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China’s Zhengzhou lifts quarantine with Apple supplier maintaining COVID restrictions

Foxconn, an Apple product supplier, said that it continues to operate in a limited mode. Despite lifting a 7-day quarantine in Zhengzhou, the iPhone manufacturing plant has no plans to ease restrictions anytime soon.

9 November 2022
AirPods maker says it has suspended assembly of one of its products

Apple announced the suspension of production by a major foreign client.

9 November 2022
Boeing urges air taxi safety standards be stricter

Boeing on Tuesday urged regulators to set the same strict safety standards for the new generation of air taxi as for commercial airplanes.

9 November 2022
Apple is working on improved Siri experience

Apple is planning to update its Siri voice assistant by simplifying the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to “Siri”. The phrase is used to activate the assistant hands-free in a variety of Apple products, such as the iPhone, iPad, HomePod and Apple Watch.

8 November 2022
Nvidia improves chip for China to comply with U.S. trade regulation

Nvidia Corp. plans to sell an improved chip in China that meets new U.S. export control requirements, said the company on Monday. Those rules stated that advanced technology should not be passed on to Chinese parties.

8 November 2022
Amazon expands fleet of electric vans for holiday deliveries

Amazon's fleet of electric vans has been growing rapidly since it announced its partnership with Rivian Automotive.

8 November 2022
Pfizer’s Omicron vaccine demonstrates a strong immune response after a month

At the end of last week, Pfizer Inc along with its partner, BioNTech SE, announced that their Omicron vaccine (against the BA.4/5 subvariants) produced a strong immune system response in older people in a month.

7 November 2022
JPMorgan makes its first DeFi transaction on a public blockchain

One of the major banks, JPMorgan, has successfully accomplished its first international transaction via decentralized finance (DeFi) on a public blockchain. The transaction was made on November 2 through Project Guardian.

3 November 2022
Pfizer: Our RSV vaccine for expectant mothers prevents severe infections in infants

Pfizer Inc said Tuesday that its pilot respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine has shown effectiveness in preventing severe infections in infants.

3 November 2022
Apple will use Qualcomm 5G modems in 2023

Qualcomm Inc. will continue to provide Apple with modem chips for the majority of the iPhones in 2023. The company expected Apple Inc. to stop using their technology and switch to their own proprietary 5G modem.

3 November 2022