Hardware Industry TSMC's board approves $3.5 billion investment towards a new factory in Arizona 5 nm made in the US... from 2024 By Adrian Potoroaca , November 12, 2020, 3:27 PM 35 comments
Security Tech Culture Russian and Iranian hacker groups are looking to undermine U.S. elections US intelligence officials say Russian and Iranian hackers have infiltrated American voter record systems By Samuel Gush , October 23, 2020, 7:32 PM 29 comments
Google Industry Google accused by the DOJ of abusing market power in landmark antitrust case Google is now officially the Microsoft of the nineties By Adrian Potoroaca , October 20, 2020, 3:38 PM 50 comments
Security Industry U.S. charges six Russian intelligence officers for extensive cyberattacks including NotPetya ransomware FBI says it's worked on this for over two years By David Matthews , October 19, 2020, 6:05 PM 7 comments
Industry White House unveils new tech initiative as technology wars intensify US government announces new program to protect sensitive technology By Samuel Gush , October 17, 2020, 10:23 AM
The Web Mobile U.S. will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads starting Sunday (update: not) The popular apps are said to pose a treat to national security By Joe White , September 19, 2020, 9:50 AM 16 comments
Industry Hardware Silicon Industry Association: $50 billion are needed to bring chip manufacturing to the US Half of what China is spending to keep the manufacturing crown By Adrian Potoroaca , September 17, 2020, 2:28 PM 10 comments
The Web Industry TikTok moves to sue Trump administration and U.S. ByteDance will likely still have to divest its TikTok business in the U.S. By Eric Hamilton , August 23, 2020, 12:08 PM 22 comments
The Web Tech Culture US proposes a five-part "Clean Network" plan that could lead to a "splinternet" A US "Great Firewall" may be in the works By Adrian Potoroaca , August 7, 2020, 6:05 AM 45 comments
Security Tech Culture Russian hackers are reportedly trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research from the the US, UK The infamous Cozy Bear strikes again By Adrian Potoroaca , July 16, 2020, 9:43 PM 29 comments
The Web Security U.S. government considering a ban on TikTok TikTok is having a difficult time proving it isn't spyware By David Matthews , July 7, 2020, 4:37 PM 26 comments
The Web Security DOJ opposes Facebook and Google building 8,000-mile Internet cable to Hong Kong US-China tensions over Hong Kong are reignited by Internet underwater expansion By Adrian Potoroaca , June 25, 2020, 3:32 PM
Security Hardware A trio of Republicans propose new bill to end "warrant-proof" encryption A never-ending headache for both Big Tech and consumers By Adrian Potoroaca , June 24, 2020, 6:28 PM 30 comments
Industry Electronics China may be considering restrictions against US chipmakers amid renewed Huawei ban The new wars are fought with silicon By Adrian Potoroaca , May 15, 2020, 8:42 PM 44 comments
Microsoft Industry Amazon and Microsoft are accusing each other of playing dirty to get JEDI contract The cloud empire strikes back By Adrian Potoroaca , May 8, 2020, 6:12 PM 18 comments
Security The Web Twitter isn't allowed to reveal the government's requests for data They can't even specify the number of requests By Isaiah Mayersen , April 19, 2020, 9:44 AM 7 comments
Science Industry White House puts American supercomputers to work on Covid-19 This is what supercomputers were built for By Eric Hamilton , March 23, 2020, 9:12 PM 15 comments
Industry Microsoft Pentagon will "reconsider" parts of the $10 billion JEDI contract Music to Amazon's ears By David Matthews , March 14, 2020, 7:06 AM
Security Tech Culture CIA has been secretly selling encryption equipment in 120 countries through Crypto AG for decades Documents describe it as the "intelligence coup of the century" By Adrian Potoroaca , February 11, 2020, 10:46 PM 16 comments
Security Electronics Interior Department orders grounding of Chinese drones over national security concerns The restrictions raise questions about filling the gap with American-made drones By Adrian Potoroaca , January 29, 2020, 6:32 PM 13 comments
The Web Tech Culture Joe Biden wants to make Facebook liable for users' content by revoking Section 230 The proposed solution means the removal of core protections of the internet By Adrian Potoroaca , January 17, 2020, 3:41 PM 21 comments
Security The Web TikTok banned by US Navy, citing security concerns Time's up for TikTok on Navy mobile devices By James Miller , December 22, 2019, 10:38 AM
Tech Culture Report finds the US has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world China still leads the overall number of installations with 200 million CCTVs, according to PreciseSecurity By Humza Aamir , December 6, 2019, 7:36 AM 16 comments
Industry Mobile Huawei sues the FTC after US telecom funds ban Huawei is fighting back against what it considers an "unlawful order" By Adrian Potoroaca , December 5, 2019, 12:26 PM
Industry The Trump Administration vows 100 percent tariffs on $2.4 billion of French products over digital services tax US officials think the new legislation is unfair towards American companies By Adrian Potoroaca , December 3, 2019, 12:54 PM 31 comments