US Senate passes bill to counter China tech
The US Senate has approved a $250bn spending plan to boost tech research and production.
The US Senate has approved a $250bn spending plan to boost tech research and production. Aimed at countering China鈥檚 growing influence in the sector, Mark Montgomery, of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies tells us why he believes the legislation is so important. Also in the programme, the Nigerian government鈥檚 ban on the use of Twitter has run into widespread opposition in the country. Nicholas Ibekwe is head of investigations at Premium Times, and explains the background to the dispute. Plus, the 成人快手鈥檚 Laura Bicker reports from Thailand on the challenges young people there face in making a living, in the absence of the country鈥檚 vital tourism sector, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Picture: A silicon wafer. Picture credit: IBM via Reuters.)
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