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TechBytes: 10/27/20

Posted: Oct 27, 2020 / 07:12 AM EDT / Updated: Oct 27, 2020 / 07:12 AM EDT

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HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. government has blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. and China’s third-largest national oil company for alleged military links, heaping pressure on Beijing in President Donald Trump’s last week in office.

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LONDON (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers by hackers have been not only leaked to the web, but “manipulated."

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