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Workers prepare the site of a $4 billion Panasonic EV battery plant Thursday, March 30, 2023, near DeSoto, Kan. Economic incentives offered by Kansas state and local governments beat out those offered by neighboring Oklahoma to help lure the project to the site on land formerly occupied by an Army ammunition plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

‘War of the states’: EV, chip makers lavished with subsidies

- Associated Press

States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they dig deeper into their pockets to attract big employers and capitalize on a wave of huge new projects.

Tik Tok application icon on Apple iPhone X screen close-up. File photo credit: ZanderSt via Shutterstock.

How a little-known agency holds power over TikTok’s future

- Associated Press

Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order to sell to an American company - unless the popular social media app can convince a high-powered panel that its data security restructuring plan sufficiently guards against national security concerns.

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FILE - The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday, March 31, that the Biden administration has not given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in Congress last week. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

TikTok top attorney reiterates safety measures for users

Associated Press

The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday the Biden administration hasn't given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in Congress last week.

The flags of the U.S. and Chinese are displayed together on top of a trishaw in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2018. American cybersecurity firm says a Chinese hacking group that is likely state-sponsored and has been linked previously to attacks on U.S. state government computers is still “highly active” and is focusing on a broad range of targets that may be of strategic interest to China’s government and security services.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group highly active, American cybersecurity firm finds

- Associated Press

A Chinese hacking group that is likely state-sponsored and has been linked previously to attacks on U.S. state government computers is still "highly active" and is focusing on a broad range of targets that may be of strategic interest to China's government and security services, a private American cybersecurity firm said in a new report Thursday.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

China renews warnings as Taiwan's Tsai stops over in U.S.

Associated Press

As Taiwan's president began a stopover in the United States on her way to Central America, China said it was closely watching and would "resolutely safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity."

iPhone 7 showing its screen with TikTok and other social media application icons. File photo credit: Wachiwit via Shutterstock.

TikTok propaganda labels fall flat in 'huge win' for Russia

- Associated Press

A year ago, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were being exposed to Kremlin disinformation.

Finnish soldiers take part in the Army mechanised exercise Arrow 22 exercise at the Niinisalo garrison in Kankaanp'', Western Finland, on May 4, 2022. Expulsions of Russian intelligence officers and visa refusals have substantially weakened Moscow’s intelligence operations in neighboring Finland in the past year, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Heikki Saukkomaa./Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Finland says Russia spy operations weakened in Nordic nation

Associated Press

Expulsions of Russian intelligence officers and visa refusals have substantially weakened Moscow's intelligence operations in neighboring Finland in the past year, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said Thursday.

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Dec. 8, 2022. Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter removes tweets about 'Trans Day of Vengeance'

- Associated Press

Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a "trans day of vengeance" protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.