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President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

Volkswagen’s plant in Zwickau stopped producing Golfs and switched to electric vehicles, illuminating the risks and opportunities for factory towns and cities.

China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

Silicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of falling behind in the artificial intelligence race.

The bloated cost of the ArriveCAN app and new investigations into possible fraud have highlighted some problems with turning to outside companies.

The small Caribbean territory brought in $32 million last year, more than 10 percent of its G.D.P., from companies registering web addresses that end in .ai.

As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications online to discredit Ukraine’s leader and undercut aid. Some have a Hollywood-style plot twist.

Legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.

Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China.

The legislation received wide bipartisan support, with both Republicans and Democrats showing an eagerness to appear tough on China.

Once considered a laggard, the German luxury carmaker is one of only a few established automakers that has been able to compete effectively against Tesla.

China has increasingly turned to private companies in campaigns to hack foreign governments and control its domestic population.

China’s tech firms were caught off guard by breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence. Beijing’s regulations and a sagging economy aren’t helping.

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta and other key developers are acting to prevent the technology from threatening democracies, even as their tools become more powerful.

South Korea pledged to protect its online platforms from marketplace giants, but lobbyists are crying foul play.

It was not the first time the technology had been used in Pakistan’s notably repressive election season, but this time it got the world’s attention.

Mr. Carlson has been receiving blanket news coverage from state-run media outlets in Russia since stepping foot in Moscow.

9News apologized for the edited photo of the member of state Parliament, Georgie Purcell, which it said was a result of “automation by Photoshop.”

Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an advanced research lab in Beijing is politically tenable.