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Dutch supremacy in chip making. U.S. and China battling over the technology

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A chip-making machine worth $150 million made by a Dutch company has turned into an instrument in the U.S.-Chinese battle. It also shows how ingrained the supply chain in the world is. President Biden and several members of Congress in Washington are concerned about computers and China’s plans to use the technology that is at the core …

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TikTok may be subject to a $29 million fine for failing to protect children’s privacy

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British regulators sent a warning note to the company. This is the first major case under the new rules that protect minors online. TikTok, a popular video-sharing app could face a fine in excess of PS27 Million or $29 Million for failing to protect children’s privacy in the United Kingdom. The first major case under …

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Meta Rejects Chinese Efforts to Influence the U.S. Elections

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Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, announced Tuesday that it had taken down what it called the first targeted Chinese campaign to interfere with U.S. politics in advance of the November midterm elections. Contrary to Russian efforts during the previous two presidential elections however, the Chinese campaign seemed limited in scope and clumsy at points. According …

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Russia’s Unfounded Claims about Secret U.S. Bio-Weapons Continue to Linger On

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The Kremlin has made allegations against the U.S. that it operates laboratories in Ukraine and other countries without providing any evidence. It called a Geneva investigative session this week. The United States secretly produced biological weapons in Ukraine. It taught birds how to bring pathogens into Russia. It invented Covid-19. It ran laboratories in Nigeria, which engineered the monkeypox …

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U.S. Combats Bioweapons Desinformation Pushed by Russia and China

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WASHINGTON — Russia launched one of its most incendiary disinformation campaign days ago. Its defense and foreign ministries made statements falsely claiming the Pentagon was funding biological weapons labs in Ukraine. Chinese diplomats and state media repeated conspiracy theories at Beijing news conferences, articles, and on official social media accounts. The Biden White House took the unusual step of …

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Lawyers grill TikTok executive about ties to China

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Vanessa Pappas (TikTok’s chief operational officer) was asked if the company would ever give user data to Chinese officials. On Wednesday, Senators quizzed a TikTok top executive about whether the viral video app could leak information to the Chinese government. This was the first time that a TikTok leader has been required to answer public …

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Railroad Unions and Railroad Companies Come to a Tentative Agreement to Avoid Strike

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After negotiations brokered late at night by the labor secretary, President Biden announced the agreement. WASHINGTON — After all-night talks brokered late Thursday night by Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh and freight rail companies, unions representing tens or thousands of workers came to a tentative agreement in order to avoid an economically devastating strike. Now, …

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The Former Chief of Staff has been a critical witness to The Jan. 6 Committee

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Marc Short, who has intimate information about the former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump’s campaign to pressure his vice-president to invalidate the results of the presidential election, appeared under subpoena. WASHINGTON — Marc Short, who served as the chief of staff for the former vice president Mike Pence, testified privately this week …

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Trump says he would consider Pardons for January. 6 Defendants , if he was elected president

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In the course of a speech in Texas in the state of Texas, President Bush also called on supporters to organize protests when prosecutor’s offices at Atlanta as well as New York took action against him. CONROE, Texas — Donald J. Trump declared on Saturday that if he were elected to another presidency, he’d think about pardoning …

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Beware of a Recurring Event of the Dec. 6 Congress is watching changes in Electoral Count Law

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The members of the special House committee that has been investigating the Capitol protest are among those calling for the overhaul of the statute that dates back to more than 100 years that was enacted to deal with disputed elections. The drive to revise the Electoral Count Act of 1887 that was passed over 100 …

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