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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
You can switch between a flat screen and a curved screen at the press of a button.
engadget
Microsoft is 'working as hard as we can' to increase Xbox Series X/S stock
Tech Radar
Ring in 2021 with Samsung's latest smartphones
The Verge
Speculation has swirled around Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's whereabouts after reports surfaced that the high-profile businessman has not made a public appearance in more than two months.
Yahoo! Finance
China's three biggest telcos saw their shares drop as much as 5% in Hong Kong on Monday, the first trading session since the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said it would delist the firms under a plan China branded "political" and of "limited" impact.
Reuters
Chinese electric car start-ups Nio, Li Auto and Xpeng each announced in the last few days that vehicle deliveries surged last year.
CNBC
The European Union has signed a declaration that focuses on ensuring that the EU will create a 2nm node and a custom processor.
WCCF Tech
South Korea's exports climbed at the fastest pace in more than two years in December, buoyed by a pickup in global demand as vaccines raised hopes for a recovery.
Bloomberg
Some see the move as a vengeful communist party lashing out at the company's outspoken founder Jack Ma. But analysts note that reforming the financial sector is a long-standing policy goal, and other companies could also end up in the crosshairs of regulators.
BBC News
Q3 2020 was the second-strongest quarter for venture capital investments to U.S. companies ever, according to CB Insights.
CNBC
South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday requested a nine-year prison term for Samsung's de facto chief, Lee Jae-yong, during his bribery retrial, where Lee apologized and vowed not to be implicated in similar allegations in an apparent plea for leniency.
AP
With HBM memory onboard, CPUs start to look like GPUs
Tom's Hardware Guide
The approach of cutting off China's technology companies could continue under a Biden presidency, said Adam Segal, director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
CNBC
Indonesia and a unit of South Korean firm LG Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a $9.8 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery investment deal, the head of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board said on Wednesday.
Reuters
Coming to Samsung's next QLED TVs
The Verge
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is one of the most futuristic devices of the year - the world's first foldable PC. But like so many other first-generation products, it's not for everyone.
CNN
Samsung Electronics' display unit said on Tuesday it will extend production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs and monitors, as more people sought home entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters
LG's stylus-equipped Stylo series usually ends up among the most popular mid-range phones every year, and in 2021 it seems like there might be two options.
9to5Google
The leading OLED TV maker is moving to Mini LED for its premium LCD sets
The Verge
The firm allegedly used thousands of forced labor workers from the Muslim region of Xinjiang
The Verge
Corellium helps customers find bugs in Apple's mobile operating system. Apple aimed to shut it down.
Washington Post
Dan Loeb's Third Point says Intel has lost out to TSMC, Samsung and AMD.
CNBC
China's central bank disclosed on Sunday it had asked the country's payments giant Ant Group to shake up its lending and other consumer finance operations, the latest blow to its billionaire founder and controlling shareholder Jack Ma.
Reuters
Hackers have inserted malware inside an app offered for download by the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA).
ZDNet
Let the countdown to the Countess begin.
Tom's Hardware Guide
Quantum dots in two dimensional array is a leap ahead
PhysOrg
A good indication of Android flagship trends for 2021
The Verge
The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced in a statement that it is investigating Alibaba Group for "suspicion of monopolistic conduct." This caused the stock of China's largest online trading platform to crash, whose value fell by more than $100 billion.
Yahoo! Finance
The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007, and manufacturers still are months away from fulfilling outstanding orders, hardware industry executives and analysts said.
Reuters
Alphabet's Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists' papers by launching a "sensitive topics" review.
CNBC
IBM has agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission over subsidies awarded to connect schools and libraries to broadband.
Reuters
Everything should become official in January
The Verge
TSMC is aggressively recruiting over 600 engineers and executives for what will be its first US plant in 20 years.
Nikkei Asian Review
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