The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the government’s authority to regulate speech, experts said. Pressure is mounting from lawmakers and national security hawks to ban TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, over […]
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TikTok’s chief executive will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never, and would never, share U.S. user data with the Chinese government amid growing U.S. national security concerns. “TikTok has never shared, or received a request to share, U.S. user data with the Chinese government. Nor […]
Australia’s revenue potential from developing a battery industry has doubled to A$16.9 billion ($11.28 billion) by 2030 in less than two years, highlighting the speed of the sector’s expansion and the need to act quickly, an Accenture report showed on Wednesday. Australia’s battery industry is poised to become a global leader given the country’s mineral […]
Chinese-owned short video app TikTok faces a “pivotal moment” as a growing number of U.S. lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns, CEO Shou Zi Chew said. Chew said in a video posted on TikTok early on Tuesday that the app now has more than 150 million active monthly U.S. users, […]
In today’s digital economy, digital assets are playing an increasingly important role in helping businesses navigate economic restrictions. As the world moves towards a more globalized and interconnected economy, it has become necessary for companies to make use of digital assets to remain competitive. Could digital assets be the answer to navigating economic restrictions and […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday released proposed rules to prevent $52 billion in semiconductor manufacturing and research funding from being used by China and other countries deemed U.S. adversaries. The proposal limits recipients of U.S. funding from investing in the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing in foreign countries of concern like China and Russia and […]
To humanity’s dismay, one’s noble intentions when innovating technology is a moot point. Once that creation is out there, made available to everyone, its application is open to interpretation. Someone somewhere will always find nefarious uses for the technology. And those are cyber criminals. The Dangers of Cyber Criminals The same technology that allowed companies […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, seeking both to deepen economic ties with an ally he sees as a useful counterweight to the West and to promote Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine. Xi was the first leader to meet the Russian president since the […]
Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, capturing the public’s fancy and sparking a rush among Microsoft and Alphabet to launch products with technology they believe will change the nature of work. Here is everything you need to know about this technology. WHAT IS GENERATIVE AI? Like other forms of artificial intelligence, generative […]
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