Jensen Huang warns “China is going to win the AI race”, after the US kept a ban on advanced AI chip sales to China, and says the West is held back by “cynicism”
CEO criticises western ‘cynicism’ while Beijing loosens regulations and cuts energy costs for data centres
Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image] Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw : This Executive Order appears to be the executive branch taking up the work of Jim Jordan's weaponization of government select sub...
The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China
now the EU has shown concerns about the U.S. limits on how much AI chips certain EU states can buy. — ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Sung Kim / @sungkim : Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stated “Hold...
Israel compromising Hezbollah pagers shows the West must take hardware security more seriously, especially as most electronics manufacturing has shifted to Asia
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A look at the US and EU's dueling approaches to rein in Big Tech, splitting tech companies' attention by miring them in separate legal and enforcement battles
The West's key regulators are now fully on the offensive against Apple, Google and other giants they see as monopolies. Threads: @marks.wiki . X: @tomhebertdc Threads: Mark Davis / @marks.wiki : In 5 ...
Damage to the West Africa Cable System, MainOne, and ACE sea cables disrupts internet services across Africa; the cause of the faults has not been determined
The White House is backing a bipartisan bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok if the company wants to keep the app in US app stores
namely, TikTok's actions that demonstrate a clear national security risk—conduct that is not protected by the First Amendment. Dr. Neal Dunn / @drnealdunnfl2 : Take or leave it! We are trying to remin...
Telecoms plan to repair the West Africa Cable System, which runs ~16,000 km from Europe to Africa, by September, after disruptions at all South African networks
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Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chip maker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and more still use chips from its subsidiary
The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China's military. Yet US agencies still use … Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange . Tweets: @wired Mastodon: Andy Greenbe...
As US-China geopolitical tensions rise, foreign investors sell stock in Bilibili, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech companies and reduce startup funding
Financial Times : Tweets: @martijnrasser , @hiddenvaluegems , @nglinsman , and @jnordvig Tweets: Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : “China is getting cancelled and the economy is a dumpster fire,” sai...