The European Commission informed Google parent Alphabet in a "preliminary view" that its search engine treated its own services more favorably compared to rivals.
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Mar 20, 2025
EU skewers Google and Apple over tech rules — despite Trump threats
The moves risk opening up a new front in the already fraught relationship between the EU and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (fourth from left) and British chip giant Arm Holdings' CEO, Rene Haas (third from right), give the thumbs up during a ceremony to launch a collaboration between Malaysia and the chipmaker in Kuala Lumpur on March 5.
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Mar 19, 2025
Malaysia's Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challenges
Internal constraints such as a talent crunch, funding problems and other supply chain gaps present key hurdles to the Southeast Asian country.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with C.C. Wei, chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., at a news conference in Washington on March 3.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2025
Tariff threats spur TSMC’s Taiwan peers to seek U.S. expansion
Taiwanese electronic firms' migration of manufacturing to the U.S. has accelerated from previous years as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens more trade barriers.
Google will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2025
Google to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion
The transaction will test Donald Trump's openness to large takeovers after resistance to such deals by the administration of his predecessor.
BYD's large cylindrical cell batteries are pictured at Smart Energy Week in Tokyo on Feb. 19.
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Mar 18, 2025
How BYD’s five-minute charging stacks up against the competition
The Chinese firm is now staking claim to a system it says will make it as quick to charge an electric vehicle as to refuel a gasoline car.
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 18, 2025
Intel's new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations
Intel reported an annual loss of $19 billion in 2024, its first since 1986.
Cars at the Geely Auto production base in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 16
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Mar 17, 2025
Geely billionaire goes on a cost-cutting spree to catch rivals
The shift was laid out in a document called the Taizhou Declaration, which called for consolidation, synergies and savings.

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