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Huawei founder told Xi China’s concerns about lack of chips have eased, state media says

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Huawei’s founder told Xi Jinping at a meeting the Chinese president held with private sector entrepreneurs that concerns China had about a lack of homegrown chips or operating systems had eased, Chinese state media reported. The People’s Daily on Friday published an article summarising what major Chinese company founders including Huawei’s Ren […]

Technology

Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok

Several members of Congress— Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)—filed a brief agreeing that “the TikTok ban does not survive First Amendment scrutiny.” They agreed with TikTok that the law is “illegitimate.” Lawmakers’ “principle justification” for the ban—”preventing covert content manipulation by the Chinese government”—masked a “desire” […]

Politics

Hegseth: Trump told me ‘to keep on fighting’

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for the top post at the Pentagon, said Trump encouraged him to “keep on fighting,” despite a slew of negative headlines leaving his nomination in question. “This is where I give so much credit to President Trump. He’s got a backbone of steal,” the former “Fox & Friends” host told…

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National security advisor Jake Sullivan says Biden told him to oversee a ‘massive surge’ of weapons deliveries to Ukraine before his term ends

Biden wants to help Ukraine before he leaves office. Jake Sullivan told ABC News that Biden aims to help Ukraine “strengthen’ its position. President-elect Trump has been skeptical of the level of US aid sent to Ukraine. National security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said President Joe Biden was doing what he could to “strengthen” […]