ZTE about to get a reprieve
Washington and China about to throw a lifeline
Washington and Beijing are nearing a deal that would remove an existing US order banning American companies from supplying Chinese firm ZTE .
US trying to do a ZTE on Huawai
Trying to prove it did deals with Iran
It is starting to look like the US government is planning to dump a similar embargo on Chinese tech company Huawei to that which could severely damage ZTE.
Huawei quits US
Not worth the effort
Huawei is reportedly going to give up on selling its products and services in the United States due to Washington's accusations that the company has ties to the Chinese government.
It is OK to scrape in the US
Even if a site says you can't
A district court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that using automated tools to access publicly available information on the open web is not a computer crime—even when a website bans automated access in its terms of service.
US army to trash the First Law of Robotics
Desperate to automate AI
US generals already see AI as the next big weapon in their arsenal, and while the rest of the world is worried about AI breaking Azimov's first law of robotics, it would appear that the military wants robot troops killing humans on the battlefield by next Tuesday.
US agencies stop companies taking pictures of the earth
Protecting the flat earthers' rights
A US government agency has taken it upon itself to stop companies taking film of the earth while in space.
There's no Love for the US
High Court will not extradite hacker
The UK's High Court will not send Lauri Love to face trial in the US for hacking government computer systems. Instead it has issued a final refusal to overturn Love's successful appeal of his extradition which kills the US attempt to sentence the hacker for a hundred years in one of its private prisons down the loo.
Broadcom moves back to US
Will be "American" two days before Qualcomm takeover bid
Singapore-based Broadcom will have redomiciled to the United States by April 3, two days before the chipmaker’s acquisition target Qualcomm's annual shareholder meeting where it is planning to mount a hostile take-over.
Xiaomi heads for the US
Apparently, the market has room
While many see the US market as more saturated than pepperoni fried in Palm Oil, it appears that the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi thinks there is plenty of room for another supplier – after all, the US loves China at the moment.
ZTE hits back at US spying claims
We ain't no Chinese spies
ZTE has counter attacked against concerns from US lawmakers that it is a vehicle for Chinese espionage, saying it was a trusted partner of its US customers.