Tag: technology

TikTok Ban on Government Devices Included in Omnibus Bill

A Congressional omnibus bill introduced this week includes legislation that would ban the social media app TikTok from government devices due to national security concerns. The $1.65 trillion spending bill (pdf) introduced on Dec. 20 includes a measure that would ban TikTok from all devices in the executive branch, and closely resembles bans on the…


With Revelation CBSA Uses Chinese Radios, Mendicino Says Department-Wide Review Ongoing

As well as the RCMP, Canada’s border security agency has now been found to be using radio equipment from a Chinese company and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he has ordered his department to review all such contracts. “I have instructed my department to do a portfolio-wide scan and review of any other potential…


Two More US States Issue TikTok Bans for Security Reasons

The states of Louisiana and West Virginia are the latest to ban the use of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices. TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, boasts of at least 100 million users alone in the United States. Government agencies in both states banned the app on all…


ZTE Whistleblower Who Defied the CCP: ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’

As an ambitious young lawyer, Ashley Yablon wanted nothing more than to become the general counsel for a large corporation, so when presented with his “dream job” opportunity by the Chinese telecom company ZTE, he took it, no questions asked. However, when he eventually realized that his dream job came at a price he wasn’t…


Tech Company Fights Wildfires Using Fireball-Dropping Drones

A tech company in the Midwest is using drones and software to help firefighters contain wildfires in a new way. Drones dropping flaming spheres may sound like a futuristic battlefield technique. And in a way, it is. It’s a way to “fight fire with fire,” as the drones drop small fireballs to create controlled burns….


‘Borrowed Swords’: China’s Military Is Built With US Technology

News Analysis In California, a former U.S. Army pilot sells classified aviation research to China’s communist regime. In Kentucky, leaders of a defense contracting company allegedly conspire to sell technical drawings to China and illicitly introduce Chinese parts into the Pentagon’s supply Chain. In Illinois, a China-based company allegedly bribes workers to steal proprietary communications…


Pelosi Supports Adding TikTok Ban for US Government Devices to Funding Bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Senate-passed legislation that would ban government employees from using the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices. The Senate unanimously passed the legislation on Dec. 14, which would ban the use of TikTok on all government-owned devices. The Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Defense already have…


Green Hydrogen | HK University Researches Highly Efficient H2 Generation

Hydrogen is a sustainable green energy, but most of it is “locked” in water molecules on earth. To extract hydrogen from water, electrolysis using electricity from solar energy is used to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, but the efficiency is low and is not cost-effective. However, a research team led by Professor Zheng…


Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

“As I was scrolling through it, I saw a section of the contract that was titled, ‘How we will get around U.S. export laws’ … And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that, and I knew that I needed to do something,” says attorney and whistleblower Ashley Yablon. In 2011, Yablon…


Trudeau Says TikTok Being Watched ‘Very Carefully’ as US Moves to Restrict Access

Canada’s communications spy agency is keeping a close tab on the Chinese social media application TikTok, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Dec. 15. “People are obviously watching very carefully, there’s a range of ways that we’re actively keeping Canadians safe,” he said in a scrum on Parliament Hill. “The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is…