Apple's iPhone 12 launch drew mixed reactions in mainland China on Wednesday, with fans cheering a 5G model for their favourite brand while others planned to wait for upcoming devices from local rivals like Huawei Technologies.

For September, China's imports surged 13.2% in U.S. dollar terms, according to official customs data on Tuesday. That was far above the 0.3% predicted by the Reuters' poll.

A strong comeback in 2021 is needed to help the global economy heal from the coronavirus pandemic. But the International Monetary Fund is downgrading its forecasts for next year, and warning of a long, slow recovery that will stoke poverty and damage growth.

In some parts of the world, solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history, thanks to policies encouraging renewable energy growth. That's according to a new report released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Singapore's economy contracted 7.0 per cent year on year in the third quarter, but grew 7.9 per cent on a quarterly, seasonally adjusted basis

Chinese telecom giant Huawei is finding it harder to counter U.S. sanctions designed to choke off its access to semiconductors but can continue to serve European 5G network clients, a senior European executive told an Austrian newspaper.

When Apple unveils its new iPhones, expect it to make a big deal of the fact they're the first in the world to be powered by a new type of chip.

PC makers shipped 71.4 million PCs in the quarter ending in September, a 3.6% increase from the same period last year, according to an estimate from technology research company Gartner.

5G will finally get its U.S. closeup with the expected debut of Apple's next iPhone on Tuesday. But the blazing speeds promised will not materialize for most people.

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Foxconn Technology Group's investments in the US have fallen short of promises made in 2017, when US President Donald Trump hailed the firm's promises to build a factory as a sign of America's manufacturing revival.

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Arm on Thursday said it was partnering with Microsoft to create tools that will help software developers transfer data from tiny sensor chips to Microsoft's cloud computing service.

Orange and Proximus have picked Nokia to help build 5G networks in Belgium as they drop Huawei amid U.S. pressure to exclude the Chinese firm from supplying key telecoms equipment.

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Advanced Micro Devices is in advanced discussions to buy Xilinx in a takeover that could be valued at US$30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

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In a blog post on Medium today, Intel's John Bonini has confirmed that the company will be launching its next-generation desktop platform in Q1 2021. This is confirmed as Rocket Lake, presumably under Intel's 11th Gen Core branding, and will feature PCIe 4.0 support. After several months (and Z490 motherboards) mentioning Rocket Lake and PCIe 4.0 support, this note from Intel is the primary source that confirms it all.

Manish Bhatia, Micron's executive vice president, said that even with "deep pockets" it will take time for Chinese newcomers to make a significant impact on the global memory chip market, but stressed that his company takes all competition seriously and is paying close attention to the progresses of emerging Chinese competitors.

Microsoft said it would build 3 data centers in greater Athens and by 2025 would train 100,000 people in Greece in digital technologies.

India on Tuesday said it was approving incentives under a federal plan to boost domestic smartphone production to 16 companies, including top Apple suppliers Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron.

Microsoft on Tuesday denied a recent suggestion by the U.S. Department of Labor that its plan to bolster diversity, including by investing $150 million (瞿116.5 million) and doubling the number of Black employees in high-ranking positions, amounted to illegal race discrimination.

The House Judiciary subcommittee released a report on Tuesday that said that Apple has "monopoly power" over software distribution on iPhones.

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Apple just announced a product launch event on Oct. 13 where it's expected to reveal the next iPhone model.

A 16-month congressional investigation into Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook has found that the tech giants hold "monopoly power" in key business segments and have abused their dominance in the marketplace, in a full-throated condemnation of the giants.

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McAfee faces charges for failing to file taxes between 2014 and 2018, and hiding his income.

Nvidia on Monday laid out a multi-year plan to create a new kind of chip for data centers, aimed at siphoning off more functions from its chief rival Intel.

A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it of copying its cybersecurity patents.

Anticipations are high for South Korea's electronics industry to announce earnings surprises for the third quarter, despite initial worries about the impact of COVID-19, according to industry sources Monday.

Sony and chipmaker Kioxia are seeking US approval to export semiconductors to Huawei Technologies despite Washington's imposition of sanctions on the Chinese telecom giant, sources familiar with the situation said Monday.

Nokia has signed 17 new 5G commercial deals since Q2 earnings announcement. With these wins, the company now has 100 commercial 5G deals with individual customers and a total of 160 commercial 5G engagements, including paid trials.

While Micron's solid report card didn't exactly come as a surprise, it was nonetheless a positive end to the fiscal year. There's work to be done to get back to record sales and profits, but 2020 at least brought an end to a year-and-a-half-long memory chip industry slump and a return to growth.

NXP Semiconductors has announced the grand opening of its 150mm (6-inch) RF gallium nitride (GaN) fab in Chandler, Arizona, the most advanced fab dedicated to 5G RF power amplifiers in the United States.

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Japan's Sony and memory chipmaker Kioxia have applied for U.S. approval to continue supplying Huawei, Nikkei reported on Sunday.