Lauren Feiner

Reuters reports the list could strengthen the Commerce Department’s existing restrictions on US tech shipments to Chinese chip factories. The US government has voiced national security concerns about letting China access US technology to grow its own capabilities.

Walmart agreed to voluntarily withdraw and refile its merger notification filing with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, resetting the clock for enforcers to decide whether to try to block the deal before it closes.

The Free Speech Coalition, which represents the adult entertainment industry, has asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to keep the Texas age verification law from taking effect while it appeals it to the Supreme Court.

The independent body funded by Meta recommended it change its approach to moderating the term “shaheed.” The word “is sometimes used by extremists to praise or glorify people who have died while committing violent terrorist acts,” says the board. But it says there are alternate meanings, not intended to glorify.

In an indictment unsealed on Monday, the US government said that seven Chinese nationals were charged with conspiracy to committee computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.