Thailand approves $1 billion Foxconn-PTT venture for BEVs

The Horizon Plus Co project is one of several investment applications worth a total of 209.5 billion baht in manufacturing and infrastructure that were approved, the Board of Investment (BOI) said in a statement. https://ift.tt/Eoj3OCY

Amazon suffers outage with error messages for thousands of shoppers

"I'm getting the same message on every single product I try to look at. Totally unrelated products, same exact messages. The other odd thing I noticed was that I had to log in to my Amazon account this morning, on all my devices I'd suddenly become logged out," an affected user posted on Reddit. https://ift.tt/yad4sPQ

Data shows Chinese orders for chipmaking equipment rose 58% YoY in 2021, as some US chipmakers claim Chinese companies are paying above-market prices (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Data shows Chinese orders for chipmaking equipment rose 58% YoY in 2021, as some US chipmakers claim Chinese companies are paying above-market prices  —  China's semiconductor industry is showing signs of flourishing even in the face of Biden administration efforts to counter its growth, raising alarm bells in Washington.

A Chinese regulator says automaker Geely plans to acquire a 79% stake in smartphone maker Meizu for an undisclosed amount and release a smartphone by 2023 (Brenda Goh/Reuters)

Brenda Goh / Reuters:
A Chinese regulator says automaker Geely plans to acquire a 79% stake in smartphone maker Meizu for an undisclosed amount and release a smartphone by 2023  —  A venture run by the founder of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding (GEELY.UL) plans to acquire an 79% stake in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu …

South Korea to attempt space rocket launch this week

South Korea's state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Kari) was carrying out final preparations on Monday ahead of this week's second attempt to send multiple satellites into orbit. Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is scheduled to be transported to the launch pad and erected vertically on Tuesday at the Naro Space Centre in the country's southern coastal village of Goheung, one day ahead of the launch, Yonhap news agency reported. https://ift.tt/V4JLR7u

A look at the growing split over ad blocker browser extensions, as Google's Manifest V3 cuts out blocking via Web Request while Mozilla maintains support for it (Corin Faife/The Verge)

Corin Faife / The Verge:
A look at the growing split over ad blocker browser extensions, as Google's Manifest V3 cuts out blocking via Web Request while Mozilla maintains support for it  —  There's a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ended up on opposite sides of the fight.