Since 1955 the U.S./Canadian operation that monitors North American airspace with radars and satellite to maintain air sovereignty has also, at Christmas time, been tracking Santa. And this year their trackers received additional support from the U.S. Space Command, a joint-military command drawing its units from five military service branches (including the U.S. Space Force). That command “launched a new reindeer…
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Crypto’s Big Rupture Is Coming In 2021
An anonymous reader shares an opinion piece from CoinDesk, written by Ryan Zurrer. Zurrer is founder of Dialectic AG, an alternative-assets focused multi-family office. Previously, he was a Director at the Web3 Foundation and led the investment team at Polychain Capital, pioneering the SAFT as a legitimate investment instrument. From the report: Crypto is set to bifurcate and we will begin…
India Bans Another 43 Chinese Apps Over Cybersecurity Concerns
India is not done banning Chinese apps. The world’s second largest internet market, which has banned over 175 apps with links to the neighboring nation in recent months, said on Tuesday it was banning an additional 43 such apps. From a report: Like with the previous orders, India cited cybersecurity concerns to block these apps. “This action was taken based on…
SpaceX Will ‘Make Its Own Laws On Mars’
schwit1 writes: SpaceX will not recognize international law on Mars, according to the Terms of Service of its Starlink internet project. Elon Musk’s space company will instead reportedly adhere to a set of “self-governing principles” that will be defined at the time of Martian settlement. Musk revealed plans to create a self-sustaining city on Mars last week, though no timeframe is…
The Battle Over Chips is About to Get Uglier
“We’re in a new world where governments are more concerned about the security of their digital infrastructure and the resiliency of their supply chains,” Jimmy Goodrich, vice president of global policy with the Washington-based Semiconductor Industry Association, tells Bloomberg. “The techno-nationalist trends gaining traction in multiple capitals around the world are a challenge to the semiconductor industry.” At once highly globalized…
New Chinese Browser Offers a Glimpse Beyond the Great Firewall — With Caveats
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: China now has a tool that lets users access YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, and other internet services that have otherwise long been banned in the country. Called Tuber, the mobile browser recently debuted on China’s third-party Android stores, with an iOS launch in the pipeline. The landing page of the app features…
Cambridge Staff ‘Fobbed Off’ At Meeting Over ARM Sale To Nvidia, Says Union
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Opposition to the $40 billion sale of the UK’s largest tech firm, Arm Holdings, is mounting, as the trade union Unite said staff concerned about their future had been “fobbed off” and the company’s local MP urged the government to act. The government has so far declined to say whether it will…
ARM Co-Founder Starts ‘Save Arm’ Campaign To Keep Independence Amid $40 Billion Nvidia Deal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Arm Holdings, the U.K. semiconductor company, made history for the second time today, becoming the country’s biggest tech exit when Nvidia announced over the weekend that it would buy it from SoftBank for $40 billion in an all-stock deal. (Arm’s first appearance in the record books? When SoftBank announced in 2016 that it…
ARM Co-Founder Hermann Hauser: ‘It’s In Nvidia’s Interests To Destroy Arm’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NS Tech: SoftBank is in advanced talks with US chip company Nvidia to sell Arm — with a price in the region of 32 billion euros reportedly being thrown around. But Nvidia’s purchase of the Cambridge-based chip designer would not only strike a blow to the UK’s technological sovereignty, but would result in the…
India Bans PUBG and Over 100 Additional Chinese Apps
India has banned more than 100 additional apps with linkage to China including popular mobile game PUBG citing cybersecurity concerns as geopolitical tension between the two neighboring nations continues to rise. From a report: On Wednesday, India’s IT Ministry ordered to ban 118 apps that it said were “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state…