CHINA CALLS ON THE US NOT TO POLITICIZE OR WEAPONIZE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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• This response from China came to the reports of Biden reviewing the possible security threats posed by the Chinese companies to the industrial leadership in the US

• Jen Psaki had told the news conference that the US President wants to hold Beijing accou...

PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ENSURE US TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT SUPPORT CHINA’S MALIGN ACTIVITIES: STATE DEPT

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• The State Department spokesperson on Monday said Biden is committed towards ensuring that Chinese companies are prohibited from misusing and misappropriating American data

• He also said that the Democratic President will also make sure that U.S. technol...

PEOPLE IN UK STOP USING WHATSAPP DUE TO CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY

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• Millions of people living in the United Kingdom have stopped using WhatsApp because of the new changes in the privacy policy
• According to the regulatory body of the United Kingdom, the people have stopped using the WhatsApp because of the ...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE BAN ON CHINESE APPS

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• In JUNE 2020, Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok.
• In SEP 2020, Indian government banned 118 more Chinese apps including PUBG mobile game.
• Reports say that ban on Chinese apps is expected to continue in Indi...

JAPAN REPORTS A SURGE IN SHIPMENTS OF LAPTOPS IN 2020 AMID PANDEMIC

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• Japan reports a surge in shipments of laptops in 2020 amid pandemic.
• And industry body reported that Japan recorded a 25.1 percent surge in laptop shipments.
• Shipments of desktop computers however dropped 41.5 percent to ...

GENAPSYS AND BIORON TO OFFER NEW DNA-SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY

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• The company BIORON is going to be representing the GENAPSYS in Germany
• They are going to be offering the new DNA sequencing technology for a broad scale in industry and academics

By the month of February 2021, the co...

NASSCOM SAYS TECHNOLOGY A CRITICAL FACTOR IN INCREASING US-INDIA BILATERAL TRADE

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• The bilateral trade between the United States and India surged by more than 400 percent since 2005, with total jump in value from $37 billion in 2005 to $149 billion in 2019

• The Nasscom said its member companies have an important history in the United ...

TECH STARTUP ‘XOXODAY’ EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL PRESENCE IN IRELAND

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• The HR technology startup has expanded its global presence in the region of Ireland
• The FDI agency of the government of Ireland is going has enabled the company Xoxoday to expands its business in the country

Xoxoday, whic...

ELON MUSK OFFERS $100 MILLION PRIZE FOR BEST CARBON TECHNOLOGY

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• Irrespective of several years of progress, very less progress has been made towards producing a practical method in terms of best capture technology

• The founder, CEO of Tesla made a tweet which read as “Am donating $100 million towards a prize fo...

VODAFONE UK APPOINTS CTO SCOTT PETTY TO LEAD IN NEW TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY

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• Scott Petty, who is the chief technology officer for leading a group to lead the new technology strategy
• The executive is also going to be moving from a part of a wider technology strategy to the standardize processes

The...

U.S. XPRESS TO INVEST IN TuSimple, A SELF-DRIVING TECH COMPANY

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• U.S. Xpress has also started actively testing the technology on select shipping lanes, and the President and CEO Eric Fuller is now part of TuSimple’s Executive Advisory Board

• CEO of TuSimple, Cheng Lu said U.S. Xpress has been a valuable partner...

INDIAN MINISTRY TO ESTABLISH A QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS LAB

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• MeitY has plans to set up a quantum computing applications lab in India.
• The quantum computing applications lab will be powered by AWS.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in India is planning to est...

UNIPHORE ACQUIRES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY ‘EMOTION RESEARCH LAB’ IN SPAIN

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• The company Uniphore have acquired the Artificial Intelligence company ‘Emotion Research Lab’ based in Spain
• Uniphore said that, the acquisition is going to be providing a global footprint and will also mark its presence in Eur...

GOOGLE ASKS US JUDGE TO TRANSFER ANTITRUST LAWSUIT FILED BY STATES TO CALIFORNIA

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• Google has asked a US judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states to a court in California

• The first case that alleged it monopolised online display advertising was filed in the month of May by an advertiser, and it was followed ...

SWEDEN BEGINS WITH 5G AUCTIONS DESPITE PROTESTS BY HUAWEI

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• The communications regulator of the Sweden has started its 5G auction despite protests by the company Huawei
• The Post and Telecom Authority or PTS of Sweden said that, its auction for the licenses in the 3.5 GHz have started

HONOR SELECTS AXICOM AS ITS PR AGENCY IN GERMANY

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• The smartphone brand ‘Honor’ has selected AxiCom as the company’s new PR agency in the region of Germany
• The AxiCom will be supporting Honor with different range of communications, that includes corporate communications a...

DPM HENG SAYS COVID-19 LESSONS TELLS TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY AS PREVENTIVE MEASURE 

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• Science and technology have assumed a basic part in combatting COVID-19 and will give nations an edge in handling the following pandemic, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat

Mr. Heng said that this was one of three basics that ...

U.S. ASKS AUSTRALIA TO SUSPEND PROPOSED LAWS THAT FORCE GOOGLE, FACEBOOK PAY FOR NEWS

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• Trump administration has asked the Australian government to scrap proposed laws that force social media giant Facebook Inc and Google to pay for news sourced from local media

• As per the proposed law, Google and Facebook will be subject to mandatory pri...

SIEMENS SIGNS TECHNOLOGY DEAL WITH BRITISHVOLT TO CREATE BATTERY GIGAFACTORY IN UK

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• The company Siemens has signed a technology partnership with the company Britishvolt for creating a battery Gigafactory in the United Kingdom
• The company Bristisvolt will be having the access to the automation, electrification solutions an...

NOKIA SELECTED AS TECHNOLOGY PARTNER FOR THE US FEDERAL 5G SECURITY CENTER

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• Nokia last week said that it has been selected as the technology partner by the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) 5G Cybersecurity Project

• Nokia said that it will be working with NCCoE and important vendors, including members from gov...