White House presents principles to reform big tech
The White House presented six principles for reforming big tech platforms, saying it was heartened by a bipartisan willingness in Congress to rein in US tech giants.
The six principles, dubbed 'Enhancing Competition and Tech Platform Accountability', were revealed on Thursday. The announcement f... Read more
Jailbreak bug in John Deere tractors drives right-to-repair wave
A hacker managed to jailbreak John Deere's software and hijack its vehicles by bypassing digital security locks.
John Deere is an agricultural vehicle manufacturing company that produces tractors, among others. A new jailbreak allows hackers to bypass digital security locks enforced by tractor m... Read more
White House warns US businesses about possible Russian hacking attacks
The White House has issued a warning to businesses that Russia may be preparing cyberattacks against key infrastructure in the United States.
President Biden reaffirmed the message on Monday, saying that developing intelligence revealed Russia is looking into options for possible cyberattacks. T... Read more
Tech giants promise Biden massive new cybersecurity investments
Following a meeting at the White House, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM promise to increase cyber security capabilities.
This week US President Biden met with private sector and education leaders to discuss what they call a "whole-of-nation effort" needed to address cybersecurity threa... Read more
The White House wants more chip factories in the U.S.
The White House is in talks with chipmakers Intel and TSMC about building chip factories in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reports. The country wants to become less dependent on factories in Asia to produce chips. Having its own factories would be an essential step in that direction.
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‘White House did not affect awarding of JEDI contract to Microsoft’
The award of a lucrative contract to Microsoft (bypassing Amazon Web Services) did not happen after White House interference, according to the watchdog of the U.S. Department of Defense. This is evidenced by a recently published report by the internal watchdog of defense.
At the end of 2019, Mic... Read more
White House wants to talk to Intel, Google and Qualcomm about Huawei prohibition
Top people from various American tech companies have been invited to the White House to discuss the ban on trade with the Chinese company Huawei. That puts two sources who are aware of the meeting opposite Reuters.
The meeting is organized by economic advisor Larry Kudlow of the White House. Ministe... Read more