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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
As part of the Silicon Valley giant's secretive push into the automotive space
The Verge
Samsung Electronics is expected to rack up strong earnings in 2021 on the back of the "semiconductor supercycle," according to local analysts Monday.
The Korea Herald
An early preview at Intel's hybrid Alder Lake chips
The Verge
Microsoft's new Surface Pro 7+ for Business is not available to consumers, at least for now.
CNBC
One expert said that the new rules, especially around data, are part of China's broader effort to become a "technological superpower."
CNBC
Intel said on Monday it would ramp up the production of a new data center chip in the first quarter and that a new generation of chipmaking technology will become a key part of its output this year.
Reuters
Qualcomm's new in-screen reader is 77 percent larger and 50 percent faster.
Ars Technica
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