US Army develops AI facial recognition protection
Stop hackers teaching AI to recognise the wrong people
The US Army has announced the development of software designed to prevent the compromise of facial recognition technology in military applications.
US weapons ship with CIA backdoors
Hands off our manpads
The CIA has been putting in security flaws into US-made weapons so that they can be disabled if they fall into the wrong hands.
China purges foreign PCs
Security risk
China has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be removed from government offices and public institutions within three years, in a move which will harm big US tech.
US bullies France for daring to tax US tech
Kicking them in the exports to make them surrender to US forces
The US government may punish France for insisting that its huge tech companies pay a tiny amount of tax.
Huawei leans on Chinese electronics
US trade war harms US electronics companies
American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei but it may be too late as the outfit has moved on and is seeing other people.
US claims it has enough antitrust laws to bring down big tech
Just does not use them
The US Justice Department antitrust chief said that existent US antitrust laws were “flexible enough” to address the harm caused by technology companies, in the face of growing criticism that such laws cannot tackle tech monopolies.
US could be eclipsed by Chinese on AI
Google former boss warns
The US is falling behind China in the race to understand AI according to a government commissioned panel led by Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt.
Amazon snubbed as Microsoft is the last Jedi standing
US defense contract goes to Vole
The US government has snubbed Amazon and awarded a massive $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft, the Department of Defense has confirmed.
US blacklists Chinese AI start-ups
Trade war continues
The US government expanded its trade blacklist to include some of China’s top artificial intelligence startups.
Is Huawei-US detente a mission impossible?
Or just a mission improbable
Sources at the Advance Intelligence conference in Shanghai tell Fudzilla that it is still making overtures to the USA and that behind the scenes some little progress is being made.