China’s Moon Landing: ‘New Chapter in Humanity’s Exploration of the Moon’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html
landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history
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Beijing plans to adopt facial recognition-enabled smart locks in its public housing projects involving 120K tenants in 2019 to crack down on illegal subletting - South China Morning Post
Regjeringen vurderer tiltak som kan ramme Huawei - E24
https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/teknologi/regjeringen-vurderer-tiltak-som-kan-ramme-huawei/24518264
Det kinesiske selskapet har levert nettverksutstyr til både Telia og Telenor, mens Ice bruker Nokia i sin utbygging av 4G-nettet.
Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Navy Contractors - WSJ
An intelligence official said that subcontractors across the entire military were lagging behind in cybersecurity and frequently suffered breaches that affected other branches.
BT removing Huawei equipment from parts of 4G network – The Guardian
Head of MI6 had questioned Chinese firm’s involvement in UK telecoms infrastructure
Europe should be wary of Huawei, EU tech official says - Reuters
Ansip said he was concerned because Chinese technology companies were required to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services, such as on “mandatory back doors” to allow access to encrypted data.
Why does 5G have everyone worried about Huawei? - Fifth generation, fifth column
https://www.economist.com/business/2018/12/07/why-does-5g-have-everyone-worried-about-huawei
Western spooks have mused publicly about the risk that Huawei’s kit might be siphoning valuable data back to Beijing, or that it comes with “back doors”
Alibaba already has a voice assistant way better than Google’s - MIT Technology Review
It navigates interruptions and other tricky features of human conversation to field millions of requests a day.
Arrest Shakes Huawei as Global Skepticism of Its Business Grows - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/technology/huawei-arrest-meng-wanzhou.html
China sees the company as a pivotal driver of its ambitions for global technological leadership. Increasingly, much of the rest of the world sees it as a potential conduit for espionage and sabotage.
Canada arrests Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver - The Globe and Mail
Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who now faces extradition to the United States on suspicion she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.