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Apple supplier Luxshare unnerves Foxconn as U.S.-China feud speeds supply chain shift (Oct 26, 2020)
Apple's top iPhone assembler, Taiwan-based Foxconn, has set up a task force to fend off the growing clout of Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare, which it believes poses a serious threat to its dominance, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Reuters
You might never see the gps
engadget
In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.
New York Times
Beijing plans new features and legal change toward launch by 2022 Olympics
Nikkei Asian Review
Basel regulations are not relevant for China's phase of development, says Alibaba founder
Finacial Times
He made Samsung the giant it is now, but had ethical problems.
engadget
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday the sale of chip designer Arm to Nvidia will drive growth in computing power, in his first public comments since the $40 billion deal was announced in September.
Reuters
Along with a pile of other 11th Gen Intel updates
The Verge
Asia Pacific is set to recover from its worst recession in living memory, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.
BBC News
While California-based Tesla captured popular attention for electric cars, national policy in Beijing encouraged the launch of several rivals in China, the world's largest auto market.
CNBC
South Korea's LG Display on Thursday reported a profit for July-September, ending a six-quarter run of loss, helped by shipments for Apple's new iPhone and stay-at-home trends boosting panel demand for TVs and laptops.
Reuters
Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics is expecting strong demand from the car and mobile phone industries to boost sales growth in the fourth quarter as it braces for a loss of revenue from China's Huawei.
Reuters
Former Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive will work with Airbnb on hiring and future products, the company announced on Wednesday.
CNBC
Verizon beat estimates for third-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for its phone and internet services.
CNBC
Tesla just reported third-quarter results including net income (GAAP) of $331 million on revenue of $8.77 billion.
CNBC
Intel's $9 billion sale of its NAND memory chip unit will help the U.S. chip giant focus on its core business in higher-margin processors, Wall Street analysts said on Tuesday, after its deal with South Korea's SK Hynix.
Reuters
China is unlikely to grant its unconditional blessing
Bloomberg
Vietnam's leader has asked Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Electronics, to make an investment in building a semiconductor plant in the country, according to news reports by Vietnamese media on Wednesday.
The Korea Herald
Texas Instruments reported its first quarterly revenue growth in nearly two years on Tuesday, a rebound the chipmaker credited to people stuck at home splurging on electronic gadgets for remote work and entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reuters
But Qualcomm's new products go on the other side of a 5G connection. Instead of being inside a handset, they go into base stations packed with antennas operated by carriers that smartphones talk to.
CNBC
Bank tellers are out and robotics engineers are in, according to a new report that says the coronavirus recession is accelerating technological changes that could displace 85 million jobs within the next five years.
CNN
Move follows security services warning on spying and technology theft by China
Finacial Times
The Trump administration on Tuesday sued Google in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company in more than two decades.
CNN
The Signature OLED R arrives in South Korean stores
The Verge
The model, M2M-100, is trained on 2,200 language directions and can be more accurate because it doesn't use English as a go-between language in translations.
ZDNet
State planner admits that some companies have 'blindly entered into projects' involving computer chips, resulting in wasted resources
South China Morning Post
More than a year after announcing the sale of its lighting business, Cree is doing it again - this time with its LED products segment.
Triangle Business Journal
Samsung might be planning to make additional investments in Vietnam and increase its smartphone production capacity in the country.
SamMobile
Google's Nest lineup is best known for its various cameras, but it also includes speakers, smart displays, and an alarm system. Or, at least it did. Pretty much out of nowhere, Google has officially discontinued the Nest Secure alarm system.
9to5Google
Logitech International on Tuesday reported a surge in second-quarter revenue and net profit as the computer peripherals maker benefited from a shift to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reuters
IBM posted a third consecutive quarter of declining revenue.
CNBC
China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items, allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harm's China's interests, state media said.
Reuters
Samsung Electronics is intensively investing in the expansion of its foundry business in efforts to catch up to Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC, which continues to dominate the contract-based chip-making business.
The Korea Times
New leaked renders show the camera bump from the S20 line is likely included
The Verge
A full wireless charge in under 20 minutes
The Verge
China's economy is picking up as the country continues to dig its way out of the turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN
U.S. carriers are actively competing for subscribers by discounting the new iPhone, hoping to lock customers in for years on their wireless service.
CNBC
LG Chem, the world's top electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is in talks with a "couple" of automakers to create joint ventures to produce automotive batteries, Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin told Reuters on Friday.
Reuters
China has revised laws to strengthen the protection of under-18s online, state news agency Xinhua reported late on Saturday, forcing internet product and service providers to take action when necessary.
Reuters
Alphabet unit Google has tweaked its concessions aimed at allaying EU antitrust concerns about its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit, people familiar with the matter said, putting it on course to secure EU approval for the deal.
Reuters
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