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Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korean shares gained for a second straight session, buoyed by Samsung Electronics and other tech stocks, and as the country reported a drop in COVID-19 cases. The won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield dropped. ** The benchmark KOSPI closed up 17.69 points, or 0.74%, at 2,401.91 on Tuesday, following a 0.67% gain in the previous session. ** Samsung Electronics surged 3.89% to extend gains to a second session after the chip giant won a $6.64 billion supply contract from U.S.-based Verizon. ** Peer SK Hynix rose 1.28% and the sub-index for electric and electronics also jumped 3.03%. ** The country reported 136 new cases, as of Monday, after the rate fell to a three-week low of 119. The daily tally has steadily dropped since reaching a peak last month after the government imposed unprecedented social distancing rules. ** "Today's KOSPI rally is entirely about Samsung Electronics ... A series of news of (Samsung's) … [Read more...] about Samsung-led tech rally boosts South Korea shares for second session

That’s what all of their efforts over the past four years – and if you read my book, you’ll see sources inside these companies confirming this and explaining how it’s happening – all of their efforts on ‘election integrity,’ and ‘misinformation’… all of these efforts are focused on preventing the emergence of new movements that are genuinely dangerous to the establishment, and keeping politics controlled [by] this old battle between neoliberals and neoconservatives, that has been going on for 30 or 40 years, and doesn’t offer any real change to the voters. That’s their endgame.” … [Read more...] about Bokhari: Big Tech Ensures Pro-Trump Messages Don’t Reach Undecided Voters

Chinese tech veterans, including former executives at Huawei and SMIC, are planning to launch a "domestic replacement" fund by the end of the year to help create China's next tech giant and support Chinese companies sanctioned by Washington. Venture capital firm China Europe Capital aims to raise 5 billion yuan ($731.46 million) for the fund which will invest in start-ups specialising in technologies including semiconductor, 5G and artificial intelligence, said Zhang Jun, the firm's chairman and a former vice president at telecom equipment maker Huawei. The fund launch comes amid a government-backed investment boom in China's technology sector as Beijing competes with Washington in an increasingly acrimonious "tech war". Relations between the world's two largest economies have nosedived in recent months as they butt heads over the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong and trade. "China and the U.S. are in a Great Power rivalry that will end only when there's a knockout," Zhang told … [Read more...] about China tech veterans to launch ‘domestic replacement’ fund amid US sanctions

As Big Tech platforms have grown increasingly interested in censoring content posted by their users, however, many lawmakers have argued that they are behaving like traditional publishers, censoring and editing and approving their users’ posts. As such, a growing number of lawmakers have argued that the legal immunities of Section 230 should be contingent on platforms maintaining a hands-off approach to the speech of their users. … [Read more...] about GOP Senators Introduce ‘Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act’ to Fight Big Tech Censorship

FCOP is making a trial run at LambdaConf Winter Retreat, which is currently underway in Colorado. The COC is open source and can be freely adopted by any event or project. Interested readers can learn more by visiting Fantasyland Institute of Learning’s website. … [Read more...] about SJWs Furious After Tech Conference Protects Political Diversity