TikTok app poses potential national security risk, says senior Democrat - Technology - The Guardian
TikTok reportedly censors materials deemed politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist party, including content related to the recent Hong Kong protests, as well as references to Tiananmen Square, Tibetan and Taiwanese independence, and the treatment of the Uighurs.
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/technology/china-hackers-ethnic-minorities.html
showing a new determination by Beijing to push its surveillance state beyond its borders.
Japanese hotel chain sorry that hackers may have watched guests through bedside robots • The Register
Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view video footage from the devices.
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Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords - Ars Technica
By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common knowledge. Workers for both companies routinely listen to audio of users—recordings of which can be kept forever—and the sounds the devices capture can be used in criminal trials.
Now, there’s a new concern: malicious apps developed by third parties and hosted by Amazon or Google.
In a Huge Milestone, Engineers Build a Working Computer Chip Out of Carbon Nanotubes
In this new study, researchers used rolled up sheets of carbon, each a single atom thick, to form 14,000 carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs)
America blacklists China’s best artificial-intelligence firms
The move, linked to repression in Xinjiang, strikes at the heart of China’s technological ambitions
Blizzard Boycott After Hearthstone Player Punished For Hong Kong Protest Support
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/blizzard-boycott-hong-kong
people who play Blizzard games have started a boycott movement over what’s being called a cowardly act of censorship in favor of the Chinese government.