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3 US Retailers Remove Chinese Surveillance Technology From Shelves

In a new move, three major U.S. retailers have started discarding Chinese surveillance technology products made by Chinese origin brands. Best Buy, Home Depot, and Lowe’s have announced that they will stop selling surveillance technology-related items made by Chinese companies. The three U.S. retail giants have said they will stop selling surveillance gadgets and products ...

Max Lu

Home Depot warehouse.

UK Spy Agencies Putting Curbs on Chinese ‘Smart Cities’ Technology

Smart cities are urban areas that use different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect data. Insights gained from that data are used to manage assets, resources, and services efficiently; in return, that data is used to improve the operations across the city. This includes data collected from citizens, devices, buildings, and assets that are then processed and analyzed ...

Max Lu

Digital data stream of zeros and ones.

American Military Retirement Fund to Support Chinese Military

Mike Waltz, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has warned against funding the Chinese military through the retirement fund of American soldiers. A pool of about US$50 billion dollars belonging to the U.S. military personnel retirement fund will be invested in an index that includes companies from China that may be engaged in ...

Jack Roberts

An army skydiver.

Chinese Drones Under Scrutiny in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a statement warning that Chinese-manufactured drones pose a security threat to the country. The department argues that the data collected by such drones could end up in servers back in China, where the government has the power to acquire and use it in any way it ...

Max Lu

A drone hovering.

Racism 2.0: How AI Helps Chinese Communists Profile Citizens

The Chinese government is rapidly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its administration, but not in a good way. Instead of using AI for the advancement of its citizens, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is looking for ways to better profile and monitor selected communities. The Uyghur Muslim population of Xinjiang is the first community to ...

Max Lu

AI facial recognition.