TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Asks Some China Staff to Consider Moving
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:15.4 | slash Wall Street. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your TnB Tech Minute |
| 0:21.1 | for Thursday, May 16th. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:26.5 | We exclusively report that Microsoft is asking hundreds of its China-based employees |
| 0:32.0 | in its cloud computing and artificial intelligence operations to consider |
| 0:36.2 | transferring outside of the country. |
| 0:39.0 | The request comes as the Biden administration toughens controls on China's access to cutting-edge American technology. |
| 0:46.0 | Such staff, mostly engineers with Chinese nationality, were offered the opportunity to transfer to countries the US, Ireland, and Australia. |
| 0:55.4 | That's according to people familiar with the matter. |
| 0:57.8 | One person said the offer was given to about 700 to 800 people. |
| 1:02.5 | A Microsoft Spokeswoman said the company remains committed to the region and China. |
| 1:08.1 | Discount retailing app Temu is facing complaints from consumer groups that its business practices violate a new online |
| 1:15.0 | content law in Europe. Temu is owned by Chinese e-commerce giant P.D. |
| 1:20.0 | Holdings. The organization representing those groups filed a complaint with the |
| 1:24.2 | European Commission. It alleges that some of Temu's business practices are in breach |
| 1:29.1 | of requirements regarding product traceability among others. |
| 1:33.6 | Temu said it is taking the complaint, quote, very seriously. |
| 1:37.6 | And Meta is facing an investigation by the European Union |
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