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US House Of Representatives Bans TikTok, As Government Ban Looms

China's TikTok is banned from all US House of Representatives-managed devices, as the US government ban looms

1 year ago

Cyber-Attacks Set To Become ‘Uninsurable’, Warns Insurance Boss

Chief executive of Zurich Insurance warns that cyber-attacks, rather than natural disasters, will quickly become “uninsurable”

1 year ago

ByteDance Admits Staff Obtained TikTok Data Of Journalists

Chinese parent of TikTok says some staff improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and have been let go

1 year ago

EU Legislation Targets Battery Replacement By Users

European Union reaches provisional agreement that will require that portable devices to have user-replaceable batteries

1 year ago

More US States Ban TikTok As Federal Vote Looms

Louisiana, West Virginia latest to ban TikTok on government devices as US Congress prepares federal-level vote this week

1 year ago

US Senates Passes Legislation To Ban TikTok From Government Devices

American lawmakers pass bill to ban TikTok on government devices, in latest move to ban Chinese app in the United…

1 year ago

United States Adds China’s YMTC, Others To Trade Blacklist

Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 Chinese 'mjaor' entities in the AI chip sector are added to US entity list

1 year ago

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Ban TikTok In US

Escalation against popular Chinese app sees three US lawmakers seek to ban TikTok from operating in the United States

1 year ago

ARM Refuses To Sell Advanced Chip Designs To Alibaba – Report

British chip designer ARM reportedly refuses to sell advanced chip designs to a Chinese company, citing US/UK export restrictions

1 year ago

Alabama, Utah Latest US States To Ban TikTok

More US (Republican) states ban TikTok on state devices and computers, following earlier Taiwanese national security ban

1 year ago

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested In Bahamas

Former CEO and founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX is arrested after the United States files charges against him

1 year ago

Antwerp City Services Down After Ransomware Attack

Online services at the city of Antwerp, Belgium knocked offline this week after ransomware attack on city's digital partner

1 year ago

Pentagon To Split $9bn Cloud Contract With Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle

You can all share the spoils. DoD's JWCC project (formerly JEDI) is to be split between four cloud service providers

1 year ago

Taiwan Bans China’s TikTok From Government Devices

National security move sees Taiwan implementing a public sector ban on China's TikTok and other Chinese software and services

1 year ago

Amazon, EU Reach Antitrust Deal – Report

Settlement reportedly reached between Amazon and European Commission over alleged anti-competitive practices

1 year ago

TSMC Triples Arizona Factory Investment To $40 Billion

President Joe Biden is to visit TSMC chip plant in Arizona after Taiwanese firm prepares to more than triple its…

1 year ago

HM Treasury Finalising Crypto Industry Rules – Report

UK's Treasury is reportedly finalising sweeping new powers for Financial Conduct Authority to properly regulate the cryptocurrency industry

1 year ago

Chinese Hackers Stole Covid Relief Benefits – US Secret Service

Tens of millions of dollars worth of US Covid relief benefits have allegedly been stolen by Chinese hacking team APT41

1 year ago

Meta Warns It May Remove US News Content

Facebook owner warns American Congress it may remove US news from its platform if it passes “ill-considered journalism bill”

1 year ago

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Faces Federal Probe

Federal investigation of Neuralink over potential animal-welfare violations, as staff allegedly complain of rushed testing

1 year ago

US Drops Charges Against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou After 2021 Deal

US prosecutors to dismiss charges against Meng Wanzhou, after last year's deal where she admitted false statements about Iran business

1 year ago

Starlink Satellites Trialled By Government For Remote Connectivity

UK government says Elon Musk's Starlink satellites will form part of its trial to tackle decent broadband connectivity to remote…

1 year ago

UK Government Unveils Revised Online Safety Bill

The UK's revised online safety bill proposes fines of 10 percent of revenue if social networks fail to block racist,…

1 year ago

EU Countries Agree 45bn Euro Chip Production Plan

European chip production subsidies. Agreement from EU countries to a 45-billion-euro ($46.6 billion) fund to encourage local chip production

1 year ago

UK Bans China’s Hikvision CCTV At ‘Sensitive’ Locations

Hikvision denies it poses a national security threat after UK government bans Chinese CCTV at 'sensitive' locations

1 year ago

European Parliament Website Downed After Russia Declared Terrorism Sponsor

Pro-Kremlin hackers Killnet takes credit for downing European Parliament website, after Russia declared state sponsor of terrorism

1 year ago

China Claims To Have Resolved Child Gaming Addiction

China claims it has reduced video gaming among youngsters to less than 3 hours a week, after limiting gaming to…

1 year ago

New York Governor Signs Bill To Limit Crypto Mining

Green move. Clampdown on crypto mining that runs on carbon-based power sources signed into law by New York Governor

1 year ago

UK To Probe Apple, Google ‘Stranglehold’ On Mobile Browsing

British Competition and Markets Authority launches investigation into mobile browsers, targetting Apple and Google domination

1 year ago

North Korea’s Internet Knocked Offline

Consequence for ballistic missile test? Internet access in North Korea suffers its largest outage in months on Thursday

2 years ago