According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, TikTok’s owner, ByteDance has abandoned the sale of TikTok in the U.S. and is instead pursuing a partnership with Oracle Corp in the hope of avoiding a ban and at the same time appease the Chinese government. The development comes in the wake of U.S. officials…
Portland has voted for the first ever ban on facial recognition in the United States in private entities, including restaurants and retail stores, as well as in public places in the city. Portland’s city council voted to ban local government bureaus from acquiring or using facial recognition surveillance technology. Other U.S. cities which have previously…
In a significant development, U.S. President Donald Trump stated, the United States will ban China-owned ByteDance’s TikTok video-sharing app, and Tencent’s WeChat app, in 45 days. The development comes in the wake of the Trump administration stepping up efforts to purge “untrusted” apps, including Chinese ones, from its digital networks citing “significant threats” posed by…
The European Union has scrapped the likelihood of a ban on facial recognition technology in public spaces. In 2019, in a draft the European Commission had proposed the idea of a moratorium of up to five years to give the EU time to work on ways to prevent abuses of this technology. The pros and…
TSMC, formally known as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, is the world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer. On Thursday, TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, stated, its shipments to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd have not been affected by U.S. regulatory trade action against the Chinese telecom maker. These comments was made by TSMC’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Sun…
Huawei will need a U.S. government license to purchase U.S. technology. The order will come into effect in the coming days. In a significant development, the U.S. Commerce Department stated it has added China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd along with 70 of its affiliates to a “Entity List”, thus placing a ban on the telecom…
The court verdict will remain pending if Apple were to go on appeal. Qualcomm has also received a similar ruling from a court in China. A German court ruled has ruled that Apple Inc has infringed on Qualcomm Inc’s hardware patent and said, Cupertino can no longer sell some of its iPhone models in Germany…
The Government Communications Security Bureau has effectively banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment from New Zealand citing significant risks to national security. On Wednesday, Spark New Zealand stated, the Government Communications Security Bureau has declined its proposal to use Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment citing significant risks to national security. This decision effectively…
Political intelligence gathered from the databases of social media giants are the new tools for campaign strategists. In a first public view of how U.S. technology companies, including Google and Facebook, are yanking advertisements that break their online political ads rules. The duo also provided unprecedented insight into opponents’ online marketing, enabling them to capitalize…
South Korea’s transportation ministry has stressed that the ban is more in the nature of safety checks rather than punitive action. Following its own internal investigation into the root cause of the engine fires, it said it could take legal action. On Tuesday, South Korea’s transport ministry stated, it will ban nearly 20,000 BMW vehicles…
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