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US tech giant joins mass exodus of Western firms from Russia

US chip-making giant Intel has suspended all business operations in Russia, citing Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine as the key…

2 years ago

China responds to US blacklisting its biotech firms

34 entities, including the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS), were added to the blacklist on Wednesday – prohibiting…

2 years ago

US blacklists Chinese firms over ‘brain-control weaponry’

The Chinese institutes and firms were added to the department’s ‘Entity List’ on Wednesday, joining more than 260 other Chinese…

2 years ago

Pentagon to tell commercial firms how to tailor products for military use

The new approach was touted by Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, during a panel discussion…

2 years ago

Russia & Japan locked in standoff over Moscow’s call for firms to move to Kuril Islands, in dispute holding up WWII peace treaty

On Monday, General Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet Katsunobo Kato lashed out against the plan, unveiled by Moscow, to attract…

3 years ago

China eases regulations on Hainan to let foreign firms work under same rules as Chinese companies

“This is an important step towards enhancing the high-level openness of the Chinese [international trade] system, and is essential for…

3 years ago

Planning ahead? Firms land Covid passport contracts that could last until 2023, even as UK govt hints plan could be dropped

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published information earlier this week on two new contracts with private tech…

3 years ago

Top EU court hands data watchdogs greater power to hold tech firms accountable

The ruling announced on Tuesday expands the rights of EU nations to hold tech companies accountable despite not being the…

3 years ago

Biden adds 59 Chinese companies – including Huawei and military firms – to investment blacklist

Joe Biden and Donald Trump don’t see eye-to-eye on much and, immediately after taking office in January, Biden set about…

3 years ago

New Delhi asks social media firms to remove mentions of Covid-19 ‘Indian variant’ as harmful to India’s image – reports

New Delhi’s information technology ministry wrote to social media companies on Friday to urge them to remove any content that…

3 years ago