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US wants to block China’s access to equipment for the production of NAND flash memory
The United States is considering limiting the supply of US chip manufacturing equipment to memory chip makers in China, including Yangtze Memory Technologies. This will allow to suspend the development of the semiconductor sector of the second largest economy and protect American companies.
This information was provided immediately by several people familiar with this issue, who said that if tough measures are taken, supplies to factories in China that produce advanced NAND chips for smartphones, laptops and other devices will be prohibited.
Anonymous sources also said that if the Biden administration decides to take this step, it could also hurt South Korean memory chip makers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Samsung has two major factories in China, and SK Hynix is buying Intel’s NAND flash chip business in China.
The move also aims to protect the only U.S. memory chip makers, Western Digital and Micron Technology, which together represent about a quarter of the NAND chip market.
According to export control experts, this will be the first US attack aimed at Chinese production of memory chips without specific military applications.
All sources described the consideration of the issue as being at an early stage of consideration.

News
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sets a record for speed on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter made its sixtieth flight to Mars, during which it set a speed record. It was 28.8 km/h. Before this, the maximum speed at which Ingenuity moved was 24 km/h.
On its sixtieth flight, Ingenuity flew 340 meters at an altitude of 16 meters. Flight time was 133 seconds. It was the fastest helicopter flight on the surface of Mars.
As part of the previous flight, Ingenuity also set a record, but not for speed, but for altitude: it rose 20 meters above the surface of the Red Planet.
Phones
This will be the Xiaomi 14 Pro. The first images of the smartphone have been published
For the first time, images of Xiaomi 14 Pro have been published on the Internet – the device is posed “wrapped” in cases, from which it becomes clear that the pictures were leaked by the accessory manufacturer.
Xiaomi 14 Pro demonstrates the evolution of the design of the current Xiaomi 13 Pro: the camera protrusion is almost the same, there are also three modules (the fourth is depicted as a camera module, but it will house a flash.
Xiaomi 14 Pro will receive SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and a titanium frame. It is also credited with an AMOLED screen with a diagonal of 6.7 inches and a resolution of 3200 x 1440 pixels, a 5000 mAh battery with 120 W charging.
There is scattered data about the camera: some sources say that the device will have a 200-megapixel sensor as the main one, others attribute to it the same inch Sony IMX989 sensor as the Xiaomi 13 Pro. At the same time, everyone agrees that the remaining two sensors will be 50-megapixel.
Phones
Alternative browser Vivaldi “takes a bite from the apple”: version for iPhone and iPad presented

The team of the increasingly popular Vivaldi browser announced the release of a stable version for the Apple mobile platform. The beta version of Vivaldi for iOS has been tested for several months.
As the developers promise, Vivaldi for iOS has its own unique look thanks to a set of built-in tools, including tabs, Express Panel, control panels, notes, reading list, and a tracking and ad blocker. The synchronization function between devices is also supported – bookmarks, Express panel, passwords, form data, history of entered addresses and notes are synchronized using end-to-end encryption.
You can store all your important links in the Express Dashboard for quick access. The tab bar is designed to look like tabs on a PC for quick switching. The tab switcher gives you access to public, private, synced, and recently closed tabs.
Built-in Notes let you quickly jot down interesting information. You can copy data from the site through the context menu. Users also have access to a “Reading List” in which they can save web pages for later viewing.
The built-in tracking and ad blocker can be configured for individual sites. To increase privacy, there is a private tabs mode in which search queries, visited sites, cookies and temporary files will not be saved by the browser. Other features include easily changing the search engine, choosing an application icon from a variety of options, an interface for large iPad screens, and so on.
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