Trump blacklists more tech firms
Putting the screws on Intel, Nvidia, and other chipmakers
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration has dusted off its national security megaphone again and added another 80 companies and organisations to the US export blacklist.
Trump’s minions outwitted by Signal group chat—again
Top advisors leak details, shirtless selfies, and possibly national security
Not content with accidentally roping in The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg for a ringside view of military plans, President [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s minions have managed to leak their phone numbers, emails, and Signal handles of key security personnel—including a topless Secretary of Defense.
Trump’s war group chat accidentally included a journalist
No one noticed
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself added to a Signal group chat where Donald [Hamburger-Eating Surrender Monkey] Trump’s defence team planned to hammer the Houthi.
Dutch want to purge US software from government servers
Don't trust Musk and Trump
The Dutch want to reduce their dependence on Big US tech companies.
Musk’s Starlink in nepotism row
Exiting commerce official whistleblows
A departing Commerce Department official dropped a scathing farewell email accusing Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration of lining Elon [Roman salute] Musk’s already bulging pockets with taxpayer cash.
Trump using TSMC as a protection fee
Taiwan former president furious
Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou has accused Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump of forcing TSMC into paying what amounts to a “protection fee” by moving more of its operations to the US.
OpenAI commands Trump to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour
Otherwise, China will win.
OpenAI is banking on Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s AI Action Plan to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour, declaring AI training as fair use and giving AI firms carte blanche to hoover up training data.
Trump gives chum Musk a ton of broadband contracts
$10 billion to $20 billion
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration is giving the boot to fibre internet preferences in the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) programme, a move that will conveniently funnel more cash into Elon [Roman salute] Musk’s Starlink.
Apple fights UK back door
We get to do what we like now
Apple, the self-proclaimed guardian of user privacy, is throwing a tantrum over the UK's "back door" into its oh-so-secure iCloud systems.
TSMC gives Taiwan first dibs on new processing tech
Embarrassing Trump
While President Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has been praising himself for getting TSMC to invest in a US chip plant, the company still prioritises Taiwan for its latest processing tech.
