Chinese software engineer charged with stealing Apple car tech
Published in News


Attempted to get the entire code

A former Apple software engineer has been charged with stealing Apple's autonomous technology for a Chinese self-driving car company, the US Department of Justice announced :

AI makers ask US senate for regulation
Published in AI
Wednesday, 17 May 2023 10:07

AI makers ask US senate for regulation


Before it is too late 

AI bigwigs have been appearing before a US Senate Judiciary subcommittee to ask for some hard and fast regulations before things get out of hand.

Lynch off to face US court
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Friday, 12 May 2023 11:19

Lynch off to face US court


Faces 17 charges for what might have been HP's mess

UK Mike Lynch has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges over Hewlett Packard's $11 billion acquisition of his software company.

Chinese think they can do AI with weaker chips
Published in AI


Avoiding US sanctions 

While the US thinks that it can delay China's rise in power by forbidding the sale of high powered chips to the Middle Kingdom, it seems that is doomed to fail.

FTC asks US companies to use AI nicely
Published in AI


Because there will be no problems if everyone is nice

America's consumer-protecting federal agency, the FTC is asking US companies to be nice when it comes to using customer data on AI systems.

US arrests gamer over Ukraine security leaks
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It was a good idea to give a 21-year-old gamer a high-level security clearance

The US has identified and arrested the leader of a small online gaming chat group where a trove of classified US intelligence documents leaked over the last few months.

US start-ups give a Chinese AI efforts a leg up
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Apparently the government has not told them this is a bad idea 

US institutional investors are indirectly financing a rash of Chinese AI startups aspiring to be China's answer to OpenAI.

US teens don’t see the point of Virtual Reality
Published in IoT


Better things to do

A new survey from Piper Sandler shows that US teens find Virtual Reality silly.

US government declares war on Amazon
Published in News
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 11:02

US government declares war on Amazon


Likely to be as successful as its invasion of Canada

The White House is planning to act on at least three of its six investigations into the online bookseller Amazon.

Samsung invests billions in chip factories
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Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:08

Samsung invests billions in chip factories


Soon the US will fear South Korea

Samsung will invest around $230.8 billion over 20 years in the South Korean government's push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country.