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China’s rare earth export controls threaten enterprise IT hardware supply chains
China has announced immediate export controls on seven more rare earth elements critical to enterprise IT hardware manufacturing, firing a fresh salvo in the ongoing tech trade war. This move could significantly impact tech giants including Dell Technologies, HP, Apple, and IBM, along with semiconductor leaders such as Intel, Samsung, and TSMC. The new controls issued by China’s State Council require export…
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NFL swaps first-down chains for Sony’s 8K cameras
Starting with this year’s football season, the NFL will use Sony’s Hawk-Eye cameras to measure the line to gain — a process the chain crew has done manually for decades. The 8K cameras will use virtual measurement technology to quickly and accurately determine whether the ball traveled 10 yards for a first down. The Hawk-Eye system is made up of…
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Silk Typhoon hackers now target IT supply chains to breach networks
Microsoft warns that Chinese cyber-espionage threat group ‘Silk Typhoon’ has shifted its tactics, now targeting remote management tools and cloud services in supply chain attacks that give them access to downstream customers. The tech giant has confirmed breaches across multiple industries, including government, IT services, healthcare, defense, education, NGOs, and energy. “They [Silk Typhoon] exploit unpatched applications that allow them…
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Tech supply chains at risk as the US launches probe into China’s legacy chip dominance
Unfair practices and strategic risks The Biden administration has alleged that China’s dominance stems from anti-competitive practices, including cyber intrusions, forced technology transfers, and underpricing chips by 30% to 50% — often below production costs. Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative, explained that these artificially low prices are forcing out competitors and consolidating China’s control over the market. “China’s acts,…
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South Korea’s political unrest threatens the stability of global tech supply chains
“South Korea is a semiconductor superpower, especially in memory chips and camera sensor chips, accounting recently for some 18% of the world’s total semiconductor production capacity,” said Sujai Shivakumar, an expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “It accounts for 60.5% of the global memory semiconductor market, with a DRAM market share of 70.5% and a NAND…
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