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Erdogan: Foreign dictation on defence industry unacceptable

Last month, the United States imposed sanctions on Turkey’s defence industry chief and others over Ankara’s acquisition of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia, a move that Turkey called a “grave mistake.”

WhatsApp to share data with Facebook in new ultimatum to users

World's most popular messaging app's new privacy policy forces users to agree to share personal data with Facebook or risk losing their accounts starting from the first week of February.

Geopolitics of Tech: Futurist shares top ten risks for 2021

Technology was at the forefront of driving politics in 2020. TRT World spoke with geopolitical futurist Abishur Prakash to discuss the risks technology poses for geopolitics in 2021 – and beyond.

Zuckerberg: ‘its better to buy than compete’. Is Facebook a monopoly?

Wednesday’s lawsuits in the US against Facebook’s market power are the latest escalation in the battle between regulators and tech giants that could reshape the social media industry.

US and TikTok at stalemate over how to restructure tech firm ownership

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance files petition with US court to delay deadline set by Trump administration for it to restructure ownership in the country, saying it needs more clarity on whether its proposed solutions were acceptable to Washington.

Facebook may be forced to stop sending EU customers data to US

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has started an inquiry into how Facebook shifts data from the European Union to the United States.

The TikTok saga gives us a glimpse into a techno-nationalist future

Chinese tech is caught in between growing global suspicion of Big Tech and of Chinese government influence.

What are the implications of a US-TikTok standoff?

What do we know about Trump’s TikTok ban and what would a potential Microsoft deal mean?

African-Americans dying of coronavirus at higher rates – preliminary data

Louisiana, Michigan and Illinois officials said the number of African-Americans getting affected could reflect both lower levels of access to health care and higher levels of underlying illnesses that make them more vulnerable.

Google tracks mobility with user location data to help tackle coronavirus

Like the detection of traffic jams on Google Maps, the new reports will use "aggregated, anonymised" data from users who have activated their location with the aim of helping governments gauge success in social distancing.

The forgotten history connecting modern Turkey and Malaysia

The Ottoman state and the rest of the Muslim world were far more interconnected than we realise today. What lessons do those connections hold?

Pakistan needs to do more than renovate temples to tackle minority issues

In recent years, Pakistan has increasingly invested in renovations to both Sikh gurdwaras and Hindu temples, but structural problems still exist with its minorities.