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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
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
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
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
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
Dan Loeb's Third Point says Intel has lost out to TSMC, Samsung and AMD.
CNBC
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 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
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
TSMC is aggressively recruiting over 600 engineers and executives for what will be its first US plant in 20 years.
Nikkei Asian Review
Velodyne stock rose nearly 23% on Monday. Luminar rose over 27%.
CNBC
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
'Rembrandt' Zen 3+ chips on 6nm with Navi 2 graphics could be a true mobile powerhouse
Techradar
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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. manufacturing output increased more than expected in November.
Reuters
A targeted approach with American allies such as Taiwan and South Korea, both leading semiconductor manufacturers, with the narrower aim of keeping the most advanced technology out of China's hands may be preferred by the new administration.
Wall Street Journal
Shares of leading chipmaker Qualcomm were down 7.4% to close the trading session at $144.28 as on Dec 11 on the news that Apple is developing its own modem for its future devices.
Yahoo! Finance
This includes efforts to fight hate and harassment.
engadget
Would an Apple modem be better, or just less reliance on Qualcomm?
The Verge
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