Companies that fall foul of the new rules, likely to come into effect sometime this year, could have their services suspended, face fines or even face a criminal investigation

The lawsuit, lodged at a California court, came after a report that Tesla employees shared videos and images recorded by customers' car cameras between 2019 and 2022

"Until our company's official announcement, any Ernie app you see from App Store or other stores are fake," the Chinese search engine giant said in a statement

The Europe-Middle East-Asia (EMA) cable project is part of the growing tech war with the United States, and aims to create a Chinese link that rivals a similar US-backed project

Customer images from Tesla's self-driving software are assessed by data labellers, who identify objects and 'teach' the AI system in its EVs how to respond, but sometimes the images are revealing

The accounts included several Indian journalists, Canadian poet Rupi Kaur and BBC News' Punjab bureau

Cyber experts said the Pinduoduo app has features similar to malicious software with "the ability to spy on its users" and gain access to "a higher level of access to data than it's supposed to"

The Cyberspace Administration of China said the move was aimed at protecting supply chains and national security

"Do we really want to emulate Chinese speech bans?" US Republican Senator Rand Paul said responding to calls for unanimous consent for a TikTok ban bill

China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the US has made a presumption of guilt against TikTok without presenting evidence that the popular app threatens its national security

The boss of the Chinese video-sharing app goes before a Washington committee on Thursday with the US pushing to ban it over security fears

Fintech firm Riskified is moving $500 million out of the country after news that business leaders shifted $4 billion abroad amid worry over the Netanyahu regime's contentious judicial reforms