Month: November 2021

Month: November 2021

Exodus of Foreign Internet Giants Strengthens China’s Homegrown Ecosystem
11/05/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

China now depends almost entirely on its own online content providers, as the number of big foreign companies in the market, such as Yahoo and LinkedIn, keeps dwindling, giving the government a boost in controlling …

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Manufacturing Moon Ships and NASA Warns of Climate Catastrophe
11/04/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

An Earth-flight giant contributes to NASA’s upcoming moon missions. Plus, words from the next crew to visit the International Space Station and grim news from NASA about the future of food on Earth. VOA’s Arash …

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What Are the Facebook Papers?
11/04/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Social media behemoth Facebook is facing public and regulatory scrutiny after the disclosure of thousands of pages of internal documents by a whistleblower who used to work for the company. What are the Facebook papers? …

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US Blacklists Four Foreign Companies for ‘Malicious Cyber Activities’
11/03/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The U.S. government has added four foreign technology companies to its restricted companies list, saying they “developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments” and that the spyware was used “to maliciously target government officials, journalists, …

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Facebook Shuts Down Facial Recognition Technology
11/02/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Facebook says it is shutting down its facial recognition system. Citing “growing societal concerns” about the technology that can automatically identify people in photos and videos, the company says it will continue to work on …

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Taiwan Chip Giant to Expand to Japan
11/02/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the world’s largest chipmakers, has announced plans to build a new plant in Japan, a move experts say may help revive Japan’s declining chipmaking sector and bolster its …

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Yahoo Halts Services in Mainland China
11/02/2021 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Yahoo said it stopped providing services in mainland China because of what it described as a difficult operating environment. The U.S. web services provider said in a statement on its website the move took effect …

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