Ukrainian officials say Russia is deploying more advanced tech to disrupt Starlink, raising questions about its reliability against sophisticated adversaries
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk's satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said … Bluesky: @curtis.wilde.one . X: @andreasharsono Bluesky: Curtis Wilde / @curtis.w...
WhatsApp keeps banning Taliban officials' accounts due to US sanctions, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the app for communication
The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions. Twitter: @nytimes , @pstasiatech , @oviosu , @waheed...
A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny
who at first had kept a Mandarin dictionary just offscreen — became confident and unflappable. He heartily gnawed his jerky on camera” Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : China's story of livestreamin...
A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny
Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes, through a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment. Tweets: @andreasharsono , @david_mulroney , and @alexludoboyd Tweets: Andrea...
Seeking to reduce their reliance on China, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others are increasingly producing devices elsewhere, such as India and Vietnam
New York Times : Tweets: @andreasharsono and @daiwaka Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : Apple is producing iPads in Vietnam. Microsoft has shipped Xbox game consoles from Ho Chi Minh City. ...
China opened corruption probes in July 2022 into some top executives in its semiconductor industry, as it rethinks its gold rush approach to chip self-reliance
Wearing a laboratory coat, China's top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan. Tweets: @brianmannadk , @liyu...
Forbes estimates the top 16 crypto billionaires lost $59B+ between March and June, led by Binance's CZ, as retail investors suffer heavy losses amid the rout
No cryptocurrency investor has been spared the pain of plunging prices. But the fallout from more than $700 billion in losses is far from even. Tweets: @andreasharsono Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @andr...
A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors
Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars … Tweets: @andreasharsono Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : Gen...
Jay Last, a pioneer who founded Fairchild Semiconductor, which laid the technical, financial, and cultural foundation for Silicon Valley, dies at 92
He and seven others left the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to create their own silicon company, Fairchild Semiconductor … Tweets: @vypointjch , @mattblaze , @jacquiemcnish , @aadetugbo , and @andr...
Sources: Myanmar's junta has tasked thousands of soldiers to create fake accounts to allege election fraud and denounce anti-coup protestors on social media
Reuters : Tweets: @cvdom2021 , @andreasharsono , and @campuscodi Tweets: Civil Disobedience Movement / @cvdom2021 : “Soldiers are asked to create several fake accounts and are given content segments ...