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White House said to be in talks with Intel, TSMC for US chip factories
The Trump administration hasn’t been shy about wanting to reduce its dependence on Asia for technology, and that might soon include the processors inside PCs and phones. Wall Street Journal sources say the White House is talking to Intel and TSMC abo… Source
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‘You have to be a moron to think libertarianism is real’
Merus Capital’s Salman Ullah says COVID-19 highlights why Germany is an attractive place to invest Steve O’Hear @sohear / 7 hours Could the coronavirus crisis — and the way different countries have responded — make Silicon Valley VCs more bullish on European startups? That’s the thesis put forward by Salman…
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GM delivers first ventilators under 30,000-unit government contract
Ventilators assembled by GM and Ventec Life Systems were delivered to hospitals Thursday night with more making their way to facilities today and through the weekend, the first in a 30,000-unit order with the U.S. government. The deliveries, which went to hospitals in Chicago and Olympia Fields, Ill., are a…
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‘Glitch’ blamed as stimulus check is delayed for millions who filed through H&R Block, TurboTax
Many have been understandably concerned that, amid corporate bailouts, a $1,200 check won’t be enough to survive several more weeks of lockdown. But the stimulus check is, at very least, better than nothing, particularly for the more than 22 million Americans have filed jobless claims in the last month alone.…
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Chinese startup Rokid pitches COVID-19 detection glasses in U.S.
Thermal imaging wearables used in China to detect COVID-19 symptoms could soon be deployed in the U.S. Hangzhou based AI startup Rokid is in talks with several companies to sell its T1 glasses in America, according to Rokid’s U.S. Director Liang Guan. Rokid is among a wave of Chinese companies…
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Pentagon probe can’t confirm Trump interfered with the JEDI contract
After a months-long saga over whether President Trump’s “personal vendetta” cost Amazon a $10 billion Pentagon contract, the Pentagon’s inspector general said it found no evidence that the decision to award the cloud-computing contract to Microsoft w… Source
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