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Next week, the House of Representatives China Committee plans to introduce a bill that would ban the purchase of Chinese-made drones by the U.S. government. This bill is an effort to revamp the prior push for this ban that was derailed by lobbying efforts.

The American Security Drone Act, as it is coined, would not…

While recently speaking at a conference hosted by Vanderbilt University, Jen Easterly, the Director of the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged the development of regulations around the use of artificial intelligence (AI). According to reporting by Reuters, Easterly recalled the lessons learned from the lack of security in the design of the Internet and…

Chip manufacturer ARM reportedly won’t sell its latest Neoverse V series computer chips to Chinese tech giant Alibaba due to concerns over U.S. and UK export controls on certain classes of powerful chipsets. Among the most advanced chips on the market, sale of the Neoverse V chips would likely violate trade restrictions intended to keep…

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an Alert outlining the top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that have been used by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors since 2020.

According to the Alert, these threat actors “continue to exploit known vulnerabilities to actively target U.S. and allied networks as…

For the past few years, the main mechanism used by the U.S. against China in the U.S.-Chinese tech war has been Executive Orders limiting (or even banning) certain software and drones manufactured and/or owned by Chinese companies from use by government agencies. Now, instead of only playing defense against Chinese technology, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY)  …

PAL-V, the first flying car to be allowed on the road in Europe, is now also the first flying car to complete full certification with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The PAL-V Liberty (flying car) went through 10 years of testing, and now is in the final phase of compliance demonstration before becoming…

National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a large network of veterinary hospitals and clinics, has reportedly been the victim of a ransomware attack. According to the reports, NVA employs more than 2,600 veterinarians, with over 700 veterinary hospitals and clinics in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

NVA was reportedly hit with the Ryuk ransomware virus,…

The U.S. government continues to be wary of cryptocurrency, and presently, no cryptocurrency exchange is protected by the FDIC. When you put your money in a FDIC-insured bank, if the bank becomes insolvent customers will not lose their deposits, usually up to a maximum of $250,000 per depositor per insured bank. But if you deposit…