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HUAWEI has released its annual report and it is shown that the company is doing better than before despite the US ban. As HUAWEI doesn't report quarterly earnings since it's a private company with a unique employee ownership structure, the annual report is the only thing that allows us to check on the company's performance.

After HUAWEI, it looks like Xiaomi has also stumbled upon something that doesn't look nice with the U.S. Last week, it was reported that Xiaomi has been added to the country's government’s blacklist, which means that U.S. investors will not be allowed to purchase shares from the Chinese company. However, unlike HUAWEI, Xiaomi will still able to import and use technologies from the U.S. without a need for a license. Following the news, Xiaomi has issued a statement on the matter as follows:

After leaving HUAWEI and becoming an independent brand, HONOR's future is now brighter without limitations brought by the trade ban. The company has now signed a deal with the US's tech giant Microsoft to get the official license of Windows 10 for the upcoming 2021 laptop lineup. Let's read on to find out more details!

As if HUAWEI hasn't suffered enough consequences from the trade ban, a new issue has come with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made an official announcement to order telecom providers in the United States to remove all equipment from HUAWEI and ZTE. The announcement was posted by FCC's official Twitter account on 11 December.

Not only the U.S. is banning HUAWEI to have any affiliation with the country's companies, but companies from other corners of the world are being affected as well. Earlier, it has been reported that HUAWEI is not able to manufacture the Kirin chips anymore due to their chip supplier TSMC being pressured by the ban. Now, MediaTek is facing the same problem as well. However, it looks like the chip manufacturer is not going to give up working with HUAWEI, as they applied for an exemption from the ban.

You might be wondering who is the lady in the cover photo. Well, she is Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump posted a video about children being “immune” toward the COVID-19, and now the video has been removed from his page by Facebook.

After launching various products at the Unpacked Event that happened last night, Samsung has made an exciting announcement today regarding the One UI. The company will start to test the Android 11 One UI 3 starting with a pre-beta program.

Keanu Reeves is an A-list celebrity that always keeps his profile low. The man doesn't have any social media accounts and would like to keep his life as private as possible when he's not on the silver screen. Now, it is reported that he will be on a Zoom call with a person who bids the highest in a charity drive. Therefore, not only you're doing it for a good cause, but you'll get to meet your favourite celebrity too.

The tension between China and the U.S. is acknowledged by many in the world, especially from the trade sanctions. To reduce the reliance on the Global Positioning System (GPS) run by the U.S. Air Force, China has developed its own navigation network and it is set to be completed by this month. The project is not a new one as the country has been working on it for almost twenty years.

Earlier today, Facebook recently unveiled a new app called Venue, which was made to take on Twitter when it comes to events as it is able to display user interactions during the event via hashtags. However, it is best to take note that the app isn’t focused on fan commentary which is quite different compared to Twitter.