Collaborate Disseminate
The headline is pretty scary: “China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.”
No, it’s not true.
This debunking saved me the trouble of writing one. It all seems to have come from this news article, which … Continue reading No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer
Fields turned over to solar farms are becoming a more common sight as we look towards a zero-carbon future. But like wind turbines, massive PV installations may soon be heading offshore. China is looking to lead the charge, and is embarking on sea tria… Continue reading Wave-resistant PV platform explores offshore solar potential
In the last several days, headlines have been plastered all over the internet regarding Chinese researchers using D-Wave quantum computers to hack RSA, AES, and “military-grade encryption.” This is true and not true.Continue ReadingCategory: Quantum Co… Continue reading No, Chinese quantum computers haven’t hacked military-grade encryption
Attackers launched 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state threats on Microsoft customers daily, including ransomware attacks, in the last year, according to the tech giant. Continue reading Microsoft: Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex
The Cybersecurity Association of China (CSAC) has recommended a security review of Intel’s products sold in China, accusing the U.S. chipmaker of harming national security and citing vulnerabilities in its chips. Reuters reports: While CSAC is an indus… Continue reading China Cyber Association Calls For Review of Intel Products Sold In China
A few months back, China’s Robot Era demonstrated the strolling capabilities of its XBot-L humanoid by setting it loose on the Great Wall of China. Now the company has released video footage of two flagship Star1 models racing through the Gobi Desert.C… Continue reading Watch: Sneaker-wearing humanoid beats barefoot bot on Gobi fun run
In mid-2021 Ameria’s National Security Advisor set up a new directorate focused on “advanced chips, quantum computing, and other cutting-edge tech,” reports Wired. And the next year as Congress was working on boosting America’s semiconductor sector, he… Continue reading Who’s Winning America’s ‘Tech War’ With China?
On Thursday, Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to the three telecommunication firms asking for more information on their response, calling the incident “extremely alarming for both economic and national security reasons.”
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U.S. officials are racing to understand the full scope of a China-linked hack of major U.S. broadband providers, as concerns mount from members of Congress that the breach could amount to a devastating counterintelligence failure. From a report: Federa… Continue reading US Officials Race To Understand Severity of China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks
An Australian news agency is reporting that robot vacuum cleaners from the Chinese company Deebot are surreptitiously taking photos and recording audio, and sending that data back to the vendor to train their AIs.
Ecovacs’s privacy policy—available elsewhere in the app—allows for blanket collection of user data for research purposes, including:
- The 2D or 3D map of the user’s house generated by the device
- Voice recordings from the device’s microphone
- Photos or videos recorded by the device’s camera
It also states that voice recordings, videos and photos that are deleted via the app may continue to be held and used by Ecovacs…
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