Tag: technology

TikTok Users Are Feeding Data to CCP Intelligence Agencies, Cyber Experts Warn

If you use TikTok, you may be feeding information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence services. That’s a warning from cyber security expert Casey Fleming, CEO of strategic advisory firm BlackOps Partners. In a recent interview with Epoch TV’s “Wide Angle” program, Fleming explained the dangers posed by foreign-controlled cell-phone applications like TikTok, which is…


US Losing Ground to China Due to Pentagon’s Wasteful Bureaucracy: Former Chief Software Office

News Analysis Bureaucracy and waste are hamstringing U.S. military development and adversely affecting the nation’s military readiness, according to the former chief software officer of the Air Force. That means the United States is less prepared for a potential conflict with China. “Any bureaucracy which slows down outcomes for the sake of bureaucracy is going to…


Pentagon’s Bureaucratic Waste Ensures US Loses Ground to China: Former Chief Software Officer

News Analysis Bureaucracy and waste are hamstringing U.S. military development and adversely affecting the nation’s military readiness, according to the former chief software officer of the Air Force. That means the United States is less prepared for a potential conflict with China. “Any bureaucracy which slows down outcomes for the sake of bureaucracy is going…


China Aims to Be ‘World’s Most Influential Power’, US Warns in New Indo-Pacific Strategy

The White House released its long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy on Feb. 11, outlining how it plans to deal with the increasing adventurism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and to better secure and improve the region for the international community. In an associated statement, the White House said that interest in the region from partners and…


Taking the Gold in Technology Theft

Commentary As some of us watch the Winter Olympics in Beijing (and some of us don’t), the most important games are being played every day in America’s universities, corporate labs, and research institutions. That’s where China is capturing the gold that really matters. The stakes for the United States in maintaining the technological edge couldn’t…


US Needs to Prioritize Competitiveness to Ensure It Doesn’t Lose Critical Industries to China: Report

The cross-border trade and regulatory policies of the United States government in recent years have not always served the interests of American competitiveness on the world stage and have sometimes played directly into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a new report by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington-based think…


China’s Digital Currency Is a Surveillance Tool Threatening US: Former US Representative

Beijing’s new digital currency is a tool that could prop up authoritarian regimes around the world, including China, and the Chinese paperless money could also undermine U.S. leadership in finance, warned a global finance professional. “This is a surveillance tool and it’s disguised as a payment mechanism. It’s going to allow the People’s Bank of…


China ‘Outpaced’ US in Hypersonic Weapons Development: Report

The United States must boost its production of hypersonic weapons if it is to adequately counter and deter the capabilities being developed by China, according to a senior Pentagon official. “I would say that everything we’re doing in terms of the interceptors, the strike weapons, isn’t going to make a difference unless we have sufficient…


AUKUS Partners Call on Organisations to Bolster Cyber Defences Against Ransomware

Australia, U.S., and UK authorities have issued guidelines encouraging individuals and organizations to reinforce their cyber defences against global ransomware threats, cyber criminals-for-hire, and attacks on critical infrastructure. The joint advisory was published on Feb. 9 from the U.S.’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along…


Recovering From Nature Deficit Disorder

I often speak to parent audiences in school settings about screen addiction warning signs and prevention. On the way to the auditorium for a recent parent talk, I found myself wandering through the K-2nd grade hall of a local public school. My youngest of four children is in high school now, so it has been…