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Former cyber security chief raises alarm over sale of Welsh microchip manufacturer to Chinese-backed company

Ciaran Martin, the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, says the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab by Chinese-owned Nexperia poses a greater threat to British interests than Huawei's involvement in the 5G network.

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Weightlifter Hou Zhihui wins second gold for Team China in Tokyo 2020

Hou Zhihui of China celebrates after winning the gold medal in women's weightlifting 49-kilogram final in the Tokyo Olympics, July 24, 2021. /CFP Hou Zhihui claimed the gold medal at the Tokyo

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Are gender-neutral greetings a step toward gender equality?

From now on, when you board a Lufthansa flight, you will no longer hear greetings starting with "ladies and gentlemen." Instead, the German carrier is using gender-neutral alternatives like "dear

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Mercedes-Benz hits accelerator in e-car race with Tesla

A visitor passes an EQA Power all-electric automobile in a Mercedes Benz AG dealership in Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2021. /CFP Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler plans to invest more than 40 billion

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Baby orca dies in New Zealand after fruitless search for mother

Toa, the baby orca who captured hearts after he was found stranded in New Zealand waters, has lost his fight for survival, conservationists confirmed Saturday.The killer whale, less than 2.5 meters l

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China launches home-grown aeronautic remote-sensing system

An aircraft of the Chinese Aeronautic Remote Sensing System. /China Media GroupChina's new aeronautic system for conducting detailed observations and monitoring of Eart

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Commercial EV company Arrival to build electric buses for Anaheim

Arrival, the commercial electric vehicle company that is shaking up the traditional auto production line with AI-run microfactories, has been chosen to build electric buses for the City of Anaheim, Ca

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Malaysia's Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei on Tokyo and Beijing games

01:49 Malaysia's Olympic Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei said on Wednesday that Malaysian athletes are taking strong precautions against the coronavirus and ready for the Tokyo Summer Gam

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Commercial EV company Arrival to build electric buses for Anaheim

Arrival, the commercial electric vehicle company that is shaking up the traditional auto production line with AI-run microfactories, has been chosen to build electric buses for the City of Anaheim, Ca

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Khosla Ventures leads Even’s $5M seed to give India the kind of healthcare their insurance doesn’t

The global pandemic highlighted inefficiencies and inconsistencies in healthcare systems around the world. Even co-founders Mayank Banerjee, Matilde Giglio and Alessandro Ialongo say nowhere is this m

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U.S., Germany reach deal on contentious Nord Stream 2 issue

The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced an agreement to allow completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.The 1,230-kilometer-long gas pipeline, expected to be completed next mo

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Rivian is planning a second US factory

Rivian, the Amazon-backed electric automaker that aims to be the first to bring an EV pickup truck to market, plans to open a second U.S. manufacturing factory, sources told TechCrunch, confirming an

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Pre-orders for Panic’s Playdate handheld will open on July 29th

Playdate, the adorable whimsy-and-nostalgia-box/handheld game system built by Panic (with some help from Teenage Engineering), has taken one more big step toward reality: it has an official pre-order

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A DNS outage just took down a large chunk of the internet

A large chunk of the internet dropped offline on Thursday. Some of the most popular sites, apps and services on the internet were down, including UPS and FedEx (which have since come back online), Air

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Newly molted shield bug enjoys summer night in Hebei

As night falls in Luocheng Park in Luannan County, Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, insects begin a summer chorus.A shield bug (Pentatomidae), also known as

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Uber Freight acquires Transplace for $2.25B

Uber Freight, the logistics business spun out of Uber in 2018, has acquired Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity group TPG Capital, according to regulatory filings. The deal announce

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Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment

Continuing our global look into the torrid pace of venture capital investment in the second quarter, today we turn to Canada. While many markets have posted impressive results, like the United States