US electronic prices to increase by $357
Trump’s plan to punish China
Donald Trump’s plan to tariff all foreign imports, especially goods from China, is projected to cause PC laptops to increase by an average of $357 in the US buyers.
Chip industry leaders warn against nationalist policies
Obstacles to business operations
CEOs of Europe's three largest computer chip manufacturers have expressed concerns over the increasing demands by the US, Chinese, and European governments for regional semiconductor production.
Biden administration supports controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty
Giving the despots a hand
The Biden administration plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the United Nations this week, despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes.
TSMC banned from making 2nm nodes in US
Fall out from Trump allegations
Taiwan has put its foot down over the production of advanced 2nm processor technology in the US and will allow TSMC to build plants around that node.
Meta asks Supremes to halt investor lawsuit over data misuse
We should be allowed to do what we like
The US Supreme Court grappled with an appeal from Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, seeking to dismiss a 2018 federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.
US is making consumers pay for corporate data centre plans
It is the American way
The US has a novel way of funding big IT company data centres and AI plans: it hikes ordinary people's power bills.
Chinese spooks hacking US mobile users in real time
Reds under the beds
Millions of US mobile users could be vulnerable to Chinese government spooks who are apparently desperate to know when they are picking up their snowflakes from school and where they order their pizza.
EU takes a hard line on software liability
While US dithers
According to Lawfare's cybersecurity newsletter, the European Union and the United States are taking different approaches to introducing liability for software products.
White house orders spooks to use AI tools
Accelerate adoption
The White House is directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence.
Huwaei is free from Android’s chains
HarmonyOS NEXT launched
Huawei formally launched its home-brewed operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT, and freed itself from the Android ecosystem.