Japan’s government said on Monday that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted. From a report: The new rule, effective Aug. 1, comes amid heightening pressure from the United States in dealing with cyber-security risks and technological transfers involving China. The Japanese government…

Battery of grueling tests ensures chips and components aren’t vulnerable to attack, The Independent reports. …read more Source:: CNet

Carburettors were king for decades, until the onward march of technology brought electronic fuel injection to the fore. During their final years, a handful of automakers experimented with computer control of the humble carb, trying to squeeze out every last bit of efficiency and reduce pollution as much as possible. [NeXT] happened to own a…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that “privacy cannot be a luxury good offered only to people who can afford to buy premium products and services,” a comment that some viewed as a dig at Apple. Well, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, says he doesn’t “buy into” the criticism that Apple is turning privacy into…

A long-gone marque reemerges with a striking new PHEV sports car at Europe’s poshest classic car show, Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. …read more Source:: CNet

China’s ByteDance, owner of the popular TikTok streaming app, is taking a step into hardware to develop its own smartphone [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], Financial Times reported Monday, citing two people familiar with the project. From a report: ByteDance, whose $75bn valuation ranks it as one of the world’s biggest…

Doodle includes an invitation to pause for one minute of silence this afternoon’s National Day of Remembrance. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon and Walmart’s problems in India look set to continue after Narendra Modi, the biggest force to embrace the country’s politics in decades, led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a historic landslide re-election last week, reaffirming his popularity in the eyes of the world’s largest democracy. The…

Since the beginnings of the Raspberry Pi, [Tibbbbz] has wanted to build a DIY guitar effects board and amp simulator. A device like this, and similar ones sold by Boss and Kemper, put a bunch of processing power inside a metal enclosure with some footswitches and a pair of quarter inch jacks for input and…

Apple has issued a short statement on its website and in various newspapers announcing Apple Maps plans in Canada. From a report: The company plans to drive around the country with cars equipped with a ton of sensors in order to improve Apple Maps in Canada. Apple doesn’t say when it plans to finish scanning…