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China
US Places Restrictions on Chinese biggest chipmaker SMIC
The US places restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker, SMIC. The Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) might no longer be able to import technology from the US it uses for manufacturing chips. The Trump administration fears the use of US...
Social Media
TikTok selects Oracle as its partner for US operations
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok based in China, has decided to partner with Oracle Inc for its US operations after rejecting Microsoft's acquisition offer. The social company had to make a rushed decision as it nears 20th September's...
Huawei
Microsoft will export its software to Huawei
After the restriction, Microsoft now has been granted a license to sell its software to Huawei. In the wake of the recent trade war, President Trump’s administration put sanctions on some companies to export their services and products to...
Apple
Donald Trump to visit Apple’s manufacturing plant in Texas on November 20
President Trump will be visiting Apple's Mac Pro factory in Austin on Wednesday, 20th November. Apple announced in September that the latest Mac Pro dubbed as cheese grater will be manufactured in Texas, the same facility where Mac Pro had been...
Apple
Apple starts sending Safari browsing data to Chinese Tencent
It seems Apple is more inclined towards China. It removed Taiwan flag emoji from iOS in Hong Kong soon after the launch of iOS 13.*. Now, Apple has also started to share safe browsing data of its official browser...
China
Is Apple siding with China over Hong Kong? Tim Cook writes memo as HKmap is down
One of the largest US-based companies has done something that many say under the pressure of China. The US is losing its card in a trade war with China? Is China showing its muscle to alter the decisions of...
Latest News
A Rundown of AI Gaffes in 2024
In 2024, several AI systems encountered significant gaffes. Chatbots provided misleading information on sensitive topics, and AI generated racially...