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Iran denies US cyber attack ahead of new sanctions
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
Both nations say they want to avoid going to war, but tensions have spiralled as a series of incidents, including tanker attacks and the shooting down of a US d...
US blocks more Chinese tech firms on national security concerns
Jun 22, 2019 (AFP)
The notice targets Sugon -- a prominent Chinese supercomputer manufacturer -- along with three of its microchip subsidiaries and a computing institute owned by ...
Senators warn Trump to not use Huawei as chip in trade talks
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Mark Warner, both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, echoed rising concerns Trump could water down an effective b...
Telegram hit by cyber-attack, CEO points to HK protests, China
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Many protesters in the city have used Telegram to evade electronic surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations against a controversial Beijing-backed plan ...
Surveillance-savvy Hong Kong protesters go digitally dark
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds opposed to a China extradition law on Wednesday, in the worst unrest the city has witnessed in decade...
Trudeau going to Washington to seek support in China row
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The June 20 visit will be his first to Washington since 2017, and will come after once-tense personal relations with Trump appear to have warmed. "Ahead of the ...
Amid privacy firestorm, Facebook curbs research tool
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The leading social network acknowledged this week it had "paused" some elements of its "graph search," a feature introduced in 2013 which has sparked criticism ...
Twitter releases new trove of banned state propaganda
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The US platform said it had taken the material off its network, but would make it available to researchers and investigators studying online threats. Tech firms...
US Energy Dept blocks participation in China's 'Thousand Talents' program
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
An order issued quietly last week said department staff and contractors would be barred from involvement in a foreign government's talent recruitment program th...
Huawei denies being bound by Chinese spy laws
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
John Suffolk told a committee hearing that Huawei has sought guidance from its attorneys to see if a Chinese law on domestic companies' cooperation with the gov...
China warns tech giants after US Huawei ban: report
Jun 09, 2019 (AFP)
The meeting followed US President Donald Trump's move last month to blacklist Chinese tech giant Huawei over national security concerns, threatening the firm's ...
Trump accuses Twitter of gagging conservatives
Jun 09, 2019 (AFP)
"Twitter should let the banned Conservative Voices back onto their platform, without restriction," he wrote. "It's called Freedom of Speech, remember. You are m...
Facebook to cut off Huawei to comply with US sanctions
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
The social media giant said it took the step after President Donald Trump's order barring Huawei from US technology exports over concerns that it works with Chi...
Huawei executive's extradition hearings set for 2020 in Vancouver
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
According to a timeline agreed upon by lawyers and accepted by British Columbia's provincial supreme court, the five-day hearing in the case of Huawei CFO Meng ...
YouTube to ban 'hateful,' 'supremacist' videos
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement by the Google-owned video-sharing platform was the latest of a series of tech industry moves to filter out hateful and violent content, which h...
Navy removes 'space' from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
Jun 04, 2019 (UPI)
The agency's new name is the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. Adm. John Richardson, the Chief of Naval Operations, announced the immediate name change...
Twitter apologises for suspending accounts critical of China
Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)
The apology came after activists said hundreds of Twitter accounts critical of Communist Party -- from "inside and outside" China -- were suspended last week. D...
Huawei 'too close' to Chinese government to be trusted: US
Jun 01, 2019 (AFP)
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan's comments came amid a wave of controversy over the Chinese firm, which has been hit by allegations of espionage an...
Will Apple's roots in China hold fast amid political storm?
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
While Beijing may take aim at Apple in the countries' high-stakes trade war, experts believe that the company's size, cachet, and years spent cultivating busine...
Family who helped Snowden asks Canada for asylum
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard of the non-governmental group For the Refugees, which in March sponsored two other Snowden "Guardian Angels," Philippine national Vaness...
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