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The iPhone maker has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017, in line with the Indian government's push for local manufacturing
Taiwan's tech sector is incredibly advanced but it faces an ongoing security threat from China, former NATO Assistant Secretary General Giedrimas Jeglinskas said in the report
The Modi government ordered YouTube and Twitter to remove links to a BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat communal violence, a rival MP has said
China's artificial intelligence programme has no legal constraints and could be used for many illegal purposes, FBI chief Christopher Wray said at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week
Washington had expected the Netherlands to follow suit after it imposed China export restrictions on its own chip equipment companies last year but The Hague is drafting up its own response
The second-largest chipmaker in China after SMIC, Hua Hong will produce 300mm (12-inch) semiconductor wafers at the factory
The directives, by the Competition Commission of India, force Google to make changes like allowing third-party app stores to be housed within its Play Store
For most of 2022, Tesla joined rivals in aggressively raising EV prices but its decision to reverse course now challenges automakers’ established strategy of pursuing profit-over-volume
Taiwan’s Economy Ministry said that while Foxconn had breached regulations, there was no concern about an ‘outflow of technology’
India gives green light for 14 Chinese manufacturers to form JVs with Indian firms to set up facilities that supply parts to Apple, to boost iPhone and electronics production
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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