美国国会众议院周一通过两项针对中国的法案，《抵御中共盾牌法》要求国土安全部成立一个工作小组，重点应对中共对美国构成的威胁。《与依赖外国对手电池脱钩法》要求国土安全部禁止向与中共关系密切的中国电池企业购买电池，推动美国与中共脱钩。提出法案的议员表示，中国共产党对美国的安全和民主构成明显威胁，并且试图在全球关键产业中获得影响力，美国必须站在打击中共并与之脱钩的最前沿。完整报道：https://www.voachinese.com/a/us-house-china-bills-passage-20250310/8005944.html
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Secure video calling is in high demand. As an alternative to Zoom, many people are using end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Signal to speak to friends and family face-to-face since coronavirus lockdowns started to take place across the world. There’s another option—secure communications app Telegram just added video calling to its feature set, available on both iOS and Android. The new feature is also super secure—like Signal and WhatsApp and unlike Zoom (yet), video calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
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