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Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years. New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States.

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.

New revelations underscore the degree to which China has ignored, or evaded, U.S. efforts to curb its extensive computer infiltration efforts.

Documents leaked on a public website show that China is hiring private hackers to obtain sensitive information from foreign companies and governments.

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.

In one case, material stolen from a private company would help the development of technology to track ballistic and hypersonic missiles, U.S. officials said.

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

A congressional committee made the demand of the Commerce Department after The Times reported on concerns among U.S. intelligence officials over the Emirati company, G42.