Senator Tom Cotton introduces a bill to mandate that AI chip makers use geo-tracking tech to comply with export rules, taking effect six months after it passes
Senator Tom Cotton's legislation seeks to “prevent advanced American chips from falling into the hands of adversaries like Communist China.”
China plans to launch Strong Nation Transport, a ride-hailing app to rival Didi, initially targeting Communist party members and government employees
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Chinese internet censors suspend thousands of WeChat accounts and remove posts after a rare protest in central Beijing against “dictator and traitor Xi Jinping”
Banners hung from bridge call for leader's removal ahead of Communist party congress
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Open App Markets Act, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems
in the face of millions in Big Tech lobbying and assaults from all the think tanks they pay — would have been unimaginable three years ago. Probably even two years ago. You love to see it. Alex Harman...
China's Sichuan Province closes crypto mines, following Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan; an estimated 90% of China's mining capacity has now been shut down
reiterating 2017 banking ban Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : China's renewed crypto crackdown wipes $400 billion off the market as bitcoin slides Sean Murray / thegamer.com : Bitcoin Crackdown In China Leads T...
A Pentagon audit from May cleared the use of two DJI drones built for government use, after the Interior Dept. grounded its fleet of China-made drones in Jan.
the Pentagon now says they're safe David MacQuarrie / DroneDJ : Pentagon audit clears at least two DJI drones Matt O'brien / Associated Press : Gov't use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ...
After decades of the West dominating tech standards, China is trying to rewrite the norms and rules underpinning cutting-edge tech from 5G to AI
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @andreaslandwehr , @reconasia , @mporielly , @marshablackburn , and @ali_wyne Tweets: Andreas Landwehr / @andreaslandwehr : “Dominance of technical standards underpinnin...
China-based drone maker DJI is among the companies the US Commerce Department has added to its blacklist
official Sean O'Kane / The Verge : DJI says people can still buy and use its drones in US after export ban Brian Heater / TechCrunch : DJI added to Commerce Department ‘entity list’ Andrew Couts / Giz...
Sources say Jack Ma's criticism of regulators and state-owned banks in a speech triggered the move by Communist party leaders to limit the power of Ant Group
The billionaire's criticism of regulators triggered the move by Communist leaders to limit the power of the fintech group
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...