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The U.S. Department of Commerce has added seven Chinese supercomputer makers to Entity List for their support to China’s military modernisation, and other destabilising efforts.

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Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

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Musk says Neuralink will enable people with paralysis to use smartphone with their mind

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China regulators fine Alibaba $2.75 bn for anti-monopoly violations

Reuters The billionaire founder Jack Ma's business empire has been particularly put under intense scrutiny after his stinging criticism of China's regulatory system in late October.

Users can connect their keyboard and mouse via Bluetooth.

Samsung launches world's first smart monitors with in-built OTT apps

Abhishek Chatterjee The monitor is embedded with Wi-Fi, allowing users to view, edit and save documents on the cloud directly from the monitor.

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Supplies of many models were tight even before the chip shortage because automakers were having trouble making up for production lost to the pandemic.

Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

AP The snags threaten to leave a big dent in the auto industry, which by some estimates stands to lose $60 billion in sales during the first half of his year

Kids under 13 are protected by a 1998 federal law that requires parental consent before companies can collect and share their personal information.

U.S. lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content

AP YouTube said it has sought to provide kids and families with protections and controls enabling them to view age-appropriate content. It also emphasized that the 2019 settlement was over the regular YouTube platform, not the kids version.

New small business coalition targets Amazon on antitrust.

New small business coalition targets Amazon on antitrust

AFP The move comes amid a growing backlash against large technology firms which have dominated key economic sectors and seen their influence grow during the pandemic

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The B&O Beoplay Portal wireless headphones are available in three colours.

GAMING Microsoft introduces B&O wireless headphones for gamers

Ishan Patra The headset’s features include active noise-cancellation (ANC), virtualised surround sound through Dolby Atmos for Headphones, and a virtual boom arm with an array of directional, beamforming microphones, instead of a physical one

Dutch Lodewijk Frederik Ottens - called Lou Ottens - the inventor of the cassette tape, posing during a photo session in Eindhoven, on January 23, 2013. - Lou Ottens died at the age of 94 few on March 6, 2021.

Forever pressing play with Lou Ottens’ invention, the cassette tape

Divya Kala Bhavani On March 6 2021, Lou Ottens, a pioneer in the audio tech world, passed away. We speak with collectors about why this medium will always remain special

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Santosh Pai, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) New Delhi, and corporate lawyer

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Weekly Bytes | US blacklists Chinese supercomputer makers, LinkedIn says some user data scraped, and more

Musk says Neuralink will enable people with paralysis to use smartphone with their mind

Samsung launches world's first smart monitors with in-built OTT apps

China regulators fine Alibaba $2.75 bn for anti-monopoly violations

A wireless system to assess how patients use insulin pen or inhaler

From Lahore to Lucknow, crimes against women spur more surveillance

Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

The snags threaten to leave a big dent in the auto industry, which by some estimates stands to lose $60 billion in sales during the first half of his year

Facebook sued for failing to remove anti-Muslim hate speech

Zuckerberg and other Big Tech executives have testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions regarding how they curb hate speech and misinformation on their platforms

Apple users can track third party products with ‘Find My’ feature

VanMoof’s latest e-bikes, Belkin’s Wireless Earbuds, and the Chipolo One spot make up the first group of third-party accessories that work with Find My.

Old Samsung Galaxy phones are recycled into medical devices

Samsung says the recycling initiative diverts e-waste from landfills to units making medical devices for underserved communities

Electric trucks may soon challenge diesel if charging hurdle cleared, study shows

Battery-powered trucks have often been dismissed as too costly to replace diesel trucks in many capacities, with batteries too heavy for long-haul freight.

GM, Ford cutting more North American production due to chip shortage

GM said the latest cuts have been factored into its forecast that the shortage could reduce this year's profit by up to $2 billion.

Amazon union organisers deflated as vote tilts against them in Bessemer

The vote has garnered national attention, with professional athletes, Hollywood stars and even President Joe Biden weighing in on the side of the union.

MacBook, iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple

According to the report, Apple's production plans for iPhones have not been affected by the supply shortage, however, the supply of some components for the devices is “quite tight”.

Fake Netflix app spreads malware via WhatsApp

Labelled “FlixOnline”, the application was designed to monitor the user’s WhatsApp notifications, and to send automatic replies to the user’s incoming messages using content that it receives from a remote command and control (C&C) server.

Microsoft partners with aerospace firm for automated satellite image processing

TAS’s DeeperVision can automatically detect how features evolve over time and monitor areas of interest, such as changes, anomalies and similarities. It allows users to focus on the relevant content of imagery, where human expertise is vital.

Tesla scouts for showroom space in India, hires executive for lobbying

Tesla is looking for commercial properties as large as 20,000-30,000 square feet each to open showrooms and service centres in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro review: Much ado about something

We compared smartphones from new OnePlus 9 series that is marginally better but also pricier than its predecessor. We also let you know whether or not Hasselblad really brought something to the table

Canadian banks shrink workforce as they invest heavily in technology

Five of Canada's six biggest banks cut their workforces 4.4% from a year earlier to a combined total of 291,409 full-time equivalent employees as of Jan. 31.

Facebook launches public test of live Q&A product Hotline

This Q&A product combines audio with text and video elements and comes as social media platforms experiment with a rush of new live audio features.

Hackers target LinkedIn users with fake job offers

According to researchers, hackers are spear phishing with a malicious zip file using the job position listed on the target’s LinkedIn profile.

Nokia settles patent fight with Lenovo

A Munich court ruled September that Lenovo infringed one of Nokia's patents, and it ordered an injunction and a recall of products from retailers

New small business coalition targets Amazon on antitrust

The move comes amid a growing backlash against large technology firms which have dominated key economic sectors and seen their influence grow during the pandemic

U.S. lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content

YouTube said it has sought to provide kids and families with protections and controls enabling them to view age-appropriate content. It also emphasized that the 2019 settlement was over the regular YouTube platform, not the kids version.

WhatsApp rival tests cryptocurrency payments in U.K.

Signal Payments will link MobileCoin wallet to the user’s account to send and receive payments and keep track of balance and transaction history in the same interface

Hyundai’s luxury vehicle enters China with record-breaking drone show

The event is said to have broken the Guinness Book of World Records for ‘the most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously’

Using deep learning algorithm to spot skin cancer

The researchers tested the system against visually classified lesions by dermatologists and found that it achieved over 90% sensitivity in distinguishing SPLs from nonsuspicious lesions, skin, and complex backgrounds.

New UK regulator set to curb big tech's power over news publishers

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU), based in the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has been set up to stop big tech companies abusing their market dominance

Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings

A distinguished scientist at Google, Bengio spent about 14 years at the company and was among its first employees involved in a decade-old project known as Google Brain.

Intel aims for supply chain edge with new data center chip

To fight the loss of its speed title, Intel has focused on tailoring its chips and systems to optimize them for specific kinds of computing.

Amazon CEO Bezos supports hiking U.S. corporate tax rate

Biden has proposed hiking the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% to help pay for his plan, an idea that Republican leaders are panning as harmful to economic growth.

India court dismisses ByteDance’s plea to unblock bank accounts

An Indian tax intelligence agency in mid-March ordered HSBC and Citibank in Mumbai to freeze accounts of ByteDance India as it probed some of the firm's financial dealings.

Algorithmic recommendations inaccurate for some music lovers: study

The music streaming industry has become popular today, having more than 400 million subscribers worldwide, according to analytics firm Statista

Robots made from stem cells of frogs

Researchers say the soft-body living machines can have several applications in biomedicine and the environment.

‘Outriders’ game review: This alien civil war is just better with friends

Outriders is a fast-paced loot-and-shoot game ideal for the PlayStation 5, set on an Earth-like planet with monsters and post-apocalyptic humans

Dell XPS 13 9310 review: A workhorse with soul

The Dell XPS 13 9310 ultrabook could be another fine addition to the high-performance ultrabook ranges if not for a few flaws

SoftBank to take 40% stake in warehouse robotics firm AutoStore for $2.8 bln

Founded in 1996, AutoStore has 20,000 robots deployed across 35 countries and counts Puma, Best Buy and Siemens among its customers.

Crypto market cap surges to record $2 trln, bitcoin at $1.1 trln

The surge in crypto market cap was led by bitcoin, which hit its own milestone by holding the $1 trillion market cap for one whole week.

Audio app Clubhouse floats payment feature for creators

Users can send payment to Clubhouse creators who have the feature enabled, by tapping a 'Send Money' option.

US Labour Board says Amazon illegally fired employees critical of work conditions

The board said on Monday that its regional director in Seattle will issue a complaint if the parties do not settle the case.

U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

Oracle and Google, two California-based technology giants with combined annual revenues of more than $175 billion, have been feuding since Oracle sued for copyright infringement in2010 in San Francisco federal court.

Facing pressure at home, Chinese tech giants expand in Singapore

Singapore, a prosperous financial hub, maintains good ties with Beijing and the West, and tech firms have come to view it as a safe bet to expand their operations without upsetting either side

LG is shutting down its smartphone business

The move makes it the first major smartphone brand to withdraw from the market.

Japan's central bank kicks off experiments on issuing digital currency

Global central banks are looking at developing digital currencies to modernise their financial systems, ward off the threat from cryptocurrencies and speed up domestic and international payments

Indian crypto currency exchange launches NFT marketplace for Indian artists

Indian artists can place their digital assets including art pieces, audio files, videos, and even tweets, for auction over the blockchain-based NFT marketplace to earn royalty thereafter.

Makers of humanoid robot Sophia are building its sibling

Joyce will use data-in-picture technology and a multiple sensors to provide data to its AI, neural network and computer vision to increase visual perception

Google Pixel collects 20 times more data than iPhone, study says

iOS sends the MAC addresses and GPS location of even the nearby devices like other handsets and the home gateway, to Apple.

Tesla's first-quarter deliveries break previous record despite chip shortage

The number was more than double the deliveries for the same period last year. And it beat Wall Street estimates of 168,000 for January through March.

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