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Intel’s woes are a national security problem
Published in News


US will lose its competitive edge

According to the Wall Street Journal, Chipzilla’s woes pose a significant risk to shareholder wealth and US national security.

Facebook ignores government manipulation
Published in News
Tuesday, 15 September 2020 10:42

Facebook ignores government manipulation


Whistleblower spills the beans

Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News.

TSCM to build 5nm Fab in Arizona
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Monday, 18 May 2020 09:33

TSCM to build 5nm Fab in Arizona


Conditio sine qua non

After weeks of speculation, TSMC has officially confirmed that Taiwan based TSMC announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, United States.

UK calls the cops after Huawei leak
Published in Network
Friday, 26 April 2019 11:28

UK calls the cops after Huawei leak


It is the Wright thing to do

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said he could not rule out a criminal investigation over the “unacceptable” disclosure of confidential discussions on the role of China’s Huawei Technologies in 5G network supply chains.

European governments using mobile metadata to deport immigrants
Published in Mobiles


Would chuck away that phone if I were you

European leaders appeasing the rise of anti-immigration parties are using metadata on smartphones to start sending migrants back.

US government makes it harder to sue companies over poor IT security
Published in News


So much for cleaning out the swamp

Rather than sorting out the corrupt relationship between the US government and big corporations, it appears that the Senate wants to make it hard for consumers to sue financial companies who could not be bothered installing good IT security.

Most US techies use a VPN
Published in News
Wednesday, 06 September 2017 10:38

Most US techies use a VPN


Pirate without fear

An international cybersecurity awareness survey found that 65 percent of US tech sector workers now use a virtual private network (VPN) on either work or personal devices.

Taiwan invests in AI research
Published in News
Thursday, 06 July 2017 12:53

Taiwan invests in AI research


$32.73 million a year to support local industry


Taiwan is to spend $32.73 million every year over a period of five years to develop artificial intelligence research centres.

UK Tories pledge to censor social media
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When you are going to win you might as well be honest

The UK conservatives are so confident that they will win the coming election they are actually openly telling voters about some of their more unpopular plans so that they can claim they have a mandate.

UK government set to define proper sex
Published in News
Thursday, 24 November 2016 14:09

UK government set to define proper sex


Think of the children

The UK government has decided that it will ban all web sites which depict “unconventional sex”.