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A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

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David E. Sanger
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday. He has described an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated “stack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one.

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

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Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu
America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

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A protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

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Ivan Penn
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

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REC Silicon is preparing to fulfill its first shipment of polysilicon granules, which are used in the production of solar panels, at its factory in Moses Lake, Wash.

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next.

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Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
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.

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TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

On TikTok, Potential Ban of App Leads to Resignation and Frustration

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Yiwen Lu
While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.

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Supporters of TikTok gathered near the Capitol last month as the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or risk being banned in U.S. app stores.

Inside Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill

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Sapna Maheshwari， David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.

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Congressional representatives joined TikTok creators at the Capitol last year ahead of a House vote to ban the app. The Senate passed a version of the bill this week.

Biden Signed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Here’s What Happens Next.

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Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
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.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store

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Tripp Mickle and Mike Isaac
Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads from its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.

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A recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai’s Jing’an district in March. Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads, which are owned by Meta, from its app store in China.

TikTok Bill Would Complicate ByteDance Investments if Passed

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Lauren Hirsch
Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire.

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A confluence of politics and economics means ByteDance is also unlikely to go public soon, which would enable its shares to trade.
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