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Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has undertaken "preliminary exchanges" with the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security regarding export restrictions, the company said on Sunday in a filing.
Reuters
Intel on Friday said it has won a second-phase contract in a project aimed at helping the U.S. military make more advanced semiconductors within the United States.
Reuters
Chinese technology giants have seen their businesses thrive during the coronavirus pandemic in areas from health care to cloud computing.
CNBC
Huawei has failed to adequately tackle security flaws in equipment used in the UK's telecoms networks despite previous complaints, an official report says.
BBC News
A spinoff of VMware by Dell could bring numerous benefits, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said.
CNBC
Telecoms company Huawei is part of China's surveillance state, complicit in human rights abuses, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, as Washington renewed pressure on Europe to ban the company from fifth-generation (5G) networks.
Reuters
Rocket docket, engage
The Verge
Micron has not yet obtained new licenses needed to sell its memory chips to China's Huawei, which will cut its sales over the next two quarters, company executives said on Tuesday.
Reuters
China's official manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for the month of September came in at 51.5 as compared to 51.0 in August, according to the country's National Bureau of Statistics.
CNBC
Toshiba on Tuesday said it will exit the money-losing system LSI chip business as the Japanese conglomerate aims to boost the group's profit margins.
Reuters
Amazon's latest effort to speed up shopping trips lets you pay with the palm of your hand at some of its stores.
CNN
Plus, a bunch of ThinkBooks
The Verge
Fresh off the hype and announcements from Battery Day, Tesla is reportedly looking to make a massive move to secure the energy that powers its electric cars. The automaker is looking into purchasing a stake in battery maker LG, the Korea Times reported on Monday.
CNET
Japan's NTT said it is looking at taking full control of its wireless carrier business in a deal that could be worth around 4 trillion yen ($38 billion) and pave the way for price cuts in the sector.
Reuters
Huawei Technologies has built up stakes in Chinese semiconductor companies and other tech businesses as the world's largest telecoms equipment maker bolsters its supply chain in the face of pressure from the United States.
Reuters
TCL's new sound bars include features like 360-degree audio for under $300.
engadget
A report today suggests that Apple might be making South Korea a priority target for the iPhone 12, with this year's models to go on sale there earlier than usual - or at least, at an earlier point in the rollout.
9to5Mac.com
They're also getting Thunderbolt 4 and a RAM update
The Verge
Google said Monday it will enforce rules that require app developers distributing Android software on the Google Play Store to use its in-app payment system.
CNBC
On Friday, the US Department of Commerce told companies that exports to China's SMIC posed an "unacceptable risk" of being diverted to "military end use", according to a copy of the letter seen by the Financial Times.
The Financial Times
The European Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that Apple does not have to pay 13bn euros (瞿11.6bn) in back taxes to Ireland.
BBC News
Kioxia, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, on Monday postponed plans for what would have been Japan's largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, as U.S-China tensions cloud the global chip market.
Reuters
Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't seem to approve of Microsoft's deal with OpenAI - the research company he co-founded in 2015.
CNN
Export controls hamstring 'Made in China' and Japanese suppliers
Nikkei Asian Review
Nuvia, a startup founded by three former Apple Inc executives in charge of iPhone chips, said Thursday it raised $240 million in a funding round led by a venture capital firm co-founded by early Facebook Inc investor Peter Thiel.
Reuters
The deal needs to get regulatory approval from the U.S., U.K., EU and China. "We think that China will pose the biggest challenge," Hou said.
CNBC
The European Commission launched an investigation on Thursday into imports of optical fibre cable from China, which EU manufacturers believe are being sold in Europe at artificially low prices.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics has signed up Verizon as its first customer in the United States for its 5G products to increase indoor coverage, weeks after winning a $6.64 billion order for telecom equipment from the mobile network operator.
Reuters
Amazon announced two new Fire TV products during its big online hardware event on Thursday.
CNBC
The drone flies throughout the home on predetermined paths and automatically responds to security alarms.
CNBC
ChargePoint, one of the world's oldest and largest electric vehicle charging networks, said on Thursday it will go public by merging with Switchback Energy Acquisition in a deal that values the company at $2.4 billion.
Reuters
The executive arm of the EU has said that "the future of finance is digital" but that it's important to mitigate "any potential risks."
CNBC
Major carmakers are suing the US government over import taxes it has imposed on Chinese parts.
BBC News
Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Watch Active 2 users are about to get access to a major new feature.
Digital Trends
The flash euro zone PMI (purchasing managers' index) composite index - which measures both manufacturing and services - stood at 50.1, just marginally pushing into expansion territory.
CNBC
Intel is aiming to create an ecosystem for industrial IoT, which will be enabled by 5G.
ZDNet
Huawei said that Qualcomm has applied for a license to sell it chips and the Chinese giant will use them in smartphones if permission is granted by the U.S. government.
CNBC
Microsoft will offer a new service called Azure Orbital that connects satellites directly to its cloud computing network.
CNBC
It also provides big boosts over the 970 Pro with PCIe 3.0 motherboards
The Verge
Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday its supply chain was under attack from the United States and called on Washington to reconsider its trade restrictions which were hurting suppliers globally.
Reuters
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