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[ad_1] China on Saturday launched a mechanism that would allow it to sanction foreign companies, upping the ante on a tech war with the United States a day after Washington took steps to curb popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. China’s long-awaited “list of untrustworthy entities” is seen as a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Floor cleaning, pest monitoring and other labor-intensive tasks in maintaining facilities like food centers could soon be done by robots. Several robots, which perform tasks such as cleaning floors, inspecting false ceilings, disinfecting elevator panels and mapping the density of mosquitoes in the surroundings, are being tested …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s Ministry of Commerce on Saturday (Sept. 19) issued rules on its proposed list of “untrusted entities,” part of an increasingly intense rift with the United States, and said it will target foreign companies and individuals that endanger China’s sovereignty and security. After the administration of President Donald …

[ad_1] ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app download page is ready for a photo on a smartphone in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Monday, September 14, 2020. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | fake images SINGAPORE – Policies surrounding the future of TikTok’s operations in the United States could undermine the need for …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of a major garment industry group told lawmakers Thursday (Sept. 17) that blanket U.S. import bans on cotton or other products from China’s Xinjiang region by Forced labor reasons would “wreak havoc” on legitimate supply chains. Stephen Lamar, president of the American Apparel and …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Corporation Berhad Group of Companies has no interest in SEA Gamer Mall (SEAGM), a Perak-based company whose top executives are currently facing extradition proceedings to the United States on cybercrime charges, said the mogul Vincent Tan. In a statement on September 18 (Friday), the Berjaya founder …

[ad_1] BEIJING: US authorities have accused a global hacking collective known as APT41 of targeting company servers for ransom, compromising government networks and spying on Hong Kong activists. The US Department of Justice indicted seven members of the group, including five Chinese nationals, on Wednesday (September 16). Ad Ad Some …

[ad_1] Friday, September 18, 2020-9: 47 am SINGAPORE shares struggled to advance in the opening minutes of trading on Friday, after closing lower the day before and with Wall Street posting losses overnight amid doubts about further stimulus from the Federal Reserve. USA The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) added …

[ad_1] Friday, September 18, 2020 – 9:10 AM M. THE following companies saw new developments that may affect their stock trading on Friday: Top Glove Corporation: The glove maker said on Thursday it is in talks with bankers about plans to list in Hong Kong within six to nine months, …

[ad_1] Test kits that can determine if a person has Covid-19 in minutes are not being used in national swabbing exercises as they are not sensitive enough to detect all infections. “They give false negative results, they miss true cases,” said associate professor Raymond Lin, director of the National Public …