For the first time in a long time, we can say that there are positive signs in the American competitive response to China–not just a superficial trade response, but positive changes in the very structure of American and allied industry. Intel, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company all have announced major chip plants in Ohio, […]…
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FBI’s Christopher Wray Says China Has Compromised The Networks of More Than 10,000 American Companies
We knew that the Chinese assault on Microsoft’s Exchange email system last year was bad, but we did not know it was this bad–the FBI’s Christopher Wray says in a speech that more than 10,000 American companies had their networks compromised. At the time, Microsoft said one of its “partners” in China had leaked the […]…
My CyberHeroes interview: How China and Russia Penetrate U.S. Computer Systems
See the interview here…
Could Legislation Aimed at Helping America Compete With China Do the Exact Opposite?
If true, this is one of the most cynical power plays I have ever seen. U.S. multinationals operating in China appear to have inserted language in a bill aimed at helping America compete with China by including a provision that might do the exact opposite. Stripping out Section 301 would remove one of the U.S. […]…
The Media’s Coverage of Microsoft’s Latest Power Grab
When I heard that Microsoft was going to lay out $70 billion in cash (where the hell did they get all that PURE CASH?) to buy the gaming company, Activision Blizzard, I thought I would hear screams of outrage that one of America’s top five techno-gorillas was expanding into yet another horizontal space. This is […]…