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Steam has reportedly been banned in China

Usama Jawad — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:40:01 +0000

Reports from Mainland China claim that the Chinese government has blocked the global version of Steam and its associated Community page in the country. That said, the exact issue is currently unknown. Read more...

Google is removing the term "whitelisted" from its Admin console

Usama Jawad — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:52:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is removing the term "whitelisted" from its Admin console. It will now be referred to as "allowlisted", similar to how "denylist" is used instead of "blacklist". Read more...

Huawei is expected to get another 90 days to buy from US suppliers

Stergios Georgopoulos — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:54:01 +0000

According to two sources familiar with the matter, the US is expected to continue to grant licenses to companies that sell components to the Chinese firm for an additional 90 days. Read more...

Huawei will reportedly be laying off hundreds of U.S. workers in the coming days

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:24:02 +0000

In the latest stage of the Huawei-U.S. saga, it is being reported that the Chinese firm will be laying off hundreds of U.S. workers, employed at its R&D subsidiary Futurewei Technologies. Read more...

U.S. DOC confirms companies can apply for licenses to sell U.S. tech to Huawei

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:14:01 +0000

The U.S. Department of Commerce has confirmed that U.S.-based firms will be able to apply for licenses to sell tech to Huawei. However, the Chinese firm will remain on the entity list. Read more...

Huawei only allowed to purchase widely available US products for now

Hamza Jawad — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:58:01 +0000

Yesterday, US President Donald Trump stated that Huawei could now purchase products from US suppliers again. However, it has now been clarified that this doesn't apply to all goods as of yet. Read more...

Huawei US ban to be lifted, now allowed to purchase products from US companies again

Hamza Jawad — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 15:36:22 +0000

As per US President Trump's statement at the G20 summit, Huawei will now be allowed to purchase from US tech companies. This news comes following the effective US ban on Huawei over a month ago. Read more...

Back into the fold: Huawei has regained its membership to the SD Association

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 30 May 2019 08:20:01 +0000

Following its removal from the SD Association after the company was added to a blacklist by the US government, Huawei has once again regained its membership to the standards body governing SD cards. Read more...

Google to drop support for Huawei devices including Play Store, Gmail and Google Play Service [Update]

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sun, 19 May 2019 23:46:01 +0000

Earlier this week Huawei was blacklisted by the U.S. government. As a result, the company can no longer import parts from American companies. Reportedly, Google has suspended all business with Huawei. Read more...

Google may be fined in Russia for not following site-blocking rules

Usama Jawad — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:20:01 +0000

It appears that Google may be fined for not following Russia's site-blocking rule, which forces ISPs and search engines to connect to a database of blocked sites before displaying search results. Read more...

Facebook could be banned in Russia over synthetic drug ads

Phi Ha — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:23:14 +0000

A series of drug related ads could be the beginning of Facebook Russia's demise. Russia's media watchdog announced it would not hesitate to block the site if it can prove that the ads had been used. Read more...

Wikipedia goes down in Russia in protest at new law

Paul Ferson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:13:11 +0000

Due to a controversial law being considered by Russia's State Parliament which could allow the blacklisting of websites, Wikipedia has closed itself for a one-day protest again. Read more...

E3 2012: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist announced

Byron Hinson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:49:27 +0000

Earlier today at E3, Ubisoft announced that "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist"is set for release in spring 2013. The game once again has you take the role of Sam Fisher as he fighter terrorism. Read more...

Counter Strike cheaters blacklist

Marcel Klum — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:16:09 +0000

Valve's Eric Smith has sent word along the HLDS mailing list that the Valve has updated server security modules again. Security module update *** This only affects Counter-Strike servers. *** ... Read more...