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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials | Business News
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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been charged with bribing Chinese officials with payments of at least $40m (£32.4m). Prosecutors have accused him of directing the payment to unfreeze accounts belonging to his hedge fund linked to FTX. The accounts of his trading firm Alameda Research, which Chinese authorities had frozen, are said to have…
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Chinese ChatGPT rival disappoints – but does have a cute name | Science & Tech News
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The battle of the AI chatbots has stepped up a notch after Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled its much-anticipated rival to ChatGPT. The company showed off Ernie (short for “enhanced representation through knowledge integration”), which analysts believe could be Beijing’s strongest competitor in a crowded field dominated by US firms. ChatGPT is made by the…
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British police forces ‘shot through’ with Chinese surveillance cameras, watchdog warns | UK News
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Britain should be more concerned about Chinese-made CCTV cameras on the streets than spy balloons 60,000ft above ground, a watchdog has warned. New findings from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (OBSCC) said British police forces are “shot through” with Chinese cameras, drones and other surveillance equipment. The watchdog’s survey also suggested bodies using the…
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Chinese spy balloon ‘detrimental’ to planned US visit, says Blinken | US News
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that China’s spy balloon was “detrimental” to “substantive discussions” that were due to take place on his visit. Mr Blinken said he spoke to the director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Foreign Affairs Office, Wang Yi, on Friday about the postponement of the visit, saying: “Conditions were…
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Chinese spy balloon flying over US airspace, says Pentagon | US News
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The US military is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over northwestern America in recent days. A senior defence official said the US has “very high confidence” it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon and was flying over sensitive sites to collect information. The blimp was spotted over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday…
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TikTok sued by US state of Indiana over alleged Chinese access to user data | Science & Tech News
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TikTok is being sued by the US state of Indiana, alleging deception of its users about China’s access to their data. The short-form video app, which has more than one billion users worldwide, also exposes children to inappropriate content relating to sex and drugs, say lawsuits filed by the office of attorney general Todd Tokita.…
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Chinese astronauts land back on Earth after six-month mission | Science & Tech News
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Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months spent completing construction of the Tiangong station, state TV reported. Commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe touched down in a capsule at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China at around 12.10pm, according to China Central Television.…
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Chinese officials crack down on protests at Apple iPhone factory in Zhengzhou | World News
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People have been beaten and detained after protests by staff working at a huge factory making iPhones in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Footage posted online shows hundreds of workers involved in demonstrations with some smashing surveillance cameras and windows. Video shows police in masks, along with other officials in white hazmat suits, swinging…
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Chinese tech firm Nexperia told to sell majority stake in UK microchip factory over ‘national security risk’ | Business News
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A Chinese-owned tech company has been told to sell the majority of its stake in a UK silicon chip factory due to security concerns. The government has said Nexperia must reduce its stake in Newport Wafer Fab by 86%, back to its previous holding of just 14% when it took over the firm in 2021,…
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Elon Musk writes column for Chinese Communist Party online censor agency’s magazine | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist”, has written a magazine column for China’s online censors. In the column, Musk celebrates his own businesses – in particular SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink – while setting what he says is “a better future for humanity”. It does not mention his conflict with Twitter,…