Tech
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US House speaker says lawmakers to move forward with TikTok bill
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging China’s government had acc…
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France has banned use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Netflix, others
France announced Friday it is banning the “recreational” use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees’ phones because of concern about insufficient data security measures.…
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Canada’s Trudeau says TikTok ban had ‘side benefit’ of getting his kids off platform
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was happy his recent ban on the use of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices meant his children could no l…
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Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, prophet of the rise of the PC, dies at 94
Intel Corp co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” predicted a steady rise in computing power for decades, died Friday at the age of 94, the company annou…
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Musk debunks report on SpaceX’s plans for new funding from Saudi, UAE
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, on Friday denied a media report from earlier this week that said investors from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were planning to invest in a mu…
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British parliament slams door on video app TikTok over security concerns
Britain’s parliament will block TikTok on all devices on its network following a similar ban on government devices, becoming the latest Western institution to bar the Chinese-owned video app over sec…
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Huawei shoves aside 5G brouhaha, drops new premium smartphone without 5G
Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) on Thursday continued to press ahead against U.S. pressure by launching a new smartphone with a price starting at 4,488 yuan ($658), which it promised has a top end camer…
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Saudi, UAE investors plan to invest in SpaceX – The Information
A unit of Saudi Arabia’s investment fund and an Abu Dhabi-based company are planning to invest in a multi-billion dollar funding round for Elon Musk-led SpaceX, The Information reported on Wednesday,…
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Google open doors to its ChatGPT-lookalike Bard
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday began the public release of its chatbot Bard, seeking users and feedback to gain ground on Microsoft Corp in a fast-moving race on artificial intelligence technology.…
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TikTok hits 150m U.S. monthly users despite ban threats
TikTok said on Monday the short-video sharing app now has 150 million monthly active users in the United States, up from 100 million it said it had in 2020. The Chinese-owned app confirmed the figure…