Tag: technology

Using Chinese Surveillance Companies Akin to Handling ‘Digital Asbestos,’ UK Government Adviser Warns

Allowing Chinese surveillance companies to operate in the UK is akin to installing “digital asbestos” that puts civil liberties at risk, warned the government’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Fraser Sampson, who is reviewing the country’s human rights and security issues. Sampson said on Tuesday that allowing China’s controversial CCTV makers and operators Hikvision and Dahua to…


BlackRock and ESG Controlling America but Benefiting China—With Will Hild

How does Blackrock utilize the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score system to control domestic policies, while benefiting from their special treatment in China? And does the United States suffer while China benefits from this vampiric relationship? We discuss this with Will Hild from Consumers’ Research. I then discuss the just-concluded Shangri-La security summit, where…


Liberal Government Formally Tables Bill That Bans Huawei From 5G/4G

The federal government has introduced a new bill it says will protect critical Canadian industries from cyberattacks and hacking, following Ottawa’s announcement last month that it would ban Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE from the country’s 5G and 4G networks. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino presented Bill C-26 to the House of Commons on June 14,…


US-China Space Competition Heats Up

News Analysis In the ever-expanding arms race between communist China and the United States, few domains of competition are as high stakes as that of space. Satellite architecture is required for everything from GPS to bank transactions to missile defense systems. As such, it is no surprise that both nations are investing heavily in their…


US-China Battle for Space Supremacy Heats Up

News Analysis In the ever-expanding arms race between communist China and the United States, few domains of competition are as high stakes as that of space. Satellite architecture is required for everything from GPS to bank transactions to missile defense systems. As such, it is no surprise that both nations are investing heavily in their…


HKU Astrophysicist Awarded French Gemini Prize for Discovery of New Galactic Planetary Nebulae

Professor Quentin A. Parker, Director of the Laboratory for Space Research at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), along with four amateur astronomers, Pascal Le Dû, Thomas Petit, Lionel Mulato, and Olivier Garde, won the 2022 French Gemini Prize. The Gemini Prize is created jointly by the Astronomical Society of France (SAF) and the French…


Has China Already Won?

Commentary The United States and China are engaged in a technological arms race. The country with the best artificial intelligence, quantum computing technologies, and cyber weapons will be best positioned to win the wars of tomorrow. Which begs the question: Who looks likely to win these tech-infused wars? According to Richard Silberglitt, a senior physical…


Eileen Gu Will Represent Team USA in Winter Olympics Bid?; China’s Third Aircraft Carrier Delayed

China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details.  Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that…


Elon Musk’s Starlink Makes China ‘Very Scared’: Space Expert

As Americans try out the newest Starlink dishes on their R.V.s, a space expert says Elon Musk’s Starlink makes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “nervous” as the “only” player in the field now when it comes to the U.S.’s strategic space race with China. “It is important to understand that Elon Musk’s SpaceX company is…


‘No Prize for Second Place’: New Film Sounds Alarm on China’s Quest to Win ‘Innovation Race’ Against US

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is exploiting weaknesses in the United States’ patent protection laws to gain the upper hand in technological innovation, according to an upcoming film, and big tech companies are helping it in the effort. “In the innovation race with China, there is no prize for second place,” said Luke Livingston, director…