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US Threatens to Ban TikTok if ByteDance Doesn’t Sell Ownership Stake

US Threatens to Ban TikTok if ByteDance Doesn’t Sell Ownership Stake

The Biden admin. has demanded ByteDance divest its stake in the video app TikTok or face a possible US ban. The move is the most dramatic in a series of recent steps taken by American officials and legislators concerned that user data could potentially be passed on to the PRC....

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones

The UK on Thursday announced a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from all government mobile phones — a policy that has already been adopted by the US and the European Commission....

OpenAI Announces GPT-4 AI Language Model

OpenAI Announces GPT-4 AI Language Model

OpenAI has announced the release of GPT-4, the latest product in the line of AI language models that already powers the likes of ChatGPT and Bing's chatbox....

US Releases a Third of Electronics Detained under PRC Forced Labor Act

US Releases a Third of Electronics Detained under PRC Forced Labor Act

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed on Tuesday that it has released over one-third of electronic devices, including solar panels, it had detained since 2022 under the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA)...

Report: China Leading Technology Race In Most Key Areas

Report: China Leading Technology Race In Most Key Areas

On Thursday, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published its Critical Technology Tracker report, which found that China leads the world in 37 out of 44 critical technologies, with Western democracies losing the race for breakthroughs....

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....

Report: Twitter Lays Off 200 More Employees

Report: Twitter Lays Off 200 More Employees

Twitter on Saturday reportedly laid off roughly 200 employees – about 10% of its remaining workforce – in CEO Elon Musk's continued attempt to cut costs. Those laid off included product managers, data scientists and engineers, and some from the monetization infrastructure team....