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US and China are now battling for control of the world’s big-data monsters and dragons – and it’s not about money

When Didi Chuxing, China’s ride-hailing giant, launched its mega US IPO earlier this summer, it seemed like the perfect statement…

3 years ago

China brings latest Covid outbreak under control, no new local infections for first time since July

On Monday, health authorities in China reported 21 imported cases of Covid-19 but, importantly, no new locally transmitted infections for…

3 years ago

China considers making US-listed companies hand over data control to 3rd party firms – reports

According to Reuters sources, Chinese regulators want the regulation to limit the companies’ ability to transfer Chinese onshore data abroad…

3 years ago

With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, world must focus on preventing collapse of state & cross-border terrorism, Putin warns

The Russian president and the German chancellor were speaking to journalists during the latter’s state visit to Moscow.“The Taliban control…

3 years ago

Eyebrow-raising and then some: new Android feature lets users control phones with facial expressions

Android users will gain the expanded ability to manipulate their phones with their facial expressions using a newly expanded Google…

3 years ago

Will the Taliban seize or squander its moment now that it’s back in control of Afghanistan?

As its triumphant leaders swaggered into the presidential palace in Kabul, shocked Afghans and foreigners alike wondered, warily: ‘what kind…

3 years ago

Taliban fighters now in complete control of Afghanistan’s borders with Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, Russia’s Defense Minister claims

“For us, it is important [to note] that the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have been taken under control by…

3 years ago

US regulators want the ‘crypto’ out of cryptocurrency – because that will help them use it to control your every move

SEC Chair Gary Gensler cited “investor protection” as the reason the commission should have carte blanche to take the “crypto”…

3 years ago

Does Japan control the trigger for US nuclear war on China?

In April this year, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide became the first foreign leader to visit the White House after…

3 years ago

Cyberattacks show the risks of digital currencies and centralised control – we need a return to community banking

The Miami, Florida-based IT company Kaseya found at the beginning of July that its IT management software Virtual System Administrator…

3 years ago