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Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000

Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000

Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to...

Starlink Brought Internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals Love It.

Starlink Brought Internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals Love It.

Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site on Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. They were...

US Experts Urge More Efforts to Thwart China’s Acquisition of US Military Technology 

US Experts Urge More Efforts to Thwart China’s Acquisition of US Military Technology 

U.S. former officials and experts are urging greater efforts to thwart Chinese espionage, which many believe has enabled Beijing to...

New Zealand to Ban TikTok on Devices Linked to Parliament

New Zealand to Ban TikTok on Devices Linked to Parliament

New Zealand said on Friday it would ban TikTok on devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network due to...

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a...

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

Time may be running out in the U.S. for Chinese-owned entertainment platform TikTok, with the White House on Thursday supporting...

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March...

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate...

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western...

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok confirmed Wednesday that U.S. officials have recommended the popular video-sharing app part ways with its Chinese parent ByteDance to...

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface...

China’s Digital Silk Road, Advancing Technology’s Reach

China’s Digital Silk Road, Advancing Technology’s Reach

From 5G infrastructure to mobile phones and more, Chinese technologies are used in many parts of the world. It’s part...