Massachusetts lawmakers pass state-wide police ban on facial recognition

Posted on 02/12/2020 by Engadget

Massachusetts could make history as the first state to issue a ban on the use of facial recognition by law enforcement. The state’s House and Senate lawmakers have approved a police reform bill that would prohibit police departments and other public...

UK bans installation of Huawei 5G equipment starting September 2021

Posted on 30/11/2020 by Engadget

UK cellular operators will be banned from installing Huawei 5G equipment after September 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced. The government also released a roadmap to eliminating Huawei-built telecom gear by 2027...

TikTok’s deadline for a sale has moved to December 4th

Posted on 26/11/2020 by Engadget

Remember that deadline the Trump Administration imposed for TikTok to either sell or face being shut down in the US? It already shifted back to the 27th — after TikTok complained the government wasn’t responding to inquiries — and it’s now moved agai...

Huawei urges UK to reverse ban following US election

Posted on 16/11/2020 by Engadget

A Huawei executive has suggested that the UK backtrack on its ban of the controversial Chinese company in the wake of the US elections. The Guardian quotes company VP Victor Zhang, who is urging politicians in the UK to let Huawei take part in the 5G...

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores on Sunday

Posted on 18/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores starting on Sunday, September 20th, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced. The Chinese-owned apps from Tencent and ByteDance will not only be banned from the iOS App Store and Google’s P...

‘PUBG Mobile’ will escape India ban by cutting out Tencent

Posted on 08/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last week, India banned another 118 apps with links to China. PUBG Mobile Lite and PUBG Mobile Nordic Map were included in that sweeping ban. Now, PUBG Corporation says it’s looking for ways to bring the apps back to India.The South Korean company wa...

India bans ‘PUBG Mobile’ and more than 100 other apps

Posted on 02/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In June, India banned 59 apps made my Chinese companies, including TikTok, WeChat and several QQ and Baidu apps. Today, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology banned another 118 apps with ties to China. In a press release, the ministr...

TikTok sues the US government over upcoming ban

Posted on 24/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As expected, TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government to challenge a proposed ban against the service. Specifically, TikTok says the executive order signed by President Trump on August 6th is “without any evidence to justify such an extre...

US tightens restrictions on Huawei to close trade loopholes

Posted on 17/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US government isn’t done attempting to block Huawei. Today, the US Commerce Department announced that it’s expanding trade restrictions meant to prevent Huawei from obtaining semiconductors without a special license, Reuters reports. The restrict...

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