Neowin News Feed for: Biden

President Trump revokes Biden's "dangerous" 2023 executive order addressing AI risks

David Uzondu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:14:01 +0000

Trump's back and has revoked Biden's controversial executive order on AI risks, something Republicans promised to do. Read more...

Nvidia showers Trump with praise as it bashes the Biden rule

David Uzondu — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:42:01 +0000

With under 10 days to Trump's inauguration, Biden's new rules are set to impact Nvidia's AI chip exports, leading the company to respond by praising Trump and criticizing Biden. Read more...

Meta says the candidates are subject to the same rules as regular users. It's a blatant lie

Martin Hodás — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Meta is failing its users by not fact-checking Trump and other political figures. It does so under the false argument of free speech and self-imposed reach limitations that it can easily lift. Read more...

Microsoft is reportedly asking hundreds of Chinese employees to relocate out of the country

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 16 May 2024 08:04:01 +0000

Microsoft is asking hundreds of employees who are working in China across cloud and machine learning divisions to relocate out of China to the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand Read more...

Chip companies that get U.S. subsidies will have to relinquish significant excess profits

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:22:01 +0000

The Biden administration has said that companies receiving funds from the CHIPS subsidy will be required to pay the government if they do exceedingly well and accrue "excess profits". Read more...

Singapore wants a byte of the semiconductor pie amid US-China tensions

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:12:01 +0000

Singapore aims to win its "fair share" of semiconductor investments amidst growing trade tensions between China and the United States, focusing on semiconductor assembly and design. Read more...

Japan chips in, announces restrictions on semiconductor exports to China

Karthik Mudaliar — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 11:40:01 +0000

Japan joins US and Netherlands in restricting chip exports to China. New regulation comes amid US efforts to boost domestic chip production, including subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing. Read more...

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon CEOs tomorrow

Usama Jawad — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 05:54:01 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden has reportedly invited multiple big tech companies to the White House, purportedly to discuss cybersecurity matters. The meeting will apparently take place tomorrow. Read more...

China hits back at the US and its allies for "fabricated" hacking allegations

Chandrakant Isi — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:50:01 +0000

The Chinese regime has denied any role in hacking Microsoft Exchange Server. In retaliation, China's foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, has called the US the world's top "hacking empire". Read more...

The US and its allies accuse China of hacking Microsoft Exchange Server

Chandrakant Isi — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:50:02 +0000

The US, European Union, the UK, and NATO countries have expressed concerned over China's numerous cyberattacks on businesses, maritime, aviation, defense, education, and healthcare sectors. Read more...

Facebook refutes Biden's blame that it's "killing people" with COVID fake news

Sayan Sen — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 08:34:01 +0000

Facebook today published a blog post outlining its efforts in encouraging COVID-19 vaccination and stopping misinformation spread after President Biden had recently blamed the social media giant. Read more...

UK MPs ask Biden to drop Assange charges during G7 trip

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:00:01 +0000

Members of Parliament in the UK have written to President Biden during his trip to the country asking him to drop the computer intrusion charges levelled against Julian Assange for his Wikileaks work. Read more...

Uber announces $25 off your ride to get vaccinated

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 May 2021 15:08:01 +0000

Uber has announced that those in the U.S. can get up to $25 off four trips to and from vaccination centers until July 4. President Biden is hoping 70% of people are fully vaccinated by that date. Read more...

Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:42:02 +0000

Reports suggest President Biden will increase the capital gains tax to 39.6%. This has sent the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tumbling but it's too early to say what will happen next. Read more...

Microsoft confirms it has halted PAC donations

Usama Jawad — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has publicly announced that it is suspending PAC donations, because 20% of its donations in the past four years went to Congress members who voted against the Electoral College. Read more...

Facebook believes it made the right decision in banning Trump, but has referred the case

Usama Jawad — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:32:01 +0000

Facebook has emphasized that it made the right decision in banning Trump indefinitely but has referred the case to an independent body for review. A decision will be reached in less than 90 days. Read more...

Microsoft reports increased cyberattacks targeting U.S. elections

Usama Jawad — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 07:10:02 +0000

Microsoft has reported increased activity from hacking groups based in Russia, China, and Iran targeting the U.S. presidential elections. Both Biden and Trump campaigns have been attacked. Read more...

Biden's campaign bans TikTok from employees mobile devices

Hamza Khan — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:04:01 +0000

Biden's campaign banned TikTok from its staffer's mobile devices citing the privacy and security concerns as the firm has been under suspicion that it might share data with the Chinese Government. Read more...