Lawmakers are trying to halt the flow of U.S. technology to foreign investors, primarily it appears the Chinese. They are trying to strengthen an interagency body known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS.) Right now, it can block foreign entities from buying majority control of U.S. companies. A new bill […]…
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The Next Evolution In Auto Communications? Ford meets Amazon’s Alexa!
For years, I’ve been watching how modern communications systems, meaning the Internet, will be incorporated into vehicles. The heart of the problem is that there has been an explosion of communication and entertainment capabilities but there is a limit on what drivers can safely manage. The motto has been, and should remain, “Eyes on the […]…
Can the Chinese Out-Innovate America?
It appears that the Chinese are not merely trying to catch up to American technology levels. They are seeking to leapfrog us by developing technologies faster than we can. Two articles recently in the Wall Street Journal report on two specific areas of competition–gene editing and artificial intelligence. In both cases, the Chinese have obtained […]…
One of the most important pieces on China’s raw power
Former Beijing correspondent for the New York Times, Edward Wong, has written an exceptional piece about China today. In part, he says, “From trade to the internet, from higher education to Hollywood, China is shaping the world in ways that people have only begun to grasp. Yet the emerging imperium is more a result of […]…
How Trump’s North Korea Strategy Could Backfire
When I first went to South Korea in 1988 before the Seoul Olympics, Business Week’s super-stringer Laxmi Nakarmi organized my schedule of appointments. I was going to see people at the large chaebol, or conglomerates, who were about to launch an amazing economic and technological blitz into the world. I was going to see government […]…
