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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing U.S agencies to assess any security risks from Chinese-made drones in American government fleets and to prioritize removing them.
Reuters
Microsoft has entered into a long-term strategic relationship with GM and Cruise to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles.
CNBC
India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could compel players, including Amazon.com Inc, to restructure their ties with some major sellers.
Reuters
The ultrathin laptop uses Sensel's all-new touchpad designed for laptops.
engadget
SK hynix will launch consumer solid state drives here for the first time, the company said Monday, as the remote working trend boosted demand for personal storage devices.
The Korea Herald
Ready for prime time
Tom's Hardware Guide
Lumentum and Coherent have entered into a definitive agreement under which Lumentum will acquire the laser maker in a cash and stock transaction valued at US$5.7 billion.
Company release
It's a good time to crave a gaming handheld
The Verge
Vietnam gives Foxconn unit licence for $270 million plant to produce laptops, tablets (Jan 18, 2021)
Vietnam on Monday awarded a licence to a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Co Ltd to build a $270 million plant to produce laptops and tablets, the Vietnamese government said.
Reuters
Xpeng's NGP is a challenge to Tesla's autonomous driving system called Autopilot.
CNBC
We roundup the Wi-FI 6E routers, with Asus' model is launching as soon as this month.
Ars Technica
Also, the charging port might be retired.
Ars Technica
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday said the global lender needed more resources to help heavily indebted countries, citing a highly uncertain global economic outlook and a growing divergence between rich and poor countries.
Reuters
Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong is going back to prison, casting the future of leadership at the massive tech company in doubt.
CNN
The U.S. government has asked Australia to scrap proposed laws that will make it the first country in the world to force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to pay for news sourced from local media outlets.
Reuters
Last year was a big year for blockchain projects in China after President Xi Jinping called for further development of the technology at the end of 2019
South China Morning Post
Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortage of semiconductors that in some cases has been exacerbated by the Trump administration's actions against key Chinese chip factories, industry officials said.
Reuters
Apple will launch two new MacBook Pro models this year with 14- and 16-inch screens, a new design and the return of MagSafe charging ports, according to TFI' analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
CNBC
Samsung has slashed prices of its Galaxy S21 lineup, but will that give it an edge over the iPhone 12 family?
CNET
The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecommunications firm, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Reuters
China's economy grew more than expected last year, even as the rest of the world was upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
The worldwide bottleneck in semiconductors that's disrupting production of automakers from Toyota Motor to Volkswagen is turning into a growth opportunity for Globalfoundries.
Bloomberg
Nokia on Thursday partnered with Alphabet's Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manufacturing.
Reuters
The Trump administration has added smartphone giant Xiaomi to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies.
CNBC
ASML CEO Peter Wennink expects further antagonism between the United States and China over semiconductor technology, even as a new administration is set to take over in Washington, he told the Reuters Next conference on Thursday.
Reuters
TVs seem to get bigger, slimmer and more connected each year. But now, in 2021, you can also see right through them.
CNN
Intel focused much of its time at this year's virtual CES on its new desktop and mobile processors, as well as spotlighting the laptops that will feature its new hardware debuting in the next few months.
Gizmodo
Samsung is giving itself wiggle room with how it moves forward
The Verge
The UK-based chip designer, which dominates smartphones, now is trying to fix lackluster PC performance.
CNET
Alphabet-owned Google announced Thursday it's completed its acquisition of Fitbit.
CNBC
Shares of Hong Kong-listed Lenovo closed over 9% higher on Wednesday after the Chinese PC maker said it plans to list stocks in Shanghai.
CNBC
Digital decoupling between China and the United States could severely impact EU businesses in China and they should "prepare for the worst" and may be forced into a costly separation of their international operations, European business groups said.
Reuters
Samsung says the fruits of its partnership with AMD should appear next year.
Ars Technica
Tech will be used in laptops, phones, cars, and more.
Ars Technica
Senior Trump administration officials had been mulling plans to add the tech giants to a list of firms with alleged Chinese military links
South China Morning Post
Intel CEO Bob Swan is set to step down effective Feb. 15, the company announced.
CNBC
Taiwan's Foxconn and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Wednesday they will join hands to provide contract manufacturing for automakers.
Reuters
The two companies first announced a partnership in 2019.
engadget
AMD's focus is about high performance and significant generational improvements
Anandtech
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