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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
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
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