Expect much Facebook and Google lobbying

The US is looking at a law which will give it the ability to collect civil penalties if a company misuses consumer data on the internet or allows it to be stolen could be drafted early next year.

Want to see regulation

A new poll suggests that the US is getting tired of social media companies and want to see the whole lot regulated.

US government leans on allies

The US government is trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in allied countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies.

On December 8th

Xiaomi has announced a big US event calling it the "biggest party yet" and although there are no hints on what to expect at the event, there are rumors that the company will try its luck in the US.

Trying to steal confidential aerospace technology

The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese intelligence officers, six hackers, and two aerospace company insiders in a sweeping conspiracy to steal confidential aerospace technology from US and French companies.

May not help “make America grate” after all

Foxconn has scaled back plans for the heavily subsidised Wisconsin Gigafactory.

US companies making a fortune, it is just the country is wasting it propping up the rich

Alibaba founder Jack Ma slagged off the United States for wasting money on defence and the military when it should be spent on infrastructure.

So that works then

The US Congress is up in arms when Amazon’s face recognition software, called Rekognition, identified more than two dozen members of Congress as people arrested for crimes.

Congress fumes

The US Commerce Department has lifted the export ban on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE now that it has met all the terms required to get a full reprieve.

Because there is a long history of appeasement working

China’s ZTE has named a set of new top executives, including a CEO and a CFO, to comply with its deal with the United States to get a supplier ban lifted.