidance and the suspension of a dividend payment for 2018.

Amazon.com Inc's grocery service is slowly returning on its India website after the online retail giant faced disruption from revised e-commerce curbs which kicked in on Feb. 1.

Lumentum Holdings Inc, which supplies sensors for Apple's FaceId feature, forecast third-quarter revenue below analysts' estimates hurt by slowing demand for smartphones in China.

The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance will tie up with Alphabet Inc's Google to develop autonomous taxis and other services using self-driving vehicles, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday.

Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd and Honda Motor have signed an agreement to co-operate on jointly developing lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, as China's top EV battery maker expands its tie-ups with Japanese automakers.

German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday that only secure technology could be installed to build Germany's 5G network, adding that clear rules applied to all providers.

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Co has sold 34.9 million common equity shares in Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, and plans to convert 75 million warrants in the U.S chipmaker.

Facebook has banned four insurgent groups fighting against Myanmar's military from its social network, the company said on Tuesday, saying it wanted to prevent offline harm by removing groups it branded "dangerous organisations".

Sensor specialist AMS, which supplies Apple with components for its face recognition technology, warned that sales in the first quarter could be more than 20 percent lower than last year as it expects smartphone demand to remain weak.

U.S. technology giant Apple said it had reached a deal with France to pay an undeclared amount of back-dated tax, with French media putting the sum at around 500 million euros ($571 million).

Japan's SoftBank Corp booked a 24 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday as users switched to data-heavy plans, pinning future growth on the rise of 5G services in the mobile carrier's first earnings report as a public company.

Sensor specialist AMS expects revenue in the first quarter of 2019 to fall to $350-390 million amid continued weak smartphone demand and "characteristic first-quarter consumer market seasonality", it said on Tuesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday Germany needs guarantees that China's Huawei Technologies will not hand over data to the Chinese state before the telecoms equipment supplier can participate in building its 5G network.

SoftBank Corp, Japan's third-largest mobile phone network provider, said on Tuesday operating profit rose 24 percent in its third quarter as users switched to data-heavy plans, in its first earnings report as a public company.

SoftBank Corp, Japan's third-largest mobile phone network provider, said on Tuesday operating profit rose 24 percent in its third quarter on growing wireless sales, in its first earnings report as a public company.

Shares of Panasonic Corp fell more than 6 percent on Tuesday after the Japanese electronics company reported disappointing quarterly results and cut its full-year outlook.