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Britain will ban Huawei equipment from the country’s high-speed 5G network, the government said Tuesday, delivering a victory to the Trump administration, which has been pushing allies to eschew the Chinese technology giant. The British government announced it would bar the purchase of new Huawei equipment for 5G networks beginning in December and ordered existing …

The Federal Communication Commission has declared Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE “national security threats,” a move that will formally ban U.S. telecom companies from using federal funds to buy and install Huawei and ZTE equipment. FCC chairman Ajit Pai said that the “weight of evidence” supported the decision. Federal agencies and lawmakers have long …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call to swap an imprisoned Huawei Technologies executive for two citizens held by Beijing, saying such a move would set a bad precedent and harm Canada. Shortly after Vancouver police arrested Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a US arrest warrant in December 2018, Beijing …

Former Google CEO and chairman of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board Eric Schmidt said that “there’s no question” Chinese telecom giant Huawei has business practices “not acceptable in national security.” Speaking to BBC Radio 4 for a documentary, Schmidt said that a proper understanding of Huawei should make one see the company as a means …

BRITAIN is seeking to form a deeper relationship with Five Eyes intelligence partners to end reliance on Chinese technology. Boris Johnson unveiled the change in foreign policy at the national security council but it has been reported the Cabinet is split on the issue. US officials visiting the UK in January suggested a Western-backed conglomerate …

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei this week announced a new phone with built-in sensors that can take a person’s temperature. The Honor Play 4 Pro has a sensor built into the phone’s rear camera array, and can take the temperature of humans and objects alike. The infrared tech can measure temperatures ranging up to 212 degrees …

The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on the Chinese Communist Party by forging closer political and business ties with Taiwanese technology firms, while at the same time working to undermine Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to a report. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, said last week it would build a factory in Arizona, …

US restrictions against Huawei could devastate the Chinese technology giant and escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington already heightened amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department issued new guidelines on Friday barring any non-American chipmaker from supplying Huawei Technologies Co. without first getting approval from the US government. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest …

China is preparing to place U.S. companies including Apple and Boeing on an “unreliable entities list” in response to newly announced sanctions on tech giant Huawei. “China will take forceful countermeasures to protect its own legitimate rights,” a source told China’s government-owned Global Times. The country could cease purchasing planes made by Boeing, and impose restrictions …

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday placed additional sanctions on Chinese tech giant Huawei to limit the company’s ability to acquire semiconductor chips that are made using American technology. The Commerce Department said the sanctions will “narrowly and strategically” target a loophole used by some companies to evade previous sanctions by producing semiconductor chips …