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General Spalding

@robert_spalding
17 posts
2024-04-24
This is a good rundown of the challenges in relocating TSMC. I have no doubt it will lead to an even better company and product. To expect it to go without hiccups is unrealistic.
2024-04-24 View on X
Rest of World

Interviews with 20+ current and former TSMC staff at its Arizona plant finds struggles over bridging Taiwanese and US norms, rigid hierarchies, and other issues

the company's new chip plant allegedly plagued by worker abuses Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2207: TSMC's Arizona culture clash, Apple preps new iPads, Vision Pro fo...

2021-07-06
“We must never let any internet giant control a super database that has more detailed personal information than the state, let alone giving it the right to use the data at will,” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-07-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: weeks before Didi's US IPO, the Chinese regulator that eventually ordered Didi's app banned had suggested to the company that it delay the listing

Ride-hailing giant, under pressure to reward shareholders, pushed ahead with NYSE listing despite concerns of China's cybersecurity watchdog

“We must never let any internet giant control a super database that has more detailed personal information than the state, let alone giving it the right to use the data at will,” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-07-06 View on X
Bloomberg

Didi shares fell as much as 30% in pre-market trading after a Chinese regulator ordered it to be removed from app stores, wiping out ~$22B of market value

Bloomberg :

2021-01-04
“Using passwords ripped form the movie Spaceballs is one thing, but it appears that lax security practice at the company was common, systemic, and longstanding...SolarWinds CEO, Kevin Thompson, ignored the risk.” https://mattstoller.substack.com/ ...
2021-01-04 View on X
New York Times

Sources: investigators are checking if SolarWinds was hacked via its offices in Czechia, Poland, and Belarus, where the company moved much of its engineering

Those behind the widespread intrusion into government and corporate networks exploited seams in U.S. defenses and gave away nothing to American monitoring of their systems.

2020-10-14
The US is the only country that is pushing mmWave, because thanks to telecom lobbyists we believe policy trumps science and engineering. https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-14 View on X
MacRumors

Support for high-frequency mmWave 5G bands in the iPhone 12 lineup is limited to models sold in the US, with models sold outside US limited to sub-6GHz bands

The US is the only country that is pushing mmWave, because thanks to telecom lobbyists we believe policy trumps science and engineering. https://twitter.com/...
2020-10-14 View on X
MacRumors

Apple debuts $999 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro and $1,099 6.7" iPhone 12 Pro Max with flat-edge design, 5G, LiDAR, three rear cameras with 5x zoom, and 128GB base storage

Apple today unveiled the new 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max at its pre-recorded “Hi, Speed” digital event.

2020-03-14
FCPA hammer coming down on Chinese companies. Check your portfolio. https://twitter.com/...
2020-03-14 View on X
NBC News

Sources: ZTE is the subject of a new bribery investigation by the DOJ; ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating US sanctions against Iran and North Korea

2020-03-13
FCPA hammer coming down on Chinese companies. Check your portfolio. https://twitter.com/...
2020-03-13 View on X
NBC News

Sources: ZTE is the subject of a new bribery investigation by the DOJ; ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating US sanctions against Iran and North Korea

ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea and just ended its probation period.

2020-03-03
We need tariffs on Apple products. Tim Cook's huge margins come from the CCP's low labor standards and poor environmental controls. https://www.wsj.com/...
2020-03-03 View on X
MacRumors

Report: senior management at Apple rebuffed some operations execs' suggestion to relocate part of its manufacturing from China to Vietnam as early as 2015

Production on Apple's devices has been stymied in recent weeks due to delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China. Source: Wall Street Journal .

2020-01-02
If this had been an invasion by Chinese marines without response from the military everyone would have been fired, but since it only involves our company's and individual's data it's fine to let companies deal with it. This is why we are losing this war. https://www.wsj.com/...
2020-01-02 View on X
Fox Business

Report: Cloud Hopper, a hacking campaign by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10, was larger than previously thought and may have been active as late as Nov 2019

both in the total potential access to networks and how much data China ultimately stole—remains unknown to researchers and Western officials.” https://www.wsj.com/... Eric Garland ...

2020-01-01
If this had been an invasion by Chinese marines without response from the military everyone would have been fired, but since it only involves our company's and individual's data it's fine to let companies deal with it. This is why we are losing this war. https://www.wsj.com/...
2020-01-01 View on X
Fox Business

WSJ: Cloud Hopper, a hacking campaign by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10, was larger than formerly known, and may have been active as late as November 2019

The hackers seemed to be everywhere.  —  In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged … Source: Wall Street Journal .

2019-12-08
Umm what?! - “100mbps download speeds and 10mbps upload speeds.” We can do a lot better than that. https://berniesanders.com/...
2019-12-08 View on X
CNBC

Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T

When Bernie is president … Alex Hernandez / Techaeris : Bernie Sanders promises high-speed internet for all Clyde Hughes / UPI : Bernie Sanders unveils ‘High-Speed Internet for All...

2019-12-07
Umm what?! - “100mbps download speeds and 10mbps upload speeds.” We can do a lot better than that. https://berniesanders.com/...
2019-12-07 View on X
CNBC

Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T

- Bernie Sanders announces a plan to expand rural broadband internet access and break up giant internet service providers.

2019-12-05
“Only 62.3% of staff drive tests achieved at least the minimum download speed predicted by the coverage maps—with US Cellular achieving that speed in only 45.0% of such tests, T-Mobile in 63.2% of tests, and Verizon in 64.3% of tests.” Pai was with Verizon https://arstechnica.com/...
2019-12-05 View on X
Ars Technica

FCC investigation finds Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular exaggerated 4G coverage in official filings to the FCC; Ajit Pai has no plans to punish the carriers

FCC buries investigation's finding in 5G press release, won't punish carriers.  —  49 with 42 posters participating

2019-11-11
Moving into games will allow a larger data collection effort. https://www.wsj.com/...
2019-11-11 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Tencent, the world's largest videogame company by revenue, is looking to make more console games for US users by leveraging its partnership with Nintendo

World's biggest videogame maker seeks a greater U.S. presence with more console games designed for American gamers

2019-09-24
Beautiful. Next their score will be lowered if their passengers wear “I love Hong Kong” shirts. https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-24 View on X
New York Times

China's social credit system extends to businesses, with 33M recently rated; some US firms were warned ratings may be affected by their stances, like on Taiwan

including court decisions, payroll data, environmental records, copyright violations, even how many employees are members of the Communist Party — and using it to grade businesses ...

2019-09-16
The financial wizardry that infected General Electric has spread to AT&T. They've essentially destroyed the most important and consequential telecommunications company in history, and in the process left America less secure as a country. What a shame. https://www.wsj.com/...
2019-09-16 View on X
Wall Street Journal

As AT&T's CEO plans to retire, AT&T's TV business keeps declining, the Time Warner integration looks shaky, and now an activist shareholder pushes for changes

Wall Street Journal :