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Jorge Guajardo

@jorge_guajardo
31 posts
2024-10-31
This is big. Even if Beijing is acting as the US would, sanctioning a company that supplies drones to Taiwan, this is the first shot by China weaponizing its supply chain against a US company. Last time they did something like this it was rare earths to Japan. It just got real.
2024-10-31 View on X
Financial Times

China sanctions Skydio, the US' largest drone maker and a supplier to Ukraine's military; sources say Skydio is rushing to find new suppliers for critical parts

Skydio, the US's largest drone maker and a supplier to Ukraine's military, faces a supply chain crisis after Beijing imposed sanctions …

2024-03-18
Not mentioned on this article is the PRC's control over TikTok. Maybe because you don't need a foreign owned social media company to sow disinformation. (I still have my doubts on TikTok, mostly based on reciprocity). https://www.nytimes.com/...
2024-03-18 View on X
New York Times

In the years since Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks, he and his allies have beaten down efforts to filter election lies

A government shutdown is looming — again Frank Ricci / The Daily Caller : Biden Admin's ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown Faces Day Of Reckoning At SCOTUS Ryan King / New York Post : Penc...

2024-02-22
“ISoon's product manuals also advertise a $25K service for a ‘remote access’ control system to obtain Apple iOS smartphone data from a target, including ‘basic mobile phone information, GPS positioning, mobile phone contacts’ and ‘environment recording.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-02-22 View on X
Washington Post

Leaked files detail Chinese state-linked hacking groups carrying out large-scale, systematic cyber intrusions against governments, companies, and infrastructure

A trove of leaked documents from a Chinese state-linked hacking group shows that Beijing's intelligence and military groups …

2023-12-14
“Owen estimated that ecommerce made up about half of the air freight that Cathay Cargo shipped through Hong Kong, adding that the company had accelerated investment in ecommerce and southern China to keep up with demand.” https://www.ft.com/...
2023-12-14 View on X
Financial Times

Air cargo and logistics executives say booming demand in Western markets for goods sold by Chinese companies like Temu and Shein is buoying air freight rates

Financial Times :

2022-11-23
@EMPosts Notice the reason (it's not the lockdown, per se): “The protest started overnight over unpaid wages and fears of spreading infection,”
2022-11-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: hundreds of Foxconn workers at the iPhone plant in Zhengzhou clashed with security guards as protests erupted over unpaid wages and COVID-19 fears

Hundreds of workers at Apple Inc.'s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost …

2022-08-21
“On one corner are the foundries...like TSMC; on another corner are intellectual-property companies like ARM, which make and sell reusable design units or layouts; and on the third corner are the EDA tools.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
2022-08-21 View on X
MIT Technology Review

An overview of electronic design automation software used for designing chips, as the US Commerce Department announces export controls on certain EDA tools

The US has moved to restrict export of EDA software.  What is it, and how will the move affect China?

2022-07-04
I recall ⁦@SammSacks⁩ telling me about four years ago that the proper way to look at cars was as computers on wheels, and that we should expect them to be regulated accordingly. This certainly adds urgency to that process. https://www.wired.com/...
2022-07-04 View on X
Wired

A look at national security concerns around modern cars filled with cameras and sensors, as a Chinese town bans Teslas during a communist party conclave

Putting sensor-packed Chinese cars on Western roads could be a privacy issue.  Just ask Tesla. China's Electric Dream

2022-06-12
“Today's large neural networks produce captivating results that feel close to human speech and creativity because of advancements in architecture, technique, and volume of data. But the models rely on pattern recognition — not wit, candor or intent.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-06-12 View on X
Washington Post

A look at advanced large language models, as a Google engineer is placed on paid leave after becoming convinced that its LaMDA chatbot generator became sentient

AI ethicists warned Google not to impersonate humans.  Now one of Google's own thinks there's a ghost in the machine.

2022-03-01
“China's offensive cyber capabilities ‘rival or exceed’ those of the United States, said Winnona DeSombre, a research fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center, in congressional testimony on China's cyber capabilities on February 17.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
2022-03-01 View on X
BleepingComputer

Symantec details China-linked backdoor Daxin, a Windows kernel driver that can hijack TCP connections to stealthily connect with command-and-control servers

Security researchers have discovered Daxin, a China-linked stealthy backdoor specifically designed for deployment in hardened corporate networks …

2022-01-25
“Governments from the U.S. to Africa have established programs to support smaller enterprises, but China's efforts dwarf those in terms of scale, resources and ambition.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-01-25 View on X
Bloomberg

China is supporting thousands of “little giants”, startups taking on Silicon Valley in robotics, quantum computing, semiconductors, and other strategic sectors

Bloomberg : Tweets: @gaoyuan86 , @hancocktom , and @jorge_guajardo Tweets: @gaoyuan86 : China is nurturing 4,700-some “little giants” for indigenous technologies from #chip making...

2022-01-06
“Under the direction of China's top leader, Xi Jinping, the government's unbridled hand is meddling in big ways and small, leaving companies second-guessing their strategies and praying to not become the next targets for crackdown.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-01-06 View on X
New York Times

The number of unemployed Chinese tech workers is growing amid fears that China's tech crackdown could kill the entrepreneurial drive that made it a tech power

Li Yuan / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @ajitpai , @kennedycsis , @jorge_guajardo , @david_mulroney , @charlesmok , @liyuan6 , and @paratus2014 Tweets: @nytimesbusin...

2021-12-19
Quite rich that a Chinese social media company would have difficulty deleting problematic posts. https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-12-19 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Investigation: a dozen automated TikTok accounts, registered as 13-year-olds, were shown tens of thousands of weight-loss videos within a few weeks of joining

The app's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images …

2021-07-08
“the rules would require firms structured using the so-called Variable Interest Entity model to seek approval before going public in Hong Kong or the U.S.” Performative statement, pretending HK is the equivalent to US, and not under CCP control. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-07-08 View on X
Bloomberg

China's crackdown on its tech giants wiped a combined $823B off their market value since a Feb. peak, with Tencent, Alibaba, and Kuaishou as the biggest losers

2021-07-02
“The hacking campaign has targeted a broad swath of organizations, including government and military agencies, defense contractors, political parties and consultancies, logistics companies, energy firms, universities, law firms, and media companies.” https://www.wired.com/...
2021-07-02 View on X
The Record

NSA, FBI, and others say Russian hacking group Fancy Bear has been using Kubernetes to run brute force attacks on US and foreign organizations since mid-2019

essentially, trying different passwords until the attackers gained access — and then use other known software vulnerabilities to steal emails, compromise other accounts and collect...

2021-05-18
“After hockey stick download numbers reminiscent of TikTok's rise in 2018/2019, Shein is now the #2 most downloaded shopping app in the world, and #3 in the US over Q1 2021.” This is the most fascinating biz story I've read in a while. (h/t @niubi). https://www.notboring.co/...
2021-05-18 View on X
Not Boring

Profile of fashion e-commerce app Shein, which ranks #1 in the App Store's Shopping category in 56 countries and is the most trafficked fashion site globally

The Quiet Chinese Quindecacorn America's Gen Z Shoppers Are #Addicted To … This week's Not Boring is brought to you by... It's Not Magic.

2021-03-27
“On Thursday, ordering a car to an H&M store was impossible on Didi, the country's largest ride-hailing app, which didn't recognize the brand as a valid destination.” Lest we have any doubt whose bidding Chinese private companies do. https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-03-27 View on X
CNBC

H&M removed from Chinese e-commerce sites and mapping apps after its statement last year on forced labor in Xinjiang resurfaced and caused a backlash on Weibo

- H&M faced backlash on Chinese social media service Weibo over a statement reportedly from last year in which the retailer said it was …

2021-03-26
“On Thursday, ordering a car to an H&M store was impossible on Didi, the country's largest ride-hailing app, which didn't recognize the brand as a valid destination.” Lest we have any doubt whose bidding Chinese private companies do. https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-03-26 View on X
CNBC

H&M removed from Chinese e-commerce sites and mapping apps after its statement last year on forced labor in Xinjiang resurfaced and caused a backlash on Weibo

- H&M faced backlash on Chinese social media service Weibo over a statement reportedly from last year in which the retailer said it was …

2020-12-29
“While the service handled $17 trillion of transactions in one year, online payments have largely been loss-making.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2020-12-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Source: Ant Group is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank

- Financial units face stricter regulation in planned structure  — Lifestyle businesses to be excluded from holding company

“While the service handled $17 trillion of transactions in one year, online payments have largely been loss-making.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2020-12-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Alibaba raises proposed stock repurchase program by $4B to $10B, but shares slide 8%+, shedding $270B of value since its October peak amid antitrust fears

Coco Liu / Bloomberg :

2020-12-28
“While the service handled $17 trillion of transactions in one year, online payments have largely been loss-making.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2020-12-28 View on X
Bloomberg

China's central bank tells Ant it must overhaul its lending, insurance, and wealth management businesses and come up with a timetable as soon as possible

- Authorities require Ant to overhaul business, set up timetable  — Ant was blasted over governance, disdain toward compliance