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Biden Approves Hefty Tariff Hike on Chinese Imports, Sparking Economic Debate

On May 14, U.S. President Joe Biden announced a sweeping increase in tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese exports. Though the move is aimed at countering Beijing’s product dumping,

OpenAI Reveals GPT-4o Featuring New Voice, Text and Visual Capabilities

OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has revealed its latest iteration of the technology, GPT-4o, which boasts a variety of new ways for humans to interact
TikTok Sues to Overturn US Law Forcing Divestment From ByteDance
Boeing Whistleblower Says Company’s Entire Fleet ‘Needs Attention’ Recommends All 787 Dreamliner Planes Be Grounded
Biden Proposes Tripling Tariffs on Chinese Steel, Aluminum to Counter Beijing’s Product Dumping
China’s Overseas Product Dumping: Addressing Unfair Competition Caused by Systemic Differences
TikTok Surges in Vietnam Despite Increased Regulatory Pressures
Controversial Geoengineering Experiment Launched Quietly in San Francisco to Avoid Public Backlash
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Lithuanian Cybersecurity Center Accuse Chinese Smartphones of Carrying Built-in Censorship Capabilities
The defense ministry of Lithuania has put out a statement recommending the public to avoid using mobile...
Chinese police send a box via drone in a photo op on March 9, 2021 in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China. The Secret Service and FBI purchased 27 drones from Da Jing Information, a Chinese Communist Party controlled manufacturer that sits on a Trump-era Department of Commerce Entity List.
Secret Service, FBI Buy Chinese Drones From Supplier on Commerce Department Entity List
The Biden administration has purchased 27 drones from a Chinese company that was flagged under the Trump...
Chinese tech firms like TikTok, Huawei, and Tencent have increased their lobbying budgets.
Douyin, Chinese Version of TikTok, Limits Kids to 40 Minutes a Day
Minors in China are now only allowed to use Douyin — the original, mainland Chinese version of video...
Theatre goers queue to scan their contact tracing app on July 21, 2021 in London, England. The NHS App vaccine passport uses iProov, a private company, to collect biometric facial recognition data for account verification. The NHS provides iProov with government identification data to complete the match. This information can also be queried by law enforcement.
UK Vaccine Passport App Sends Biometric Facial Recognition Data to Private Company, Shares With Law Enforcement
The vaccine passport app used by the United Kingdom’s public health system is using a private company...
In Unprecedented Clampdown, 7 Chinese Power Users Banned From Wikipedia as Information War Rages
Following an investigation by the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), the foundation that oversees Wikipedia...
Teenagers take photos for their Instagram account on September 28, 2020 in Kershon, Ukraine. An expose by the Wall Street Journal revealed parent company Facebook is well aware of the harm the app inflicts on a large portion of its 22 million daily teenage users from its own internal surveys and focus groups.
Instagram Use Is Harming the Mental Health of Young Girls, and Facebook Knows It: Report
Instagram’s addictive and distorting social environment is harming the psyche and self esteem of young...
In Historic First SpaceX to Launch Four Civilians Into Space
SpaceX is set to make history on Wednesday by sending the first full crew of nonprofessional astronauts...
People participate in an anti-Asian violence protest on April 4, 2021 in New York City. Security operations group FireEye found a Chinese Communist Party-sponsored botnet had not only expanded its influence operations into other languages and fringe social media and websites, but attempted to mobilize real world users to attend an April 24 anti-Asian hate protest in New York City.
Chinese Botnet Tried to Mobilize Social Media Users to Protest Anti-Asian Hate: Report
A new report examining a long-running series of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sponsored social media...
China Opens Its First Plant That Turns Nuclear Waste Into Glass
On Saturday Sept. 11 China opened its first plant that will turn radioactive nuclear waste into nearly...