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In an about-face that peeved China hawks, the Department of Defense is reported to be striking automotive sensor maker Hesai from the "Chinese Military Companies" blacklist. Reporting by The Financial Times cites a May lawsuit by the company challenging the designation that government lawyers concluded they could not win.
The February listing would have prevented the U.S. military and its contractors from using Hesai light detecting and ranging (LiDAR), beginning in 2026. LiDAR is a critical technology used in autonomous systems, like self-driving cars and automated manufacturing equipment.
NIST has published updated cryptography standards allowing for advances in quantum computing that stand to render most security measures permeable.
The proposed algorithmic encryption models are designed to be uncrackable by the most advanced computing methods envisioned.
A dual Russian and German national, was extradited from the Republic of Cyprus to the U.S. after being arrested twelve months ago for his involvement in a microelectronics transshipment scheme in support of the Russian war effort.
Arthur Petrov, 33, is charged with conspiring to smuggle microelectronics with military applications from U.S. distributors to Russia as part of an illicit Russian-based procurement network that supplies manufacturers for the Russian military.
A Bulgarian national accused of procuring controlled microelectronics for the Russians made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio August 12 after being extradited from Greece.
The indictment alleges that between at least May 2014 and May 2018 the defendants used the Bulgarian company Multi Technology Integration Group EEOD (MTIG) to receive export-controlled items from the United States and transship them to Russia without the required licenses.
Chinese Armored Car Service VPower Finance Security (Hong Kong) can continue to service automated teller machines and subway farecard vending in the former Crown Colony according to General License …
Kamala Harris’ pick of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate gives her a partner with similar views on trade – views that have been held by a majority of Congressional Democrats.
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