US government wants control of EU data
US companies must hand over EU data to our spooks
The US government has become so arrogant that it thinks it can order other countries to hand over data to its spooks and has asked the highest court in the land to back it.
Foxconn confirms US investment
New robot plants in US
Foxconn has announced an investment project, the Flying Eagle, in the US which will feature robotic plants and other projects.
Now even the Swiss have a faster supercomputer than the US
And some of their soldiers have carried pikes for 600 years.
The US has been falling behind in the supercomputer race which it has dominated for 24 years and been losing ground to the Chinese who have the top two slots.
US gives $258 million to big IT
Wants them to come up with big exascale supercomputers
The US Department of Energy is giving AMD, Cray, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Intel, and Nvidia more than $258 million to research and build exascale supercomputers.
US getting paranoid about Kaspersky
The price of gaming elections
The US, which was once paranoid about Chinese hackers, is now so concerned about Russia’s hackers it is now focusing on the country’s cyber security expert Kaspersky.
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ preorders arrive in States
Single color, available for $10 to $25 less than carrier-locked versions
For the past two and a half weeks since the launch, unlocked versions of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ have been made available to international customers but were locked down to all four major wireless carriers in the US.
Cisco and Oracle cheer the end of net-neutrality in the US
If these guys want it you know it must be good
Oracle announced its support for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's controversial plan to roll back the agency's net neutrality rules.
ZTE is off the US trade blacklist
Breathes a sigh of relief
ZTE is off the US. Department of Commerce’s naughty list and and will be able to buy and sell in the land of the fee.
Never mind the Mexicans - Trump should fear the Robots
Economics experts warn
While the US government is making hay blaming foreigners for coming to the US and stealing jobs, it should be more worried about robots.
US falling behind in supercomputer stakes
Scientists fear America not really that great any more
Advanced computing experts at the National Security Agency and the Department of Energy are worried that that China is "extremely likely" to take the leadership in supercomputing as early as 2020.
