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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: US blocks Chinese quantum computing companies; Spotify testing video feed; and Lava Kumar unpacks emotion AI at Entropik Tech
Description: America has blocked more Chinese firms from accessing US technology, adding the names of eight tech firms to a list called the ‘entity list’, BBC reports. The companies were helping the Chinese military’s quantum computing efforts, according to the report. The US has also blocked individuals and entities from Russia, Japan, Singapore, and Pakistan. The entities blocked in Pakistan are related to the country’s “unsafeguarded nuclear activities or ballistic missile programme,” a US commerce department official said, according to BBC.
Spotify is testing a TikTok-style vertical feed of music video clips, with a discover tab on its app’s...