Plus, a bunch of ThinkBooks

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.

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.

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.

TCL's new sound bars include features like 360-degree audio for under $300.

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.

They're also getting Thunderbolt 4 and a RAM update

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.

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 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.

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.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't seem to approve of Microsoft's deal with OpenAI - the research company he co-founded in 2015.

Export controls hamstring 'Made in China' and Japanese suppliers

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.

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.

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.

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.

Amazon announced two new Fire TV products during its big online hardware event on Thursday.

The drone flies throughout the home on predetermined paths and automatically responds to security alarms.

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.

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."

Major carmakers are suing the US government over import taxes it has imposed on Chinese parts.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Watch Active 2 users are about to get access to a major new feature.

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.

Intel is aiming to create an ecosystem for industrial IoT, which will be enabled by 5G.

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.

Microsoft will offer a new service called Azure Orbital that connects satellites directly to its cloud computing network.

It also provides big boosts over the 970 Pro with PCIe 3.0 motherboards

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.

The deleveraging of China-U.S. supply chains and protectionism on both sides of the Pacific will only drive up costs and limit the flow of ideas, the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Wednesday.

Intel Corporation today announced the appointment of Safroadu (Saf) Yeboah-Amankwah as senior vice president and chief strategy officer, effective Nov. 1. Yeboah-Amankwah will be responsible for the Global Strategy Office, including Intel Capital, and will work with the executive team on developing and driving growth-oriented strategies. Yeboah-Amankwah will report to CEO Bob Swan.

At Tesla's 2020 shareholder's meeting, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company's vehicle deliveries in 2020 would be up 30% to 40% from last year, a range that encompasses its previous prediction of 500,000 cars delivered this year.

Plus, a new pair of $99 wireless earbuds

Old chips, new tricks

It's Microsoft's turn to feed the Xbox Series X shopping frenzy, after retailers opened up Sony's PlayStation 5 preorders last week. Demand for the video game systems is off-the-charts, but ordering either console has been a difficult experience for many gamers.

Amazon Sidewalk will leverage connectivity through Echo and Ring devices

Boasting 20% faster system performance and 19% faster web application performance compared to the 10th Gen.

Intel Corp has received licences from U.S. authorities to continue supplying certain products to Huawei Technologies, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.

Since 2017, the Google Pixelbook has maintained a spot on our list of the very best Chromebooks you can buy, with tasteful design and processing headroom that keep it competitive three years later. Yet you can't buy it from Google anymore - it's out of stock, and the company is strongly suggesting it's been discontinued for good.

The need for larger rechargeable batteries and more energy storage for 5G technology is expected to significantly boost demand for cobalt over coming years and potentially pit the sector against electric vehicle makers.