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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday announced fresh sanctions that would restrict all foreign semiconductor companies from selling chips developed or manufactured using U.S. software or technology to Huawei without first obtaining a license. In May announced restrictions were already limited companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) from …

Intel Ice Lake processors tile a silicon wafer. Stephen Shankland / CNET Moore’s law, the observation that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles every 24 months, has taken a toll when miniature power drops. But chip giant Intel has taken a course to keep the idea alive …

China warns UK government not to host pro-democracy activist who fled to Hong Kong last week. Sunny Cheung was expected to be arrested in Hong Kong before fleeing to Britain. He is now in the UK where he plans to support rally for pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Activists in …

But how exactly do the stripes achieve that? Now scientists can eliminate one theory, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society. Researchers looked at the nature of the disorientation effect in flies, and ruled out the hypothesis that a common optical illusion, …

(Bloomberg Opinion) – We have already seen the cost of supply chain failure during the Covid-19 pandemic: Delays in the production of simple nasal swabs passed tests by months, even as the pandemic exploded in the US. The world is now seriously awaiting a vaccine, and will need billions of …