US wants hardware and software manufacturers held responsible for cyberattacks due to vulnerabilities
The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers...
Sixty countries sign US vow for a democratic Internet — and South Africa isn't one of them
The United States and 60 other nations signed the Declaration for the Future of the Internet, presented by the White House, on Thursday, 28 April 2022, and South Africa was not one of them.
The countries...
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United States in talks with Huawei rivals
The White House plans to hold a conference with Huawei Technologies Co. rivals to try to accelerate development of affordable competing 5G wireless technology, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said Friday.
“We’re working carefully, closely...
US warns against using Chinese 5G technology
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper warned that NATO allies utilizing 5G telecommunications networks developed by China could put military and intelligence relationships at risk and were essentially giving Beijing some control over their own...
US will crack down on foreign tech investments
The Trump administration proposed new regulations on Tuesday to toughen national-security reviews of foreign investments in U.S. companies involved in technology and infrastructure.
The proposed regulations seek to implement a 2018 law that gave...
US fights back against Huawei's constitutional challenge to sales ban
A U.S. law prohibiting federal agencies from buying Huawei Technologies Co. equipment isn’t legislative punishment but serves to protect against China gaining a strategic foothold in those agencies’ networks, the government...
US proposes more tariffs on EU goods to combat Airbus subsidies
The U.S. added more products from the European Union to a list of goods it could hit with retaliatory tariffs in a long-running trans-Atlantic subsidy dispute between Boeing Co. and Airbus SE. Stock futures fell after the...
US Huawei decision will influence UK's approach to 5G
The treatment of Huawei Technologies Co. by the U.S. and other countries will inform how Britain approaches the Chinese technology giant’s role in the next generation of 5G phone networks, the U.K.’s digital minister said.
While telecom...
The US and China may not want a deal
In order to make peace, first you have to want it.
That’s a major barrier to any de-escalation of the simmering U.S.-China trade war.
[Bloomberg]