Face-off: Activists protest AI surveillance
Ella Jakubowska doesn’t worry about living in a dystopia, but only because she believes we already live in one. What’s more, she says, unfettered AI-powered mass surveillance could make it...
Politics and policy
Alipay and Chinese central bank bank form anti-bitcoin alliance
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has ordered four state-owned banks and the leading Ant...
FCC does have expertise to detect security risk, says US Court, upholding Huawei ban
The US Court of Appeals has refused to hear Huawei’s plea to override the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling classifying...
Amazon Prime Day prime day for German worker strikes
Amazon Prime Day 2021 may be a sour one for the ecommerce giant as German trade union Verdi calls for...
When it rains, it pours: Sichuan shuts down bitcoin mines despite abundant hydropower
The Sichuan government has issued an order to halt all cryptocurrency mining operations in the Chinese province, reversing its previous...
TSMC and Foxconn chip in on Taiwan’s Covid-19 vaccine negotiations
Taiwan said it would allow Foxconn founder Terry Gou and national chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to negotiate on its behalf for Covid-19 vaccines. A government spokesperson announced…
Biden plays the Trump card: China tech crackdown continues
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a plan to ban approvals for the usage of Chinese telecom equipment from companies deemed a threat to…
China’s Vice-Premier Liu He appointed ‘chip czar’ to lead semiconductor self-sufficiency
Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed his top economic advisor and Vice-Premier to realise the country’s goal of achieving technological self-sufficiency. Xi’s economic czar, Liu He, will lead a key…
Big Tech adversary Lina Khan named FTC chief by Biden
The US Senate has confirmed Lina Khan as the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), putting a Big Tech critic at the head of the agency responsible for leading…
China insists on orderly and decorous online fan worship
After its battle with big tech in China, the country's internet watchdog is now coming after online fan culture, in a move to clean up the country's cyberspace of opinion…
All EU data cops can now investigate Big Tech, not just the Irish
A new ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has opened the door for national data watchdogs across the EU to probe Big Tech firms, regardless of the location…
