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Today, TCL is announcing a trio of Android tablets to be released over the next few months, including a model using a NXTPAPER display, their competitor to color E Ink.
9to5Google
But they're limited to just 35W chips for now
The Verge
The next OLED frontier might not be TVs.
Ars Technica
Coming mid-2021, this new headset is designed to be a set of second screens.
CNET
Chinese search giant Baidu will create a standalone electric vehicle company, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.
CNBC
OpenAI has trained a piece of software, known as Dall-E, to generate images from short text captions.
CNBC
Your gaming portable is about to get a speed boost.
engadget
The Korean giant adjusted to the new reality of 2020. This year, it needs to be bolder and it all starts this week.
CNET
The so-called "lighter than air" laptops will be available in January.
engadget
Ford Motor, Toyota Motor, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Nissan Motor said on Friday they would cut vehicle production this month due to a shortage of semiconductors, becoming the latest automakers hit by a chip crunch as demand rebounds from the coronavirus crisis.
Reuters
TSMC is reportedly preparing to offer Intel chips manufactured using a 4-nanometer process, with initial testing using an older 5-nanometer process.
Bloomberg
Developed with Waseda University, tool can produce results in two weeks
Nikkei Asian Review
It starts at $1,149.99
The Verge
Micron on Thursday forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates as a global shift to remote work and a recent uptick in 5G smartphone adoption drove demand for its chips.
Reuters
Samsung predicts its profits rose nearly 26% last quarter. That suggests demand for many of its products has kept up during the coronavirus pandemic even as it faces tough competition in the smartphone market.
CNN
The shares of Alibaba and Tencent fell after a Wall Street Journal report said the Trump administration could be about to add the Chinese tech giants to a U.S. blacklist.
CNBC
South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Friday it was in early, unspecified talks with Apple after a local broadcaster said the pair were discussing an electric car and b
Reuters
Only if you buy the 43-inch model, though.
engadget
Artificial market segmentation may have suppressed demand for ECC in desktops.
Ars Technica
The system could be used to provide access to ATMs, smart locks and more.
engadget
Neo QLED promises better contrast and far less blooming
The Verge
Sony has announced that it's going to start selling a series of modular displays that can be used to create digital movie sets.
The Verge
The U.K.'s competition watchdog has announced that it plans to investigate Nvidia's proposed acquisition of British chip designer Arm.
CNBC
Verizon will kick off the show with a keynote on 5G. And while not officially part of CES, Samsung will cap things off by introducing its 5G-enabled Galaxy S21 line.
CNET
Slowly but surely, AMD has been closing the desktop CPU market share gap on Intel for years.
ZDNet
Tencent along with a number of investors including CITIC, CICC Capital and Primavera invested 1.8 billion yuan ($278.5 million) in Shanghai-headquartered Enflame Technology.
CNBC
Huawei this year will likely see slower 5G business and push further into software, while hoping its smartphones get a reprieve from U.S. sanctions which last year struck the chip-reliant heart of its group, analysts said.
Reuters
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf is retiring this year, the company just announced.
CNBC
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is lying low, but not missing, CNBC's David Faber reported Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
CNBC
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group's Alipay, the White House said, escalating tensions with Beijing before President-elect Joe Biden takes office this month.
Reuters
New patent reveals AMD FPGA plans
Techradar
Firms accelerate their decline by selling and sharing key technology with the PRC
Forbes
It also launched 55- and 65-inch collaboration monitors with 20-point multi-touch.
engadget
A new version of Google's smaller smart display may be on the way
The Verge
Applied Materials has raised its offer for KKR & Co.-owned Kokusai Electric by 59%, citing higher valuations in a growing industry. It also extended the closing deadline by almost three months.
Bloomberg
The chipset's headline feature is its X51 5G and LTE modem.
engadget
A notable milestone but not a huge change
The Verge
Activity in China's factory sector rose in December as the world's second-largest economy sustained its recovery to pre-pandemic levels, a business survey showed on Monday, however, increasing cost pressures slowed the pace of expansion.
CNBC
Byton, Foxconn and Nanjing Development Zone signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on Monday to jointly produce Byton's M-Byte SUV by the first quarter of 2022.
CNBC
The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer plans to delist three Chinese telecommunications giants: China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom.
CNBC
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