US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Said to to Sign New Order to Limit US Tech Investments in China by Mid-August

US President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order to limit critical US technology investments in China by mid-August, according to people familiar with the internal deliberations. The order focuses on semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It won’t affect any existing investments and will only prohibit certain…

US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok

US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok

U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday. Democratic Senator Mark Warner told Reuters that aggressive lobbying by the ByteDance-owned…

EU Announces New Data Transfer Pact With US, Faces Fresh Challenges

EU Announces New Data Transfer Pact With US, Faces Fresh Challenges

The European Commission announced a new data transfer pact with the United States on Monday, seeking to end the legal uncertainty plaguing thousands of companies which transfer personal data across the Atlantic. However, the move was immediately criticised by non-profit group noyb, led by privacy activist Max Schrems, which said…

US Newspaper Chain Gannett Sues Google, Says Tech Giant Holds Monopoly on Online Ads

US Newspaper Chain Gannett Sues Google, Says Tech Giant Holds Monopoly on Online Ads

Gannett, the largest US newspaper chain, on Tuesday sued Google, accusing the social media company of violating federal antitrust law by trying to monopolize the market for online advertising. The publisher of USA Today and more than 200 daily newspapers in a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan said…

US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused

US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused

A bipartisan group of six senators and two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to protect Americans’ data from being used by US adversaries. The bill is the latest in a series of proposals aimed at addressing concerns about the data of Americans using foreign-owned social…

Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue

Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue

Nigeria’s markets regulator has ordered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal. “Binance Nigeria Limited is hereby directed to immediately stop soliciting Nigerian investors in any form whatsoever,” the Securities and…

Google to Argue Against Allegations of US Antitrust Law Violations Over Search Engine Dominance

Google to Argue Against Allegations of US Antitrust Law Violations Over Search Engine Dominance

Google will likely argue Thursday that the US Justice Department’s allegations that it broke antitrust law to build and maintain its dominance of search are flawed and that its lawsuit should be thrown out, according to court filings. The government, which filed its lawsuit in the waning days of the…

EU’s Chips Act Said to Get Approval on April 18, Likely to Cut EU’s Reliance on US and Asian Semiconductors

EU’s Chips Act Said to Get Approval on April 18, Likely to Cut EU’s Reliance on US and Asian Semiconductors

The European Union’s EUR 43 billion (nearly Rs. 3,84,120 crore) plan to boost its semiconductor industry and catch up with the United States and Asia is likely to get the green light from EU countries and lawmakers on April 18, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday….

US Chipmaker Micron’s Products to Be Examined in China for Cybersecurity Risks

US Chipmaker Micron’s Products to Be Examined in China for Cybersecurity Risks

China’s cyberspace regulator will conduct a cybersecurity review of products sold in the country by US memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology, the regulator said on Friday. The move, which comes amid a spat over chip technology between Washington and Beijing, is aimed at protecting the security of the supply chain for…