Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Monday, January 13th. I'm Bell Lin for the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. is imposing some of its strongest measures yet to limit Chinese advances in artificial intelligence,

requiring companies to get government approval to export certain information about their

AI models and set up large AI computing facilities overseas.

The rules out today are a final push by the Biden administration in a year's long effort

to use export controls to stem China's advances in chipmaking and AI.

They have sparked a backlash from companies, including Nvidia.

The rules impose caps on how many advanced AI chips can be exported to certain countries

and require a license to export the data that underpins the most sophisticated AI systems.

Apple is defending itself in the first hearing of a $1.8 billion class action lawsuit in the UK.

The lawsuit accuses the iPhone maker of abusing its dominance in the digital economy and overcharging

customers on its app store. Lawyers representing the class action said today that Apple excluded

potential rivals from competing for customers on devices running its iOS system by forcing

developers to sell their apps exclusively through its own app store

and charging commissions of 30% for purchases.

Apple said it faces competitive pressure from rival device manufacturers and alternative

transactions and that other companies such as Al Alphabets Google, charge a similar

commission rate for app developers in its play store. And Jeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin,

postponed the inaugural launch of its new rocket early today after running into technical problems.

On a company live stream, Blue Origin commentators

didn't detail the challenges the launch team ran into, but one said around 2.30 a.m. Eastern time

that there were a few anomalies that kept the vehicle on the ground. The company aims to reset for

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