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The Trump administration has insisted the arrest of a top Huawei executive has nothing to do with trade talks. In Beijing, it’s just the latest US move to contain China’s rise as a global power.

Liquid Telecom received a $180-million cash injection from UK development finance institution CDC Group as Africa’s largest fibre network operator expands broadband infrastructure across the continent.

Computer chip maker Supermicro has told customers an investigation into claims Chinese spyware had been inserted into its hardware has found no evidence of malicious hardware in its products.

The communications regulator’s decision to investigate competition in the provision of mobile broadband services is “perhaps the most important regulatory process that Icasa has ever undertaken”, an industry body said.

The arrest last week in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, China’s iconic company, is a watershed event.

A coalition of human rights groups and activists, including former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, are demanding more details on the search giant’s potential plans to build out its China business.

Facebook has played down the importance of a patent application linked to technology that could predict a user’s future location.

Smartphone maker OnePlus has unveiled a new super-fast-charging phone built in collaboration with motoring firm McLaren.

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