Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break down barriers to innovation have embroiled the company in a geopolitical technology battle.
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ORLANDO, Florida – A fourth tropical disturbance formed early Saturday morning in the Atlantic Ocean and is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center. It… Read More »Fourth tropical disturbance in the Atlantic; will it affect Florida?
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Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is building a new life in San Francisco, each time with a new, creative building.
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If the past five years of EU tech rules could take human form, they would embody Thierry Breton. The bombastic commissioner, with his sweep of… Read More »Change in European leadership means new opponents for Big Tech
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In an abrupt about-face, lawyers for the social network said it was complying with court orders it had previously ignored. Brazil’s Supreme Court could allow… Read More »Elon Musk's X retreats to Brazil
(Reuters) – General Motors will lay off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining… Read More »GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant, WARN reports
Newly released data shows rickshaw drivers are secretly moving the decimal point on credit card machines to scam tourists in London out of hundreds of… Read More »London rickshaws rip off customers by charging up to £1,300 for a half-mile ride
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In the heart of Xinjiang, the Chinese region where more than a million Uighurs are reportedly being held in re-education camps, two carefree British travel… Read More »British travel bloggers 'gloss over' China's Uyghur problem to Beijing's delight
Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher from Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building a working hovercraft from old car parts and without any blueprints.
