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https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-and-sport/Note-by-Chair-and-selected-documents-ordered-from-Six4Three.pdf
Facebook workers turn on Zuckerberg: Founder and CEO could be forced out amid fallout from company of spying on users' calls and signing secret deals to hand over their data, insiders reveal
6 December 2018
The source revealed: 'People now have burner phones to talk shit about the company – not even to reporters, just to other employees.'
They said staff are at rock bottom, adding: 'It's the bunker mentality. These people have been under siege for 600 days now. They're getting tired, getting cranky – the only survival strategy is to quit or fully buy in.'
A Facebook spokesman last night admitted: 'This a challenging time.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6465433/Facebook-workers-turn-Zuckerberg-Founder-CEO-forced-out.html
Huawei woes multiply as France risks becoming its next challenge in global 5G fight
After the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand banned the Chinese company’s network infrastructure products and Germany intensifies scrutiny, France is now tipping into unfriendly territory for Huawei. The country will not ban the company. Instead, France, which has safeguards in place for critical parts of its telecoms networks, is considering adding items to its “high-alert” list that tacitly targets Huawei.
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Now, France is considering upping the game by demanding an exhaustive qualification process not just for the core of networks but also for wireless towers. There may be other equipment deemed critical. On December 1, the government passed a decree for tougher controls, or even bans, on foreign investment and sensitive equipment. Huawei was never mentioned but there’s no question it was being targeted, one person said.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/2177975/huawei-woes-multiply-france-risks-becoming-its-next-challenge-global-5g
Inside Huawei's secret HQ, China is shaping the future regardless of events in Canada
Inside Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, a secretive group of engineers toil away heedless to such risks. They are working on what’s next – a raft of artificial intelligence, cloud-computing and chip technology crucial to China’s national priorities and Huawei’s future. As the trade war drags on, China’s government has pushed to create an industry that is less dependent on cutting-edge US semiconductors and software.
Recent research from computer scientists in Zurich looked at the processing chops of Android phones and put the chips from HiSilicon at the top. Like its rivals, Huawei is throwing everything into its cloud package. It recently debuted a set of AI software tools and in October released a new specialised chip, called the Ascend.
“No other chip set has this kind of capability of processing,” Qiu said.
Few chip-makers have such easy access to customers ready to invest deeply in AI. In Huawei’s case, that customer is the Chinese government. The company sees a massive opening in the national ambition to plug every city street, camera and piece of infrastructure into a digital grid. Huawei’s aim, said analyst Soh, is to become the “nerve center” for smart cities. Police in Shenzhen, which is just across the border from Hong Kong, are using Huawei’s chips for several traffic cameras. Qiu said a single chip set can process video footage for as many as 16 cameras, a fourfold jump in computing power.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/2177777/inside-huaweis-secret-hq-china-shaping-future-regardless-events-canada
‘Forget the Facebook leak’: China is mining data directly from workers’ brains on an industrial scale
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 April, 2018
Government-backed surveillance projects are deploying brain-reading technology to detect changes in emotional states in employees on the production line, the military and at the helm of high-speed trains
Concealed in regular safety helmets or uniform hats, these lightweight, wireless sensors constantly monitor the wearer’s brainwaves and stream the data to computers that use artificial intelligence algorithms to detect emotional spikes such as depression, anxiety or rage.
The technology is in widespread use around the world but China has applied it on an unprecedented scale in factories, public transport, state-owned companies and the military to increase the competitiveness of its manufacturing industry and to maintain social stability.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2143899/forget-facebook-leak-china-mining-data-directly-workers-brains
China Prepares Policy to Increase Access for Foreign Companies
China is preparing to replace an industrial policy savaged by the Trump administration as protectionist with a new program promising greater access for foreign companies, people briefed on the matter said.
“Made in China 2025” is Beijing’s industrial plan to dominate high-tech industries including robotics, aerospace and computer chips. The Trump administration argues China is using the plan to give its tech companies unfair advantage over foreign rivals. But what is it exactly?
“While our industry would welcome less discriminatory policy out of Beijing, more needs to be done beyond simply changing the name of this industrial policy,” said John Neuffer, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association. “That would involve meaningful protection of our intellectual property and cessation of forced technology transfer.” The original Made In China 2025 plan named the semiconductor industry as a strategic priority, and Beijing has poured billions of dollars of financing into state-owned chip firms.
https://en.rodexo.com/2018/12/13/china-prepares-policy-to-increase-access-for-foreign-companies/
Japan plans tighter tech regulations
TOKYO, Japan — Japan is planning to tighten regulation of tech giants like Google and Facebook after an expert panel called for better oversight on competition and privacy, an official said Thursday.
Japan has followed in the footsteps of other countries in scrutinizing the dominant role played by the world’s largest information technology companies, including Big Four tech firms Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.
The government has now issued a report based on expert opinion that urges new regulatory oversight plans by next year.
http://conceptnewscentral.com/index.php/2018/12/13/japan-plans-tighter-tech-regulations/
Boeing Was Going to Build Satellites for a China-Funded Firm. Why It Just Backed Out of the Deal
Boeing has canceled a deal to build a communications satellite — which it has almost completed — on the basis that the startup that ordered it has defaulted on payments.
The sudden cancellation, however, comes on the heels of a report that detailed how the project was actually financed by a firm owned by the Chinese government.
http://fortune.com/2018/12/07/boeing-china-satellite/