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Ride-hailing giant Didi Global said on Monday it will be allowed to resume new user registration, but it is not known yet when its apps will be back on domestic app stores
Cryptocurrencies are still reeling from a brutal 2022 but the overall global crypto market cap has risen 5% to $871 billion since January 1
France’s digital watchdog’s investigation concerned the platform’s website tiktok.com and not its heavily used smartphone applications
Chinese authorities are set to allow Didi Global's ride-hailing and other apps back on domestic app stores as soon as next week, many sources have said
The US sees the participation of other top producers of chipmaking equipment as essential to making its sweeping chip export controls against China effective
Beijing has been taking 'golden shares' in private online media and content companies for years, as part of a campaign to strengthen control over online content
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet US President Joe Biden on Friday, with a focus on chip export controls, critical technologies, global economy and joint security issues
Regulators have asked banks to provide more convenient settlement services, to extend overseas yuan lending and 'encourage innovation in cross-border yuan settlement'
Taiwanese chipmaker enjoyed a record net profit of $9.72 billion for the October-December quarter
The territory’s Securities and Futures Commission chief said she wants to make it more friendly to crypto startups
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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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