Neowin News Feed for: Sanctions

Taiwan hits Huawei and SMIC with new export restrictions

David Uzondu — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:40:02 +0000

Taiwan is tightening export rules on Huawei and SMIC, which could make it even harder for China to push forward with its semiconductor goals. Read more...

Behind-the-Scenes: North Korean animators secretly work on Amazon and HBO Max shows

Fiza Ali — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:18:01 +0000

Research shows that North Korean animators are secretly contributing to major TV shows including those from Amazon and HBO Max among others, revealing a hidden facet of international TV production. Read more...

More than half of Russia's Baikal chips are defective as a result of Western sanctions

Martin Hodás — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:54:01 +0000

Russian semiconductor company Baikal was forced to switch to domestic partners for the packaging of its chips due to the war. However, the rate of defective products is at ridiculously high levels. Read more...

Sanctions turn 70% of Russian gamers into pirates

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:04:01 +0000

Following sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, gaming piracy levels have rocketed. Research has found that 7 in 10 gamers have engaged in game piracy over the last year. Read more...

US puts $10 million bounty on Russian hacker's head

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 May 2023 00:56:01 +0000

The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a prolific ransomware actor, Mikhail Matveev. The Department of State will also offer a $10 million reward for info that leads to his arrest. Read more...

Xiaomi denies Ukraine's claim that it's an ‘international sponsor of war'

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:32:01 +0000

Xiaomi has hit back at Ukraine's assertion that it's an international sponsor of war. The Chinese company said that the phones it sells in Russia are for civilian and commercial use only. Read more...

Huawei unlocks EUV chip manufacturing process according to patent filings

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:46:01 +0000

Huawei has cracked the EUV chip process according to patent filings made by the company in November. Huawei Chairman Eric Xu also declared that the company is now out of crisis mode. Read more...

Prosecutors split on whether to charge crypto's largest centralized exchange, Binance

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:18:01 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department is still divided on whether to pursue charges against the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Prosecutors are looking to see if it laundered money and more. Read more...

Dell halts all operations in Russia, full exit expected soon

Usama Jawad — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:56:01 +0000

Dell is on the verge of fully exiting Russia. The company already closed all its offices in the country a few days ago and is expected to lay off all employees operating in the region soon. Read more...

Russia is dodging western sanctions by legalizing gray imports

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:32:01 +0000

The Russian government has made "gray" imports legal. This will allow the Russian citizens to import smartphones, TVs, computers, consoles and even cars and spare parts without the maker's consent. Read more...

Russia will launch its Play Store alternative on May 9, its WWII Victory Day

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Russian developers will launch their Play Store alternative "NashStore" on May 9, Russia's Victory Day, after Google suspended all payment services in the country leaving developers with no income. Read more...

Huawei CEO wants to “lead the world” in software to combat U.S. sanctions

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 24 May 2021 20:54:01 +0000

According to an internal memo, Huawei's founder and CEO wants to shift the company's focus from hardware products to software and services, in an attempt to lessen the impact of U.S. sanctions. Read more...

TrendForce: Huawei to see big smartphone production drop in 2021

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:30:01 +0000

The analyst firm TrendForce expects Huawei to drop from third to seventh place in terms of smartphone production as restrictions placed on it by the United States really begin to be felt. Read more...

Intel and Nvidia inquired about their exported tech that was allegedly used against Uyghurs

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:10:01 +0000

U.S. Lawmakers wrote to Intel and Nvidia inquiring them about the export of their technology that has potentially been used by China to carry out surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang region. Read more...

Huawei CFO arrested, faces extradition for suspected sanctions violations

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 01:54:01 +0000

Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou has been arrested in Canada at the behest of U.S. law enforcement for allegedly violating sanctions against Iran. Huawei claims that it is not aware of any wrongdoing. Read more...

Huawei: Possibility of sanctions "would be hard to imagine"

Boyd Chan — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 04:58:02 +0000

While ZTE has found itself somewhat worse for wear after its recent run-in with the US Government over breached sanctions, Huawei has remained confident in its compliance with international laws. Read more...

U.S. lawmakers hit out at Google over ties to Huawei

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:48:01 +0000

U.S. lawmakers have written to the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai. They expressed their concerns over the Google-Huawei partnership because of links they said Huawei has to the Chinese Communist Party. Read more...

ZTE agrees to pay $1 billion to continue operating in the U.S.

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:00:01 +0000

ZTE has agreed to pay $1 billion and make personnel changes to continue operating in the U.S. The deal will also see a U.S. monitoring team join the company to ensure compliance with U.S. law. Read more...

Trump and Xi are working to get ZTE back in business in the U.S.

Paul Hill — Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:01 +0000

Good news for ZTE! President Trump and President Xi are now working together to help resolve the issues surrounding phone maker after it announced that it would be ceasing operations in the U.S. Read more...

Huawei allegedly violated Iran sanctions and could face criminal penalties

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 01:22:01 +0000

As if things weren't bad enough for Huawei, the firm is now being investigated by the Justice Department. The firm may have violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and could face severe penalties. Read more...

Iran is setting the stage for a new cryptocurrency

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:04:01 +0000

The Iranian government could roll out its own cryptocurrency in the future, after recent statements were issued by the country's ICT minister. Iran looks to be following in the steps of Venezuela. Read more...

Venezuela's Maduro announces ‘Petro' cryptocurrency

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:48:01 +0000

Citing a need to fight against a US-imposed financial blockade, Venezuela's president has declared that the country will launch its own cryptocurrency backed by the country's natural resources. Read more...

Obama retaliates to DNC hack by expelling Russians and closing down compounds in the US

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:16:01 +0000

In his final days in office, President Barack Obama has made the decision to expel Russians from the US and also close down two compounds. The action comes months after the DNC hack and other issues. Read more...

US sanctions North Korea over the Sony hacks

Jerry Grey — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:36:01 +0000

The US government has sanctioned North Korea over the Sony hacks, saying the country tried to intimidate US businesses and artists from exercising their right of freedom of speech. Read more...

U.S. Won't Extend Microsoft Antitrust Sanctions

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:18:36 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice said it will not seek to extend the restrictions placed on Microsoft Corp.'s business practices following its antitrust settlement with the U.S. government in 2002. Many of the restrictions are... Read more...

Defendant settles with RIAA after motion for sanctions fails

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:33:00 +0000

A federal judge in Texas has sanctioned the attorney of a defendant in one of the RIAA's countless file-sharing lawsuits after the attorney himself requested sanctions for the RIAA's counsel. Not long afterwards, the parties... Read more...

Microsoft Customers Evaluate Sanctions

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:38:04 +0000

Microsoft customers and competitors will tell the European Commission within 10 days if the software giant's latest offer to comply with sanctions is acceptable to them, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. "The Commission will... Read more...

EU suspend Microsoft sanctions

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:46:47 +0000

The European Commission has suspended sanctions against Microsoft stemming from a ruling that the group had abused its dominant market position. The move came after the world's largest software company appealed against the decision at... Read more...

States Say They Can Seek Own Microsoft Sanctions

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 05:50:47 +0000

The nine states still pursuing the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case told a federal judge on Friday that they have "long and clearly established" authority to seek their own sanctions against the company. ... Read more...