China about to pull the switch on US companies
Published in News


Waiting to see who gets elected first

The Chinese goverment is waiting to see who wins the election before embarking on a campaign of blacklisting US companies.

US will boot out foreign students forced to study on the internet
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Ice, Ice, baby

Foreign students must leave the United States if their school's classes this autumn will be taught completely online or transfer to another school with in-person instruction, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced on Monday.

US chip ban may have kicked Huawei out of the UK
Published in Network


It looks like they may not have a product to sell

Britain’s decision to allow China’s Huawei to play a limited role in building its 5G network is not “fixed in stone” and is being reviewed following the imposition of US sanctions.

Huawei can work with US on 5G standards
Published in Network


Just can’t sell any products

The United States is to amend its prohibitions on US companies doing business with China’s Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for next-generation 5G networks.

US guns for China Telecom now
Published in Network


Huawei is not enough, there are Chinese spies everywhere

After targeting Huawei as the source of all its woes, the US defence community is now worried about China Telecom.

US DoD reconsiders JEDI deal
Published in News


Microsoft may not get it after all

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft.

UK to lose US data protection against Google antics
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Brexit means that Google can shift data to the US

Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead.

US Army develops AI facial recognition protection
Published in AI


Stop hackers teaching AI to recognise the wrong people

The US Army has announced the development of software designed to prevent the compromise of facial recognition technology in military applications.

US weapons ship with CIA backdoors
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Hands off our manpads

The CIA has been putting in security flaws into US-made weapons so that they can be disabled if they fall into the wrong hands.

China purges foreign PCs
Published in PC Hardware


Security risk

China has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be removed from government offices and public institutions within three years, in a move which will harm big US tech.