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How U.S. Pressured Netherlands to Oust CEO of Chinese-Owned Chip Maker  The Wall Street Journal How a Dutch chipmaker got caught up in the US-China tech war  CNN Europe needs a better chip strategy  Financial Times China Puts Export Controls on Nexperia After Dutch Takeover  Bloomberg.com Why has Dutch government taken control of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia?  Al Jazeera Source link

“What’s natural for Taiwan is we produce 95 percent” and “we feel great about it,” Lutnick said, conceding that “you can imagine when someone has 95 percent, convincing them that they should only have 50 percent. That’s a lot” to lose. But “Donald Trump would say it’s not healthy for you or healthy for us because we protect you, and …

Score another win for EU consumers. On Wednesday, Microsoft backtracked on the strings it had attached to Windows 10’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. However, it only did so in the European Economic Area (EEA) following complaints from an advocacy group. The elephant in the room? The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) safeguards against unlawful bundling and restricting consumer choice. …

Tackling the thorny Jimmy Kimmel situation, the head of the National Association of Broadcasters said “government pressure on media” also happened during the Obama and Biden administrations. Weighing in after Kimmel’s suspension in a blog post that did not mention ABC, Disney or President Trump by name, NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt called this “an unprecedented time in media history” requiring …

Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Wednesday in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In a much anticipated public appearance Wednesday, Susan Monarez, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, defended her short …

Valve has disputed Mastercard’s claims that it had not raised concerns over NSFW adult content on Steam. On August 1, Mastercard released a statement “clarifying recent headlines on gaming content” – in other words, to address claims that Mastercard is among the payment processors putting pressure on gaming platforms, such as Steam and itch.io, to remove or censor NSFW adult …

Mastercard has issued a statement claiming is has “not required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms”, despite allegations from both Steam and itch.io to the contrary. https://t.co/ORNC1ZIyck pic.twitter.com/T4B9cVUuLY — Mastercard News (@MastercardNews) August 1, 2025 In a post on Twitter/X today, Mastercard said the following: Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any …

Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games  Hacker News Patch Notes #14: Steam wages war on porn, Krafton accused of going nuclear, and King reportedly swaps humans for AI tools  Game Developer Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed  GamingOnLinux Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it …

It’s Mastercard’s world; we just live in it. That’s my understanding based on a recent communiqué from Valve to PC Gamer, which confirmed that, yup, the company sure did recently remove a whole spate of adult games from its storefront because it made payment processors upset. “We were recently notified that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and …

Wall Street sign in New York in the evening by FotorafieLink via iStock The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.07%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.30%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25) are down -0.03%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU25) are down -0.26%. Stocks are seeing …