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US firms to be allowed to sell to Huawei
US president Donald Trump has said that he will once again allow equipment to be sold to Chinese tech giant Huawei (TechCrunch). Speaking after negotiations at the G20 summit in Osaka, he said: “US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei. We’re talking about equipment where there’s no great national security problem with it” and indicated that pressure from US companies that deal with the firm may have contributed to the decision. However, the US and China remain embroiled in a trade conflict, largely due to US demands that China fundamentally redesign its economy.
Twitter will place warnings over rule-breaking posts by politicians
Twitter has acknowledged that world leaders don't have to play by the same platform rules as the rest of us and has introduced a new policy to reflect that (Ars Technica). Now, if a government official or candidate with a verified account and more than 100,000 followers tweets something that would ordinarily break the rules, but which is newsworthy, such as making threats to other countries, the tweet will be kept online but will be hidden behind a warning notice that readers will have to click through.
China's Yutu 2 rover is back in action and exploring the Moon
China has successfully reawakened its Chang’e 3 lander and Yutu 2 lunar rover on the far side of the Moon (Gizmodo). The pair went into hibernation in June following a relay satellite communications failure caused by cosmic rays. Originally planned to end in March, humanity's first mission to the Moon's far side has exceeded expectations and is continuing to send back new data on the composition of the most distant part of our rocky satellite.
China built the world's biggest airport for way less than Heathrow's third runway
When it opens for business on 30 September, Beijing Daxing International Airport will be the world’s largest single-terminal airport covering an area of over 1.4 million square metres – that’s more than double the size of Heathrow’s four terminals combined (WIRED). The total budget for the airport, which took just under five years to build, came to new £9 billion. To put that into perspective, building a third runway at Heathrow is projected to cost £14b, and won't be operational until 2026 at the earliest.
Learn how a synth works with Ableton's online tool
If you've ever wanted to know how the fantastic sounds of electronic music are made, music software maker Ableton's browser-based Learning Synths tool is for you (The Verge). Using a series of online sound generators, it covers everything from pitch-shifting to creating your own synth voices and even lets you plug in a MIDI keyboard to play with them.
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