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Microsoft has made no mention of a critical security flaw in its Azure cloud platform in its monthly issues of patches on Tuesday, though the company claimed earlier this month that it had completely fixed the issue.

Microsoft is coming under increasing pressure from both the security community and the US Government after it was disclosed that the company's cloud platform was breached and emails stolen from a number of government agencies, allegedly by Chinese attackers.

China's cyberspace regulator has said it will block sales of memory chips by American firm Micron Technology to operators of key infrastructure.

A chip start-up known as Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing based in Shenzhen is allegedly aiming to help Huawei Technologies get around American sanctions that have crippled its smartphone business, the Bloomberg news agency claims.

Two American politicians are championing a bill that will attempt to bring manufacturing of semiconductors back to the country, by upping the incentives to "stimulate advanced chip manufacturing, enable cutting-edge research and development, secure the supply chain and bring greater transparency to the microelectronics ecosystem, create American jobs, and ensure long-term national security".

US President Donald Trump has hinted that he may oppose new restrictions proposed on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, issuing a number of tweets to point out that the US should become an easy place for other countries to buy products.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies will unveil its own operating systems for both mobile devices and PCs by September, or at the latest by April next year, a report in a government-owned newspaper says.

Huawei laptops running Windows appear to have disappeared from the Microsoft Store online, following the decision by the US Commerce Department to put the Chinese firm on a list that forces it to seek permission to buy American products.

The US Commerce Department has eased some of the restrictions it imposed on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies last week, allowing the company to maintain and update existing networks and handsets.

The US has placed Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies and 68 of its affiliates on a list that means it will have to obtain government approval in order to buy American-made components.

The United States has agreed to a deal which will put Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corporation back in business in the country, with the company agreeing to pay a US$1 billion fine and overhaul its leadership in order to lift a ban on doing business with American suppliers.

The US has finalised a deal to let Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corporation start operating again, a little more than a month after it was hit with a seven-year ban on importing American-manufactured components.