Tag: technology

Alibaba Shares Post Worst Drop in a Month After China Data Probe Report

SHANGHAI—Shares in Alibaba Group fell the most in a month on Friday, after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinese tech giant’s cloud division has been summoned by Shanghai authorities in connection with a theft of police data. An anonymous hacker had earlier this month claimed to have obtained personal information of more than…


House GOP Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into TikTok’s Data Sharing Practice in China

Two senior GOP House lawmakers are probing popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok over concerns that its non-public user data could be accessed by its China-based parent company ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “TikTok has gone on record numerous times claiming that they do not share Americans’ user data with the…


Tesla’s High-Profile Autopilot Executive Departs

SAN FRANCISCO—Andrej Karpathy, a high-profile Tesla executive who played a key role in developing the electric car maker’s artificial intelligence and driver assistant technology, said on Wednesday he is leaving the company. The departure of Karpathy, who provided no reason for leaving, comes at a critical time as Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk races to…


Chinese Researchers Develop New AI Tech to Screen ‘Loyalty’ of Communist Party Members

News Analysis Chinese researchers recently developed artificial intelligence technology that can gauge Chinese officials’ loyalty to the ruling Communist Party. The technology could be a tool for Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign to monitor further and purge “corrupt” Party members, indicating the regime’s growing fear of losing its legitimacy and power. More than 4.7 million officials at all…


Troops’ Use of Beijing-Based TikTok Poses Security Risk, Regulator Testifies

The use of the Beijing-based TikTok app by U.S. military service members on their personal phones poses a risk to U.S. national security, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) official has said. Most American service members fail to see TikTok as a national security threat, Commissioner Brendan Carr told a House hearing on protecting service members and…


Military’s Use of Beijing-Based TikTok Poses Security Risk, FCC Commisssioner Testifies

The use of the Beijing-based TikTok app by U.S. military service members on their personal phones poses a risk to U.S. national security, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) official has said. Most American service members fail to see TikTok as a national security threat, Commissioner Brendan Carr told a House hearing on protecting service members and…


Shopping Invasion of America From China; Biden Sells Strategic Reserve Oil to China

We discuss how China is using data theft and its commercialization in a shopping war on America. Amazon has a Chinese seller problem. Companies like Wish.com, Shein, and AliExpress out-compete American companies. All that is based on data that the Chinese Communist Party has gathered on Americans.  I then speak with John McNabb, former co-founder…


TikTok Admits Australian User Data Accessible in China

TikTok has confirmed that employees in mainland China can access the data of millions of Australian users. The admission came after James Paterson, the shadow minister for cybersecurity and countering foreign interference, wrote to TikTok’s Australian general manager on July 3, asking for clarification on local user data. Paterson, also the chair of the Joint Parliamentary…


TikTok Concedes Australian User Data Accessible in China

TikTok has confirmed that employees in mainland China can access the data of millions of Australian users of the video-sharing app. The company provided details after James Paterson, the shadow minister for cybersecurity and countering foreign interference, wrote to TikTok’s Australian general manager on July 3, asking for clarification on local user data. Paterson, also the…


Face-Recognition Business Puts SoftBank Between China, US

TOKYO—A SoftBank-owned company is thriving by offering face-recognition technology fuelled by a blacklisted Chinese firm to the likes of Mastercard and Visa, an opportunity for the Japanese conglomerate, fraught with geopolitical and privacy risks. Japan Computer Vision Corp. (JCV), owned by SoftBank Group Corp.’s wireless unit, has struck deals on payments in recent months, a…