Industry Hardware India has a $6.6 billion plan to lure Big Tech into moving its manufacturing capabilities The country wants to rival China's manufacturing By Adrian Potoroaca, June 3, 2020, 2:53 PM 15 comments
Industry Mobile Huawei avoids Trump ban by relaunching old devices as 'New Editions' Sneaky By Rob Thubron, May 15, 2020, 5:15 AM
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
Mobile US officials are using location data from mobile ads to map the spread of Covid-19 Following similar moves in other countries around the world By Adrian Potoroaca, March 30, 2020, 10:27 AM 7 comments
Security Top US health agency hit with cyberattack as it responds to COVID-19 outbreak Misinformation was spread as a result of the attack By Rob Thubron, March 16, 2020, 10:37 AM
Google The Web Trump: Google is working with the US government to develop a COVID-19 screening website; Google: Wait a minute 1,700 Google engineers are (not) developing the site By Cohen Coberly, March 13, 2020, 9:17 PM 40 comments
Mobile Google Google asks US for license to let Huawei use its services Microsoft was granted an exemption last year By Rob Thubron, February 27, 2020, 5:20 AM
Industry Microsoft Amazon scores a temporary block on Microsoft's JEDI contract Ain't no rest for the wicked, $10 billion don't grow on trees By Adrian Potoroaca, February 14, 2020, 6:14 AM 7 comments
Industry Security Iowa drops charges against security pros arrested for courthouse penetration testing A win for the security industry By Cohen Coberly, January 31, 2020, 3:34 PM 8 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
Software Mobile US government-funded smartphones are shipping with pre-installed malware Be careful about buying the UMX U686CL By Cohen Coberly, January 10, 2020, 8:03 AM 33 comments
The Web Bernie Sanders aims to break up ISP and cable monopolies Vows that every American household will have affordable broadband by end of first term By Shawn Knight, December 6, 2019, 12:39 PM 42 comments
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 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
Industry Software Russia passes law that bans the sale of devices without Russian-made software In Russia, software runs you - starting July 2020 By Adrian Potoroaca, November 25, 2019, 10:48 AM 14 comments
The Web Tech Culture TikTok wants to take on Apple Music and Spotify, insists no risk on privacy ByteDance is feeling confident despite Washington's censorship fears By Adrian Potoroaca, November 18, 2019, 12:38 PM
Industry Amazon is disputing Pentagon's decision to offer $10 billion contract to Microsoft The company alleges "unmistakable bias" and "errors" in the process By Adrian Potoroaca, November 15, 2019, 3:56 PM 14 comments
Tech Culture Security Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal The ruling might lead to a sharp decrease in warrantless searches By Adrian Potoroaca, November 13, 2019, 4:34 PM 7 comments
Security Iowa hired a cybersecurity firm to do penetration testing, then arrested its workers Instead of dropping the charges, it has reduced them from a felony to a misdemeanor By Cal Jeffrey, November 12, 2019, 7:58 PM 28 comments
Apple Industry Apple asks for its products to be exempt from US tariffs Apple relies heavily on Chinese manufacturing By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2019, 9:22 AM 19 comments
Industry US will allow some companies to deal with Huawei "very shortly" US-China relationships could be improving By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2019, 7:05 AM
Industry Senator Warren proposes reinstating Office of Technology Assessment Asking experts, not lobbyists, to guide policy change By James Miller, September 28, 2019, 8:29 AM
Security Industry US government could block Facebook/Google-backed undersea cable over security concerns A result of increased tensions between the US and China By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2019, 7:39 AM
Security Software Ransomware attack has hit 20 government agencies in Texas Texas is the latest state with a ransomware problem By James Miller, August 18, 2019, 10:03 AM 15 comments