US chip-making giant Intel has suspended all business operations in Russia, citing Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine as the key reason for its decision. The California-based company said in a statement that it would support its 1,200 employees in Russia and “[implement] business continuity measures to minimize disruption to our …
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34 entities, including the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS), were added to the blacklist on Wednesday – prohibiting them from purchasing any US technology. Before Wednesday’s additions, the blacklist already contained over 260 Chinese companies, including popular smartphone manufacturer Huawei. The Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC blasted the …
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The Chinese institutes and firms were added to the department’s ‘Entity List’ on Wednesday, joining more than 260 other Chinese businesses – including smartphone giant Huawei – already on the list. Placement on the list forbids these firms from buying technology from the US without express permission from Washington. Among …
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The new approach was touted by Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, during a panel discussion on Saturday. In “a lot of these commercial companies, their product is commercial. But if we can work with them upfront early in the design stage, we can leverage their …
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On Monday, General Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet Katsunobo Kato lashed out against the plan, unveiled by Moscow, to attract investment and job creation on the Pacific Ocean archipelago. According to him, the efforts to bolster the local economy fly in the face of previous deals that govern the stalemate …
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“This is an important step towards enhancing the high-level openness of the Chinese [international trade] system, and is essential for the intensive development of the Hainan Free Trade Port,” the Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated with regard to the new regulation. The region’s authorities on Saturday published a list of …
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published information earlier this week on two new contracts with private tech firms hired to work on the country’s “Covid-19 certification programme.” US-based Entrust will receive close to £840,000 ($1.2 million) for the development of the NHS health pass. The deal will …
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The ruling announced on Tuesday expands the rights of EU nations to hold tech companies accountable despite not being the nation where those businesses are headquartered. “Under certain conditions, a national supervisory authority may exercise its power to bring any alleged infringement of the GDPR before a court of a …
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump don’t see eye-to-eye on much and, immediately after taking office in January, Biden set about undoing nearly every single Trump policy by executive order. However, hostility toward China is a rare policy shared by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington. Biden proved this on Thursday, …
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New Delhi’s information technology ministry wrote to social media companies on Friday to urge them to remove any content that uses the phrase, insisting there is no scientific reason to link the viral mutation to India, according to a letter obtained by Reuters and local media. “It has come to …
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