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Nvidia’s US$40 billion deal to buy Arm is all but dead
Under normal circumstances, US tech giant Nvidia’s takeover of British chip designer Arm for US$40 billion (£29 billion) would have sailed through without registering...
Indonesia-China currency agreement has huge political and economic implications
Last month, China and Indonesia signed an agreement to promote the use of local currencies — Chinese Yuan (RMB) and Indonesian Rupiah (Rp) — in trade...
What Jimmy Lai’s arrest means for Hong Kong’s independent media
The arrest this week of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong reveals the repressive reality of the city’s new made-in-China national security law.
It...
TikTok distances itself from Beijing in effort to avoid global blacklist
TikTok, the made-in-China, video-sharing platform beloved by youth and influencers alike, is suddenly everywhere in our new world of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing.
The platform’s growth...
Coronavirus contact-tracing apps face challenges of privacy, perceptions, and effectiveness
To control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 50 countries have implemented applications to trace the contacts of people who may be infected.
The installation and...
