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Chinese tech giant Alibaba is being investigated by regulators over monopolistic practices. China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) made the announcement on Thursday.
BBC News
Vietnam and the UK concluded a free-trade agreement that will see 99% of tariffs between the two countries eliminated after seven years.
Bloomberg
Velodyne stock rose nearly 23% on Monday. Luminar rose over 27%.
CNBC
South Korea-based LG Electronics said on Wednesday it has agreed to set up a $1 billion joint venture (JV) with automotive supplier Magna.
Reuters
At one time Motorola was as good as it got for Android updates, at times beating even Google's own phones to the punch.
9to5Google
Xiaomi is often the first company to launch phones with new Qualcomm Snapdragon processors (even if it's only by a week or two), and the new Snapdragon 888 will be no exception.
Mashable
The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter, fueled by more than $3 trillion in pandemic relief.
CNBC
The law doesn't love it when competitors promise to cooperate in certain ways.
Ars Technica
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that he tried to get a meeting in 2018 with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the possibility of Apple buying the electric vehicle giant - but that Cook refused.
Yahoo! Finance
'Rembrandt' Zen 3+ chips on 6nm with Navi 2 graphics could be a true mobile powerhouse
Techradar
Its back can change color in sync with your breathing
The Verge
Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Reuters
The list of affected organizations keeps growing.
engadget
The firm plans to raise $525 million to invest in a technology company.
CNBC
Millions of Americans have awaited aid for months as Congress failed to agree on another plan to boost a health-care system and economy buckling under the weight of the pandemic.
CNBC
China's biggest chipmaker SMIC said on Sunday that being put on a U.S. trade blacklist would pose a significant adverse impact to its research and development in its 10-nanometer and more advanced chip technology.
Reuters
Samsung remains the biggest smartphone maker in the world at the end of 2020, but the company has never come closer to losing its spot to another Android OEM than it did this year.
SamMobile
Microsoft may go down the same route as Apple in shifting away from Intel for its products, with the software giant said to be working on its own processor designs that may end up in its Surface computer line.
Apple Insider
Apple has placed supplier Wistron on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business until it addressed the way workers were treated at its southern India plant.
Reuters
When Tesla officially joins the S&P 500 on Monday, Elon Musk's electric car company will instantly become the top performing stock in the index for 2020.
CNN
Failed bid apparently meant to placate regulators
MarketWatch
Intel's Clover Falls AI chip will be part of the company's Evo platform, focusing on commercial PCs for now.
PC World
The United States added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks in office.
Reuters
Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily says it has raised $700 million of fresh capital in its latest funding round.
CNBC
Starting with the Snapdragon 888
The Verge
European mobile operators are starting to consider Samsung Electronics, long seen as a non-starter, in the race to replace China's Huawei as the supplier of their fledgling 5G systems, although early talks suggest it will still be an uphill struggle.
Reuters
China's Huawei said on Thursday it would invest 200 million euros in building a mobile phone network equipment factory in the east of France, pressing ahead with the roll-out despite French curbs on firms using its 5G gear.
Reuters
The Commission on Thursday set out a number of commitments that Google must follow over the next 10 years.
CNBC
Google buys Neverware, a startup with Chrome OS variant that squeezes extra life out of old Windows PCs and Macs.
ZDNet
Makers of cars and electronic devices from TVs to smartphones are sounding alarm bells about a global shortage of chips, which is causing manufacturing delays as consumer demand bounces back from the coronavirus crisis.
Reuters
Fitness apps have seen a steep rise in users during the pandemic.
BBC News
One of Huawei's European communications managers has resigned from the Chinese firm over concerns about its role in the surveillance of Muslim Uighurs.
BBC News
Telecoms equipment maker Nokia's said it expects operating margins at its mobile networks business will be flat in 2021, it said on Wednesday in an update on strategy to streamline the Finnish company into four business groups.
Reuters
International Business Machines said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna would take over as chairman from Jan. 1, replacing Ginni Rometty, who stepped down as its long-time CEO earlier this year.
Reuters
Now that Microsoft's Windows on ARM emulation layer can also run 64-bit x86 code, inevitably there will be questions as to how it compares with the Apple M1.
ExtremeTech
New portfolio of drives will be available in the first half of 2021
Tech Radar
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday signed a partnership with IBM to combine "edge computing" with private 5G networks, the latest tie-up among big technology firms trying to help customers automate production.
Reuters
In the meantime, current users can download an enhanced TikTok app.
engadget
Officials across Europe on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would give regulators sweeping new powers to take on US tech giants, threatening huge fines and raising the prospect of breakups or bans for repeat offenders.
CNN
Apple plans to raise iPhone manufacturing by nearly 30% to up to 96 million units in the first half of 2021, Japanese financial daily Nikkei reported on Tuesday, prompting another jump in the shares of the California-based tech giant.
Reuters
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