Спецпризначенці, які перебувають на проспекті Руставелі, вкотре застосували сльозогінний газ проти учасників мітингу. Ті у відповідь кидають у силовиків «коктейлі Молотова».
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The Netherlands’ government on Wednesday said it planned new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the United States’ effort to curb chip exports to China.
The U.S. in October imposed sweeping export restrictions on shipments of American chipmaking tools to China, but for the restrictions to be effective, they need other key suppliers in the Netherlands and Japan, who also oversee key chipmaking technology, to agree. The allied countries have been in talks on the matter for months.
Dutch Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher announced the decision in a letter to parliament, saying the restrictions would be introduced before the summer.
Her letter did not name China, a key Dutch trading partner, nor did it name ASML Holding NV, Europe’s largest tech firm and a major supplier to semiconductor manufacturers, but both will be affected. It specified one technology that would be affected: “DUV” lithography, the second-most advanced machines that ASML sells to computer chip manufacturers.
“Because the Netherlands considers it necessary on national security grounds to get this technology into oversight with the greatest of speed, the Cabinet will introduce a national control list,” the letter said.
ASML said in a response it expected to have to apply for licenses to export the most advanced segment among its DUV machines, but that would not affect its 2023 financial guidance.
ASML dominates the market for lithography systems, multimillion-dollar machines that use powerful lasers to create the minute circuitry of computer chips. The company expects sales in China to remain about flat at $2.3 billion in 2023 – implying relative shrinkage as the company expects overall sales to grow by 25%. Major ASML customers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Intel are engaged in capacity expansion.
ASML has never sold its most advanced “EUV” machines to customers in China, and the bulk of its DUV sales in China go to relatively less advanced chipmakers. Its biggest South Korean customers, Samsung and SK Hynix, both have significant manufacturing capacity in China.
The Dutch announcement leaves major questions unanswered, including whether ASML will be able to service the more than $8 billion worth of DUV machines it has sold to customers in China since 2014.
Schreinemacher said the Dutch government had decided on measures “as carefully and precisely as possible … to avoid unnecessary disruption of value chains.”
“It is for companies of importance to know what they are facing and to have time to adjust to new rules,” she wrote.
Japan is expected to issue an update on its chip equipment export policies as soon as this week.
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Президент США Джо Байден і президент Франції Емманюель Макрон обговорили під час телефонної розмови підтримку України, повідомляє Білий дім.
«Обидва лідери обговорили свою підтримку Україні, включно з їхнім зобов’язанням продовжувати надавати Україні безпекову допомогу та стягувати з Росії відшкодування за її агресію», – йдеться у повідомленні.
Під час розмови Байден та Макрон також обговорили співпрацю між США та Францією в Індо-Тихоокеанському регіоні та спільні зусилля щодо реагування на виклики, які створює КНР для світопорядку, заснованого на правилах.
У лютому міністр оборони Сполучених Штатів Ллойд Остін, який брав участь зустрічі у форматі «Рамштайн», заявив, що Україна має «хороші шанси» взяти ініціативу на полі бою, а також вказав на важливість підготовки України до весняного контрнаступу.
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Add a top U.S. intelligence official to the list of Americans expressing concern about Chinese-made technology and Chinese social media platforms like TikTok.
General Paul Nakasone, who heads both the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, told lawmakers Tuesday there are multiple reasons to be wary of China’s rapid expansion in cyberspace, calling Beijing “a very formidable foe.”
“TikTok concerns me for a number of different reasons,” Nakasone said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “One is that the data that they have. Secondly is the algorithm and the control. Who has the algorithm?”
Third, he said, “is the broad platform” both for unleashing potential influence operations but also for the ability to give China a way to “turn off the message.”
Last month, the United States moved forward with plans to ban TikTok — a social media app used by more than 100 million Americans — from government devices. Some U.S. lawmakers have called for giving U.S. President Joe Biden the ability to ban use of the social media app nationwide.
Others, however, object to giving Biden the ability to issue a blanket nationwide ban, arguing TikTok is only a small part of a larger issue.
“The threat that everyone is talking about is TikTok, and how it could enable surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party or facilitate the spread of malign influence campaigns in the U.S,” Democratic Senator Mark Warner told reporters.”Before TikTok, however, it was Huawei and ZTE, which threatened our nation’s telecommunications networks. And before that, it was Russia’s Kaspersky Lab.”
“We need a comprehensive, risk-based approach that proactively tackles sources of potentially dangerous technology before they gain a foothold in America,” he said.
The Restrict Act, being pushed by Warner and others, would establish a rule-based process — informed by the U.S. intelligence community and directed by the Department of Commerce — to identify and address foreign technological threats.
For its part, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has dismissed concerns it would improperly use user data as “political theater.”
But concerns about Chinese companies and Chinese technology keep growing.
On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. defense officials are worried that Chinese-made ship-to-shore cranes used at many of America’s ports could be used to spy on materials being shipped in and out of the U.S.
“Communist China has monopolized the port crane industry, and I will continue to spearhead efforts to decouple from the regime in Beijing and incentivize the near-shoring and reshoring of our strategic manufacturing capabilities,” Republican Congressman Carlos Gimenez told VOA when asked about the potential for Chinese espionage at U.S. ports. “I will fight to protect our critical infrastructure from the CCP’s espionage tactics.”
Tensions also have been rising since the U.S. shot down what it identified as a Chinese spy balloon last month after it had traveled across much of the continental United States.
And Biden is expected to issue an executive order in the coming days that would tighten rules on the ability of U.S. companies to invest in China.
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang chastised the U.S. Tuesday, telling reporters in Beijing that Washington’s China policy has “entirely deviated from the rational.”
But Nakasone told lawmakers that politicians and businesses alike would be smart to be careful about how they make use of Chinese-made platforms and technology.
“What I would do is ensure that the areas that are most sensitive to our operations are well-sensored, and I have the confidence that’s what’s being utilized there. I understand where that information may be going,” the CYBERCOM commander said.
“I would take a very, very hard look at anything that would come from an adversarial nation,” Nakasone said, though he acknowledged it would be “very difficult” to proceed with an all-out ban of Chinese products.
“So much of what we do is based upon international trade,” he said, “and China has the corner on some things.”
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U.S. National Security Agency director Paul Nakasone on Tuesday expressed concern about Chinese-owned video app TikTok’s data collection and potential to facilitate broad influence operations.
In response to a lawmaker’s question about any concerns he has on the influence of TikTok on American children, Nakasone told a Senate hearing, “TikTok concerns me for a number of different reasons.”
Nakasone said his concerns include “the data that they have.”
“Secondly is the algorithm and the control of who has the algorithm,” Nakasone added.
Nakasone ended his comments by asserting that the TikTok platform could enable sweeping influence operations. Nakasone said his concern is not only the fact that TikTok can proactively influence users, but also its ability to “turn off the message,” and noted its large number of users.
The app is used by more than 100 million Americans.
The NSA, part of the Defense Department, is the agency responsible for U.S. cryptographic and communications intelligence and security.
A TikTok representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
TikTok, a unit of China’s ByteDance, has come under increasing fire over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests. TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is due to appear before the U.S. Congress on March 23.
A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators is set to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would give Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they are found to pose national security threats.
The U.S. government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a powerful national security body, in 2020 unanimously recommended ByteDance divest TikTok because of fears that user data could be passed on to China’s government.
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Japan’s new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher’s second-stage engine did not ignite as planned, in a blow to its efforts to cut the cost of accessing space and compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
The 57-metre tall H3 rocket lifted off without a hitch from the Tanegashima space port, a live-streamed broadcast by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) showed.
But upon reaching space, the rocket’s second-stage engine failed to ignite, forcing mission officials to manually destroy the vehicle.
“It was decided the rocket could not complete its mission, so the destruct command was sent,” a launch broadcast commentator from JAXA said. “So what happened? It’s something we will have to investigate looking at all the data.”
The failed attempt followed an aborted launch last month.
“Unlike the previous cancellation and postponement, this time it was a complete failure,” said Hirotaka Watanabe, a professor at Osaka University with expertise in space policy.
“This will have a serious impact on Japan’s future space policy, space business and technological competitiveness,” he added.
Japan’s first new rocket in three decades was carrying the ALOS-3, a disaster management land observation satellite, which was also equipped with an experimental infrared sensor designed to detect North Korean ballistic missile launches.
H3 builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) said it was confirming the situation surrounding the rocket with JAXA and did not have an immediate comment.
MHI has estimated that the H3’s cost per launch will be half that of its predecessor, the H-II, helping it win business in a global launch market increasingly dominated by SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
A company spokesperson said earlier that it was also relying on the reliability of Japan’s previous rockets to gain business.
In a report published in September, the Center for Strategic and International Studies put the cost of a Falcon 9 launch to low Earth orbit at $2,600 per kilogram. The equivalent price tag for the H-II is $10,500.
A successful launch on Tuesday would have put the Japanese rocket into space ahead of the planned launch later this year of the European Space Agency’s new lower-cost Ariane 6 vehicle.
Powered by a new simpler, lower-cost engine that includes 3D-printed parts, the H3 is designed to lift government and commercial satellites into Earth orbit and will ferry supplies to the International Space Station.
As part of Japan’s deepening cooperation with the United States in space, it will also eventually carry cargo to the Gateway lunar space station that U.S. space agency NASA plans to build as part of its program to return people to the moon, including Japanese astronauts.
Shares of MHI fell 1.8% in morning trade, while the broader Japanese benchmark index was up 0.4%.
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Подкаст «Свої серед своїх», у якому військові розповідають про свою мотивацію, проблеми, службу та спілкування з цивільними 6 березня почав виходити на онлайн-платформах Радіо Свобода.
У новому проєкті журналістка Наталія Патрікєєва розмовляє з людьми, які захищають Україну у складі сил оборони та говорить з ними про побут, волонтерів і цивільних, про ставлення до життя у відносно мирних містах та інтеграцію ветеранів, захват і розчарування під час та після служби.
«Я запрошую до розмови професійних військових і тих, хто почав службу після повномасштабного вторгнення. Хтось із гостей розповідає свою історію перебуваючи біля лінії фронту, а хтось із певних причин вже завершив службу та повертається до цивільного життя. Але в кожного із них є власні емоції, переживання, страхи та очікування і нам важливо їх чути», — розповідає Патрікєєва.
Першою гостею подкасту стала досвідчена військова, снайперка Олена Білозерська:
Наталія Патрікєєва — журналістка, репортерка. У 2017 році перемогла у конкурсі на стипендіальну програму Радіо Свобода Regional Reporting Fellowship і працювала у редакції київського бюро. Авторка та редакторка подкастів на Urban Space Radio. Випускниця Інституту журналістики КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка та магістерської програми з медіакомунікацій Українського католицького університету.
Слухати подкаст можна на подкаст-платформах Google, Apple, Spotify, а також на сайті Радіо Свобода.
Електронна адреса проекту: uapodcast@rferl.org
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У вівторок на своїй першій пресконференції після вступу на посаду міністр закордонних справ Китаю Цінь Ган заявив, що Захід провокує збройний конфлікту та «розпалює вогонь» війни наданням Україні зброї для захисту від російського вторгнення.
Він повторив тезу про нейтральну позицію Пекіна у війні, але також заявив, що має «безмежну дружбу» з Росією, відмовившись критикувати вторгнення РФ в Україну чи навіть називати це вторгненням.
«Зусилля щодо мирних переговорів неодноразово підривалися. Здається, є невидима рука, яка підштовхує до затягування та ескалації конфлікту та використовує українську кризу для обслуговування певної геополітичної програми», – сказав Цінь Ган.
На його думку, «українська криза підійшла до критичного моменту».
Також Цінь Ган не лише натякнув, що США буцімто підривають зусилля щодо миру в Україні, щоб продовжити конфлікт для власної вигоди, а й розкритикував Сполучені Штати через погіршення двосторонніх відносин і підтримку Вашингтоном Тайваню.
Політика Вашингтона щодо Китаю «повністю відхилилася від раціонального та здорового шляху», – сказав Цінь.
«Сприйняття та погляди Сполучених Штатів на Китай серйозно спотворені. Вони розглядають Китай як свого основного суперника та найбільш значущий геополітичний виклик. Це схоже на те, що перший ґудзик на сорочці пристебнутий неправильно, і в результаті американсько-китайська політика повністю відхилилася від раціонального та правильного шляху», – зазначив китайський міністр.
Вашингтон, на його думку, «має намір стримувати та пригнічувати Китай у всіх відношеннях».
Україна і США наразі не коментували заяви новоготочільника МЗС Китаю.
Після короткого перебування послом у Вашингтоні Цінь Ган наприкінці грудня був призначений міністром закордонних справ. На цій посаді він змінив Ван Ї.
Нещодавно Китай представив так званий план щодо війни, але документ був сприйнятий зі скептицизмом, як в Україні, так і на Заході. На думку експертів, Пекін не пропонує жодних нових ініціатив щодо мирного врегулювання.
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A group of attorneys general from 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., demanded Monday that social media app TikTok produce materials as part of an investigation into its effect on young users’ mental health.
“We know that social media is taking a devastating toll on young people’s mental health and well-being, and through our investigation we are getting a clearer sense of TikTok’s role,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.
The investigation began last year when eight states, including California, Massachusetts and Tennessee, launched a bipartisan probe of TikTok, focusing on whether the popular video-sharing app is endangering young people and violating state consumer protection laws.
On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti asked a Tennessee court to order TikTok to produce subpoenaed materials sought by the investigation. Attorneys general from across the United States filed a brief in support of the motion to compel TikTok to hand over the information.
The Tennessee court petition alleges that TikTok has failed to preserve potentially relevant evidence in the investigation, including internal employee chat messages.
It says TikTok has shared some internal messages in response to its request but said the company has rendered them “unrecognizable and nearly incomprehensible.”
TikTok has not commented on the case.
“We need to know more about the company’s business practices so we can keep our kids safe,” North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said in a statement Monday.
California’s Department of Justice said in a statement that heavy use of social media is “strongly associated with self-harm, depression, and low self-esteem in teens — and every additional hour young people spend on social media is associated with an increased severity of the symptoms of depression.”
The latest court challenge comes as TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, faces security concerns. The United States, Canada and the European Union have all banned the use of the app on government-issued devices.
Like other social media apps, TikTok has also received criticism that it is not doing enough to protect younger users from inappropriate content.
Last week, TikTok said it was developing a tool that would allow parents to block certain content on the app. The company also said parents will now be able to set time limits on the app for their teens, depending on the day of the week.
Some information in this report came from Reuters.
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Twitter users reported a string of problems with the social media site on Monday, including broken links and images not loading.
The company’s tech support account said in a tweet, “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.”
Twitter’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, tweeted Monday: “This platform is so brittle (sigh). Will be fixed shortly.”
The problems appeared to be resolved about an hour after they began.
“Things should now be working as normal,” the company tweeted around 1 p.m. Eastern time.
The glitches started around midday Monday, with users around the world saying they were unable to read links to articles from outside websites.
Internet observation group NetBlocks said the issue was also affecting image and video content.
Musk tweeted later Monday in response to another user, “A small API change had massive ramifications. The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite.”
API, or Application Programming Interface, refers to software that is made available to outside developers and defines how two software components — in this case, those of Twitter and those belonging to outside platforms — can communicate with each other.
Musk has held several rounds of layoffs at Twitter, letting go more than half of the company’s staff. Some former employees have raised concerns that the mass layoffs could lead to technical problems for the platform.
Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, following a deal to buy the company for $44 billion.
Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence-France Presse.
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