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The surveying and mapping law shows Beijing's concern over the mapping capabilities of "smart cars" and fear that data they collect may end up in the hands of hostile rivals.
More than half of the 2.39 million Indian accounts banned by WhatsApp in July were 'proactively' taken down before complaints were received, the company said in a report
World's largest contract chipmaker TSMC is building a $12 billion semiconductor plant in US state of Arizona
Market watchers say the latest ban is likely to affect a swathe of Chinese tech companies including giants such as Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings, Baidu, and Huawei Technologies.
US officials tell California chip designer to stop exporting two top chips to China used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, satellite imagery and other purposes
"We will change [these old rules] promptly," Digital Affairs Minister Tara Kono was quoted as saying, as he outlined plans to move government data online.
E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month
India's biggest telco Jio said on Monday it will begin rolling out 5G services for subscribers in the next two months. Owner Mukesh Ambani said it has committed $25bn to the expansion
Russian tourists have been using Chinese credit cards to withdraw cash from automatic teller machines in Finland since Covid border restrictions eased on July 1
The new foundry will be run as a subsidiary of SMIC in cooperation with the government of Tianjin's Xiqing district. It will have an initial capital of $5 billion, a notice said on Friday
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