New US restrictions on computer chips and chipmaking equipment to China could hurt Chinese foundries set up by South Korean chipmakers, a report says

China's chipmaking sector and many others dependent on advanced US tech are likely to be hit hard by export controls announced by Washington last Friday, the FT says.

New US export restrictions will target China-based producers of DRAM chips, but Samsung and SK Hynix are likely to get more leeway from US regulators, sources say

Fear of court proceedings may have convinced Musk to proceed with his $44-billion bid to take Twitter private, legal experts say

Apple chief executive Tim Cook says he is "really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is".

Elon Musk said people may be able to buy one for less than $20,000 "within three to five years", but robotics experts felt Tesla was nowhere close to making robots that can do useful things

Ministers condemn Optus, owned by SingTel, for breach that affected 10 million accounts, urges company to speed up notification to customers whose personal data was released

Five state-owned banks took part in a CBDC trial focused on cross-border transactions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said.

Meta said it disrupted a China-based influence operation using Facebook and Instagram accounts with political content aimed at users in the US ahead of the midterm elections

The British government is due to make a final decision on the 63-million-pound takeover by Nexperia, a Dutch firm owned by China's Wingnut Technology, by October 3

Companies such as Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple fear elevated costs and disruptions as the move requires hardware changes. They want the compliance date set back to 2025

The ETFs will test investor appetite for chipmakers, producers of new materials and machine tool manufacturers at a time when rivalry between the US and China in the chip sector is intensifying