US to award chipmaker Texas Instruments up to $1.6 bn
Washington (AFP) - The US government said Friday it has signed a preliminary agreement with semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments to ...
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US lawsuit says TikTok violated young users’ privacy
San Francisco (AFP) - The United States sued TikTok on Friday, saying it had placed the safety of millions of ...
US defends law forcing sale of TikTok app
San Francisco (AFP) - The Justice Department late Friday filed its response to TikTok's civil suit aimed at derailing a ...
Germany to ban Chinese telecom giants from 5G network
Berlin (AFP) - Germany said Thursday it will phase out the use of components from Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ...
US bans Russia’s Kaspersky antivirus software
Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in ...
What are the costs behind Trump’s economic proposals?
Washington (AFP) - Republican former president Donald Trump once dubbed himself a "Tariff Man" seeking to boost government coffers. As ...
US revokes some licenses for exports to China’s Huawei
Washington (AFP) - The United States has revoked some export licenses that allowed companies such as US chip firm Qualcomm ...
ByteDance says ‘no plans’ to sell TikTok after US ban law
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US ...
TikTok faces ultimatum: Sell or ban
Washington (AFP) - The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media ...
US lawmakers push for TikTok to cut ByteDance ties or face ban
Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers moved Wednesday to pressure TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or ...
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