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US tells companies to stop passage of Nvidia's Blackwell AI chips to China

The US Commerce Department quietly posted a notice on its website on Sunday that does something Washington has been dancing around for a year: it shuts a loophole that may have funnelled hundreds of thousands of Nvidia's most powerful AI chips to Chinese companies through their offices in countries like Malaysia. The Bureau of Industry and Security said export licence rules in place since 2023 also apply to subsidiaries of China-headquartered firms operating outside Chinese borders—a...

Times of India 5d ago

Trump pushing through law to massively expand US intelligence sharing with Israel

Trump pushing through law to massively expand US intelligence sharing with Israel The new arrangement with Israel would eclipse the English-speaking FiveEyes espionage alliance in which the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand work together and share but all their most sensitive data - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The US is driving ahead with legislation that massively expands defence and intelligence sharing with Israel and eclipses the English-speaking Five Eyes espionage...

The Independent World 1d ago

Hong Kong proposes letting city leader decide what counts as national security offence

After massive democracy protests rocked the Asian financial hub in 2019, Beijing imposed a national security law that has been used to arrest many leading activists. The Hong Kong government proposed legislation on Monday that would allow the city’s leader to designate certain criminal acts as national security offences, stepping up efforts to stamp out challenges to its rules in the city where critics say freedoms have been eroding. After massive democracy protests rocked the Asian...

Euronews 2d ago

Two former Syrian officials accused of torture during al-Assad era go on trial in Austria

Austrian law provides for the jurisdiction of local courts over certain offences committed abroad and the Vienna court has jurisdiction in this case because the defendants reside there. An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer went on trial in Vienna on Monday, accused of torturing opponents of the now-deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad. The two are accused "of having, on numerous occasions, ordered or failed to oppose the mistreatment of members of a protest movement,"...

Euronews 9d ago

Folding Beijing

At ten of five in the morning, Lao Dao crossed the busy pedestrian lane on his way to find Peng Li. After the end of his shift at the waste processing station, Lao Dao had gone home, first to shower and then to change. He was wearing a white shirt and a pair of brown pants—the only decent clothes he owned.

Hacker News 10d ago

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China The United States Department of Commerce on Sunday (May 31) moved to close a potential loophole that may have led companies to export the world's most advanced chips - like Nvidia's most sophisticated Blackwell processors - to subsidiaries of Chinese companies located outside China. The unexpected guidance suggests that the US' best AI chips may have been making their way to the subsidiaries of Chinese artificial...

Channel News Asia 9d ago

Nvidia announces new AI chip for personal computers

Nvidia announces new AI chip for personal computers Nvidia has announced a new chip for PCs as it moves into the consumer market for devices integrated with AI technology. "This reinvention of the computer is as big of a deal as the reinvention of the phone into what we now know as the smartphone," Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang said as he unveiled the RTX Spark chip. Huang made the announcement on Monday as he delivered a keynote speech ahead of the opening of the Computex technology...

Hacker News 9d ago

CEO of tech company arrested for supplying US-origin computer parts to Iran: How California resident negotiated, purchased and arranged shipment of large quantities of 'banned' US technology for over 10 years

Jamshid Ghomi, a dual US-Iranian national and CEO of an Iran-based technology company has been arrested today on a federal criminal complaint. As per a press release filed by U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, Ghomi is accused of violating US sanctions against Iran by shipping sophisticated US-origin networking, security, and encryption equipment for Iranian customers — including the Iranian regime’s nuclear and military establishment. Ghomi, 33, is a resident of Newport...

Times of India 6d ago

Seagate reaches US$175 million settlement of shareholder claims it concealed sales to China's Huawei

Seagate reaches US$175 million settlement of shareholder claims it concealed sales to China's Huawei Seagate Technology reached a US$175 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by concealing it violated US export control laws by selling more than US$1.1 billion of hard disk drives to China's Huawei Technologies. A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action against Seagate, Chief Executive Dave Mosley and Chief Financial Officer Gianluca Romano was filed...

Channel News Asia 8d ago

US says ban on AI chip shipments applies to Chinese firms outside China

US says ban on AI chip shipments applies to Chinese firms outside China Department of Commerce issues guidance on chip restrictions amid concerns about loopholes in export control regime. The United States has issued a notice affirming its restrictions on shipments of semiconductors to subsidiaries of Chinese companies located outside China amid concerns about loopholes in Washington’s export control regime. The Department of Commerce said in the guidance issued on Sunday that its licensing...

Al Jazeera 9d ago