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China is requiring U.S. and other foreign-owned companies to host groups that monitor their compliance with Chinese Communist Party orthodoxy, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in congressional testimony Wednesday.It's one way in which the Chinese government has "exploited" joint business ventures in order to obtain companies' secrets and information, Wray told the House Judiciary Committee."There is no country, none, that presents a broader, more comprehensive threat to our ideas our innovation our economic security…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSlovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko, who was named the best movie director of the 20th century in his country, has died at the age of 84.Jakubisko died shortly before midnight on Friday 24 February in the Czech capital, Prague, where he had lived with his family since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia, his daughter Janette told Slovak public radio and television. His death was also…

The movie, which stars Taron Egerton, hits Apple TV+ on March 31st.The story behind how became a global phenomenon is the basis of an upcoming movie. The film will hit the streaming service on March 31st and Apple has just dropped the first trailer. Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a Dutch entrepreneur who (spoiler) secured deals to distribute Tetris on the and other consoles. Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov (played by Nikita Yefremov) created the game during the Cold War, but because he was a government…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address on January 11, 2023.Photo: John C. Clark (AP)The governor of Virginia is blocking a potential Ford battery factory that would have provided thousands of jobs in an impoverished area—based on fearmongering about China.The proposed factory is a partnership between Ford and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., also known as CATL, a Chinese battery manufacturer. As of last year, CATL was the world’s largest manufacturer of batteries for electric…

A Tesla store in Changzhou, China, in April 2022. Tencent, known as one of the world's largest gaming and social media firms, invested in Tesla in 2017, taking a 5% stake for around $1.78 billion.Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTesla will "keep blowing our minds" with technology even while CEO Elon Musk is distracted with Twitter, according to the executive to who led an investment from Chinese technology giant Tencent into the U.S. electric carmaker.Tencent, known as one of the world's largest…