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China Is Sending Its World-Beating Auto Industry Into a Tailspin

Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks

Samsung brings ads to US fridges

Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder

Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B

Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

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