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Chip machine manufacturer ASML on Monday said the Dutch government had partially revoked an export license for the shipment of some chip-making equipment to China, following US export restrictions.The Veldhoven, Netherlands-based company said shipments included certain lithography systems.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIM LucknowIIML…

The US was able to convince the Netherlands to impose trade restrictions on Dutch chipmaking companies from dealing with China for the latest generation of lithography machines. However, now, the US wants to block even older technological equipment…

A group of people blocked traffic Wednesday morning near Los Angeles International Airport, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza as the civilian death toll continues to rise amid the Israeli government’s intensive bombing campaigns.Videos and photos shared on social media showed protesters gathered on West Century Boulevard shortly before 9:30 a.m. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a tweet it is aware of the protest and that “traffic is currently impacted.” A line of LAPD officers formed near the protesters, but it…

Several EU nations, led by France, on Friday rejected a reform that supporters argue would improve conditions for app workers in the gig economy.The European Parliament and member states on December 13 agreed on a reform that could have been the world's first covering conditions for platform workers.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science &…

A new California law that would bar licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places will not go into full effect on Jan. 1 as scheduled, after a federal judge blocked major parts of it as unconstitutional Wednesday.The law, Senate Bill 2, was part of a slate of new gun control measures passed this year by California Democrats in response to two things: a sweeping U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reined in gun control measures nationally last year, and several high-profile mass shootings in…

Singer in attendance again Sunday to watch Kansas City Chiefs take on New England Patriots With Taylor Swift in the stadium Sunday to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce play football again, it appears there’s no bad blood between the couple after Swift kept Travis and brother Jason Kelce off the top of the vinyl albums chart this week. The vinyl version of the Philadelphia Eagles’ surprise hit Christmas collection A Philly Special Christmas — featuring the Kelce brothers’ “Fairytale of Philadelphia,”…

Apple blocked it once, and it seems to be doing it again. Over the last weekend, Apple shut down Beeper Mini, an “iMessage for Android” app, after its developer 'reverse engineered' the iMessage feature to send messages from Android smartphones in blue bubbles. The app was back but some users are again unable to send messages.The app from the startup Beeper could have put iPhone users at risk of privacy and security woes after a flaw was exploited."Apple appears to be deliberately blocking iMessages from being delivered…

Beeper Mini was recently released as an Android app that allowed users to access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. The attempt was something similar to what UK-based Nothing had introduced recently. But soon after its launch, the app, from former Pebble Co-Founder Eric Migicovsky, faced an outage. Apple confirmed that it blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Beeper, however, claims that the service is safe and is working towards getting the app up and running…

Whoever had the idea to combine three titans of the modern mass entertainment universe – Lego, Fortnite and Minecraft – into one experience is surely feeling rather smug right now. Launched on Thursday, Lego Fortnite is a new mode available within Fortnite, but it’s essentially a whole new game – an open-world crafting survival sim in the unmistakable style of, yes, Minecraft. Players enter a procedurally generated world, unique to them, which somehow combines the aesthetic features of Lego and Fortnite, with its…

A Montana judge blocked a state ban on TikTok from going into effect on Thursday. The social media app filed a lawsuit in May in the U.S. District Court in Montana alleging the law violated the First Amendment and tried to block the state from enforcing the ban. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said the ban oversteps state power and “infringes on the Constitutional right of users and businesses,” The Associated Press reported. Montana is the first state with a law looking to ban the social media…