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Ericsson’s CEO petitions Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to overturn Huawei and ZTE ban in Sweden

January 5, 2021
Over the weekend, a report surfaced that Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm attempted to persuade the Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade to reverse a ban that was imposed. The ban would require telecom companies in Sweden to phase out any Huawei or ZTE 5G equipment by the beginning of 2025. The Executive sent the Minister, Anna Hallberg, a series of text messages that pleaded her to take a look at the…
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Oppo Find X3 sets new AnTuTu record

January 5, 2021
Oppo is expected to bring the Find X3 series in the first quarter of 2021, and one of the phones from the lineup has appeared on AnTuTu. The Snapdragon 888-powered phone reached a score of 771,491, which is a new record. Qualcomm’s official numbers are a bit north of…
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ZTE brings Yellow Axon 20 5G to the global stage, pre-orders begin on January 7

January 5, 2021
ZTE introduced the Axon20 5G in September claiming the tile of the world’s first commercially available smartphone with a front-facing camera under the display. Later on it followed it up with an Extreme edition in China and it’s now delivering that in global markets under the name Sunset Yellow. The company will start gathering pre-orders on its global website starting January 7…
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro appear in hands-on video

January 5, 2021
The latest addition to Samsung’s TWS lineup is yet to be announced but that isn’t stopping YouTuber Jeff Schick (aka Digital Slang) to post an unboxing and first impressions video of the Galaxy Buds Pro on his channel. This is the first time we’re seeing the earphones…
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World’s largest auto supplier Bosch takes bold (and dumb) stance against electric cars

January 5, 2021
Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, has decided to take a bold, and arguably dumb, stance against electric cars based on new comments from its chairman. Bosch and Electric Cars Some people often forget that the transition to electric vehicles not only disrupts automakers but also the entire automotive supply chain. Over the years, many automakers have focused on engines, body, and…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 4, 2021

January 5, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Workhorse gets order for 6,320 electric delivery vans – it had planned to build 1,800 this year

January 5, 2021
Workhorse Group, a company focusing on commercial sales of last-mile electric delivery vans, has received an order for 6,320 all-electric vans. The order comes from Pride Group Enterprises, a company which focuses on equipment sales, rental and leasing for the logistics industry. While 6,320 doesn’t seem like an astounding number at first blush, it’s much larger than Workhorse’s planned…
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