Miscellaneous Tech News
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist
Biden administration tightens controls on tech that aids China’s military.
The US has placed Chinese groups accused of building supercomputers to help the Chinese military on an export blacklist, the first such move by the Biden administration to make it harder for China to obtain US technology. Three companies and four branches of China’s National Supercomputing Center were added to the US government “entity list,” which bars American companies from exporting technology to the groups without a license. The US commerce department said the groups were involved in building supercomputers used by Chinese “military actors” and facilitating programs to develop weapons of mass destruction.That's okay. They've already stolen all our designs anyway, lol.
Stolen sure, the biggest challenge is understanding the technology. That is why many things are poor copies of the original.
These industries steal a design and copy it but cut corners due to a lack of understanding.
At the same time the chinese government and industry is learning from us, and making their own equipment.
I wonder if that's true?
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible. -
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist
Biden administration tightens controls on tech that aids China’s military.
The US has placed Chinese groups accused of building supercomputers to help the Chinese military on an export blacklist, the first such move by the Biden administration to make it harder for China to obtain US technology. Three companies and four branches of China’s National Supercomputing Center were added to the US government “entity list,” which bars American companies from exporting technology to the groups without a license. The US commerce department said the groups were involved in building supercomputers used by Chinese “military actors” and facilitating programs to develop weapons of mass destruction.That's okay. They've already stolen all our designs anyway, lol.
Stolen sure, the biggest challenge is understanding the technology. That is why many things are poor copies of the original.
These industries steal a design and copy it but cut corners due to a lack of understanding.
At the same time the chinese government and industry is learning from us, and making their own equipment.
I wonder if that's true?
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.You honestly believe that these people aren't learning? Look at Alibaba or Huawei.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.
You do realize that at this point, China is way ahead of us on a lot of core tech, right? It's our lack of access to their processors that holds us back in some cases. Sure, overall, the US is still leading in the processor market. But the gap is closing, fast, and they have some components ahead of us.
Don't confuse toy manufacturing and other low end, unimportant stuff, with China's world class engineering capabilities.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist
Biden administration tightens controls on tech that aids China’s military.
The US has placed Chinese groups accused of building supercomputers to help the Chinese military on an export blacklist, the first such move by the Biden administration to make it harder for China to obtain US technology. Three companies and four branches of China’s National Supercomputing Center were added to the US government “entity list,” which bars American companies from exporting technology to the groups without a license. The US commerce department said the groups were involved in building supercomputers used by Chinese “military actors” and facilitating programs to develop weapons of mass destruction.That's okay. They've already stolen all our designs anyway, lol.
Stolen sure, the biggest challenge is understanding the technology. That is why many things are poor copies of the original.
These industries steal a design and copy it but cut corners due to a lack of understanding.
At the same time the chinese government and industry is learning from us, and making their own equipment.
I wonder if that's true?
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.You honestly believe that these people aren't learning? Look at Alibaba or Huawei.
And Xiaomi, Huomi, OnePlus, and on and on.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist
Biden administration tightens controls on tech that aids China’s military.
The US has placed Chinese groups accused of building supercomputers to help the Chinese military on an export blacklist, the first such move by the Biden administration to make it harder for China to obtain US technology. Three companies and four branches of China’s National Supercomputing Center were added to the US government “entity list,” which bars American companies from exporting technology to the groups without a license. The US commerce department said the groups were involved in building supercomputers used by Chinese “military actors” and facilitating programs to develop weapons of mass destruction.That's okay. They've already stolen all our designs anyway, lol.
Stolen sure, the biggest challenge is understanding the technology. That is why many things are poor copies of the original.
These industries steal a design and copy it but cut corners due to a lack of understanding.
At the same time the chinese government and industry is learning from us, and making their own equipment.
I wonder if that's true?
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/12/intel-ceo-hopes-us-can-reclaim-one-third-of-chip-manufacturing.html
US makes only 12% of chips today, with Intel being a big player. Intel only has 10nm process which makes them a virtual backwater player.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.
You do realize that at this point, China is way ahead of us on a lot of core tech, right? It's our lack of access to their processors that holds us back in some cases. Sure, overall, the US is still leading in the processor market. But the gap is closing, fast, and they have some components ahead of us.
Don't confuse toy manufacturing and other low end, unimportant stuff, with China's world class engineering capabilities.
Let me add context...
- I wasn't talking about processors - or really tech in general.
- i was specifically thinking about things like knock-off purses and other crap... all in the name of selling to stupid Americans.
Now when it comes to making that stuff for their own citizens, or possibly other countries - sure I'm sure they are making good/better/best shit...
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Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance
Microsoft Corp plans to buy a tech firm known for helping to develop Apple's Siri speech recognition software in a deal valued at $19.7bn (£13.3bn).
The purchase of Nuance Communications is the second largest in Microsoft's history, after its acquisition of networking site LinkedIn in 2016. Microsoft said it would bolster its software and artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies. So-called "telehealth" and remote doctor visits have boomed in lockdown. This growth is forecast to continue after the pandemic. -
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I think it's more likely that they are cheap copies to save money. They are knock-offs, pretty sure the only goal is squeezing them for as much profit as possible.
You do realize that at this point, China is way ahead of us on a lot of core tech, right? It's our lack of access to their processors that holds us back in some cases. Sure, overall, the US is still leading in the processor market. But the gap is closing, fast, and they have some components ahead of us.
Don't confuse toy manufacturing and other low end, unimportant stuff, with China's world class engineering capabilities.
Let me add context...
- I wasn't talking about processors - or really tech in general.
- i was specifically thinking about things like knock-off purses and other crap... all in the name of selling to stupid Americans.
Now when it comes to making that stuff for their own citizens, or possibly other countries - sure I'm sure they are making good/better/best shit...
Oh, but we were talking in the context of supercomputing.
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It's so warm in Texas tonight, but I really don't want to switch to air conditioning.
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Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
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@pete-s said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Dell to spin out VMWare
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/dell-is-spinning-out-vmware-in-a-deal-expected-to-generate-over-9b-for-the-company/Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015.
Interesting. I had forgotten that Dell owned VMware in the first place...
VMware kind of feels forgotten altogether at this point, lol. I used to hear about them daily. Now it's like a surprise when they get mentioned.
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Backdoored developer tool that stole credentials escaped notice for 3 months
AWS credentials and private repository tokens could allow self-perpetuating attacks.
A publicly available software development tool contained malicious code that stole the authentication credentials that apps need to access sensitive resources. It's the latest revelation of a supply chain attack that has the potential to backdoor the networks of countless organizations. The Codecov bash uploader contained the backdoor from late January to the beginning of April, developers of the tool said on Thursday. The backdoor caused developer computers to send secret authentication tokens and other sensitive data to a remote site controlled by the hackers. The uploader works with development platforms including Github Actions, CircleCI, and Bitrise Step, all of which support having such secret authentication tokens in the development environment. -
Google is going to try to weasel their way out but precedent is being set.
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