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Congress to Vote on New Curbs on US Investment in China
Congress to Vote on New Curbs on US Investment in China

Restrictions on US investments in AI and other tech sectors will be part of a new bill to fund government operations through till mid-March, lawmakers say

US Officials Told: Use Encryption to Avoid Chinese Phone Hacks
US Officials Told: Use Encryption to Avoid Chinese Phone Hacks

Rocked by the biggest hack of its telecom services, US cyber security unit warns senior officials to ditch regular calls and texts, saying they need to switch to end-to-end encryption services

Hong Kong Gives Green Light for Four More Crypto Exchanges
Hong Kong Gives Green Light for Four More Crypto Exchanges

Approval for four new crypto exchanges brings the total licensed virtual asset trading platforms in the city to seven.

US Cuts China Chip Firm From ‘Military Ties’ List After Lawsuit
Taiwan in Talks With Amazon’s Kuiper For Satellite Internet
Nissan Shares Jump 24% on Potential Merger With Honda
US Looking to Ban Sales of China’s TP-Link Routers: Report
Japan Charts Return to Nuclear Power in Revamped Energy Policy
Trump Planning to Clamp Down on Chinese EV Supply Chains
Myanmar Military Threatening Aid Groups to Hide Hunger Crisis

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors