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ZTE Shares Jump As US Lifts Supplier Embargo
The Shenzhen telecoms equipment giant is set to resume trading after months in limbo
Xiaomi Aims To Crack US Market Where Other Chinese Giants Failed
The company is set to list shares in Hong Kong next week at a sharply reduced valuation of $54bn
US Deal Allows China’s ZTE To Resume Business
The agreement will see ZTE pay out $1.4bn and retain a monitoring team for 10 years - but critics say it's not enough
Facebook Moves To Block Privacy Case From Reaching Top EU Court
A ruling by the European Court of Justice could disrupt transatlantic data transfers for thousands of companies
US Broadcom Probe Cites Fears China Could Dominate 5G
The US warns Broadcom's hostile takeover of Qualcomm could give China an opportunity to take over next-generation networking standards
‘Russian’ Fancy Bear State-Backed Hackers Attack US Senate
The Fancy Bear hacking group, best known for infiltrating the DNC, is making efforts to steal information from US political targets and Olympics groups
US Customs Agents Now Need ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ To Copy Data
Officials at US border-crossing points such as airports now have new restrictions on when they can copy data from devices such as phones and laptops
Amazon Sparks City Bidding War For New North American HQ
Amazon invites North American cities to host new HQ, which will be equal to its base in Seattle. But what does it want?
Lenovo Gets £2.7m Fine For Pre-Loading Superfish Adware On PCs
Lenovo is hit with fine and conditions in settlement with US authorities after it was determined Superfish harmed consumers
US Hosting Firm Hails ‘Win’ On Protest Site User Data
Dreamhost said it plans to hand over data on users of a protest organisation website to the US government, after a court imposed restrictions on its use
US Arrests Chinese Man For Multiple Cyber-Attacks
The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of Personnel Management and insurer Anthem
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US Airline Security Measures Stop Short Of Laptop Airplane Cabin Ban
Busy passengers can still work on airlines travelling to the US
Two Russian Spies Indicted By US Justice Department For Orchestrating Yahoo Hack
The Kremlin has denied the accusations that FSB agents facilitated one of the largest data breaches in history
RSA 2017: Microsoft President Calls On World Governments To Join Forces In Cyber Battle
As nation state cyber attacks have grown in prominence, is collaboration the solution?
Smartphone Wars: Android Dominates China, Struggles in US While iOS Ticks Along
The smartphone war between Apple and Android continued as both made gains and losses at the end of 2016
Yahoo Calls For US Intelligence To Declassify Email Surveillance Order
UPDATED: The email giant wants the US government to publish the order so it can accurately respond to claims it scanned customer emails
AWS Extends Cloud Reach In US By Opening Ohio Region
Amazon Web Services continues with its global cloud expansion
Dropbox Receives Privacy Shield Certification For EU-US Data Transfers
Dropbox says it is protecting the privacy of its customers but is Privacy Shield better than Binding Corporate Rules?
Google Agrees To Privacy Shield Framwork
Google is latest giant to adhere to new rules about data transfer between Europe and the US
US To ‘Regain’ Supercomputer Crown In 2018
The Summit supercomputer will have roughly double the power of China's top system, according to the DOE
Safe Harbour 2.0: EU And US Reach New Transatlantic Data Sharing Deal
EU happy with new Safe Harbour data sharing framework after US provides written assurances protecting against mass surveillance
China Is Home To The Second Largest Amount Of Data Centres In The World
Fuelling its 700 million internet users, China makes up for 10 percent of the world’s major cloud and internet data centre sites
US And China Agree To Work Together To Fight Cybercrime
Agreement comes on last day of Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to US
US ‘May Impose Hacking Sanctions On Russia’
China isn't the only country in the US government's sights as it considers sanctions in retaliation for economic cyber-attacks
US Names China As Top Government Hack Suspect
The top US intelligence official has gone on the record naming China as the likely culprit in a major hack of government personnel records
US Military Twitter Suffers Apparent Islamic State Hack Attack
Attack on Central Command Twitter and YouTube accounts came hours before President Obama was due to outline plans to strengthen cybersecurity provisions
UPS Hacked, Customer Financial Data Could Be Compromised
The world’s largest package-shipping company says it found malware at 51 retail outlets in the US
Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed
TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement