Month: October 2020

Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing has undertaken “preliminary exchanges” with the US Bureau of Industry and Security regarding export restrictions, the company said on Sunday in a filing. “The Company is conducting assessments on the relevant impact of such export restrictions on the company’s production and operation activities,” the filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange said.
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Paytm Mini App Store has been launched within the digital payments app, the company announced on Monday. Paytm announced this just days after tech entrepreneurs in India rallied for a national app store, but this is slightly different. Instead of giving native apps and developer tools, Paytm is hosting links to progressive Web apps (PWAs)
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Japan’s Sony and memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings have applied for US approval to continue supplying Huawei, Nikkei reported on Sunday. If confirmed, the move follows other tech companies such as Intel Corp that recently received licences from US authorities. With US-China ties at their worst in decades, Washington has been pushing governments around to world to
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Facebook and Twitter promised to stop encouraging the growth of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon, which fashions President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and government officials, after it reached an audience of millions on their platforms this year. But the social media companies still aren’t enforcing
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TikTok must become a “US based company controlled by US investors” or will be banned in the United States, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday. Mnuchin’s comments come amid uncertainty over a US-brokered deal to reorganise ownership of the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app which US officials have called a national security risk. Mnuchin said the
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Google is rolling out its noise cancellation feature for Google Meet for Android and iOS. The feature automatically filters out background noise from your device’s audio input, while still letting your voice through. Google’s video conferencing service had introduced noise cancellation for desktop in June, and is now expanding it. However, it will only be
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Slowly and steadily, Motorola has been bringing new smartphones to India. The budget E-series, which has been overshadowed by the popularity of Moto’s mid-range offerings, has now gotten a new addition in the form of the Moto E7 Plus. This new low-cost phone looks good, and the specifications do seem interesting, especially when you consider
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Oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries said on Saturday Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and global private equity firm TPG Capital invested a combined Rs. 7,350 crore in its retail unit. Reliance, controlled by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has secured more than $2 billion (roughly Rs. 14,600 crores) in investments from global investors, including KKR, Abu Dhabi state
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