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Japan said it will restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its technology trade controls with a US push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips. Japan, home to major chip equipment makers such as Nikon Corp and Tokyo Electron Ltd, did not specify China as the target of the restrictions, saying manufacturers would need to seek export permission for all regions. "We are fulfilling our responsibility as a technological nation to contribute to international peace and stability,"…

TOKYO—Japan said it would restrict the export of advanced semiconductor equipment, a measure that could hamper development of China’s industry and marks a further cooling of relations after the detention of a Japanese pharmaceutical-company employee in Beijing. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will visit Beijing Saturday to meet with his Chinese counterpart, the Japanese government said Friday. It didn’t disclose the purpose of the visit, the first by a…

Xylazine has been on the rise in tests of drug samples in states like Maryland. Photo: Alyssa Schukar for The Wall Street Journal…

YouTubers are finding that older content is being restricted and/or demonetized because of newly implemented content and advertising rules. Some video creators are protesting the changes and are even considering leaving the platform.According to Eurogamer, YouTube introduced a new advertising policy back in November 2022, placing further restrictions on and de-monetizing certain videos featuring violence or profanity. Obviously any kind of real world violence is subject to demonetization or removal,…

Social media giant Meta restricts ad firms from accessing teenagers’ user data starting next month The prominent sites Facebook and Instagram are owned by the social media behemoth Meta, which has tightened data limitations for marketers. The business declared that it will now forbid advertising companies from accessing the data of young consumers. Ads are being targeted to underage users using this data. Advertisers won’t be able to see a user’s gender or the kinds of posts they have participated in as of next month,…

Russia announces mass production of crowd-dispersing drones that’ll help them restrict protests Drones have become an essential part of every country’s military base. Russia has recently announced crowd-dispersing drones that will be very useful in restricting the protests. It was just last month when Russia introduced a new drone at an exhibition held from November 17th through November 27th and was successful. Russia creates crowd-dispersing drones and has stated that it would begin mass-producing a self-designed…

Credit: Emerald A new book "Women, Work and Transport" brings together researchers with international expertise in gender and transport work, to provide original evidence of the experiences of women working in all transport modes across countries in the Global North and the Global South. Women play an essential role in the transport…

A customer uses her new smartphone during the release of the iPhone 6s at an Apple store in Shanghai on September 25, 2015. Photo: Johannes Eisele (Getty Images)New changes to Apple’s AirDrop file sharing tool in China could make it more difficult for political dissidents or protesters to share information critical of the government. The oddly timed software changes, which limit the amount of time users can AirDrop files to non-contacts, comes less than one month after protestors used the very same feature to spread…

Twitter has today announced it is temporarily suspending display name changes on verified accounts, presumably to stop everyone impersonating Elon Musk. The company rolled out its new Twitter Blue subscription today, which will let users pay $8 a month for a blue checkmark and other features. In a snippet of the new Help Center document Twitter states:Please note, to minimize impersonation risks, display name changes will be temporarily restricted on Verified accounts. This will impact accounts Verified under the legacy…

WASHINGTON —  A U.S. district judge in Phoenix limited the ability of a far-right group to monitor ballot drop boxes in Arizona on Tuesday by restricting photo and video, ordering members to stay at least 75 feet away from the receptacles, and barring the open carry of firearms and wearing of body armor within 250 feet. People wearing body armor and carrying weapons have been observed in recent days photographing and filming voters and their vehicles at ballot collection boxes in multiple states after former President…