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  • Slashdot: Nvidia and AMD To Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenues To US Government

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/2123206/nvidia-and-amd-to-pay-15-of-china-chip-sale-revenues-to-us-government?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia and AMD To Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenues To US Government Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay 15% of their revenue from certain chip sales to China to the U.S. government as part of an export licensing…

  • The Register: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/telemessage_archive_online/ Source: The Register Title: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data Feedly Summary: It turns out no one was clean on OPSEC DEF CON On Saturday at DEF CON, security boffin Micah Lee explained just how he hacked into TeleMessage, the supposedly secure messaging app…

  • Slashdot: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/217234/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked Source: Slashdot Title: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical vulnerabilities in an encryption algorithm widely used in radios for essential sectors, including law enforcement and military. After researchers discovered a backdoor in the original algorithm,…

  • Schneier on Security: China Accuses Nvidia of Putting Backdoors into Their Chips

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/china-accuses-nvidia-of-putting-backdoors-into-their-chips.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: China Accuses Nvidia of Putting Backdoors into Their Chips Feedly Summary: The government of China has accused Nvidia of inserting a backdoor into their H20 chips: China’s cyber regulator on Thursday said it had held a meeting with Nvidia over what it called “serious security issues” with…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia Rejects US Demand For Backdoors in AI Chips

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/06/145218/nvidia-rejects-us-demand-for-backdoors-in-ai-chips Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia Rejects US Demand For Backdoors in AI Chips Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia’s chief security officer has firmly stated that the company’s GPUs should not have “kill switches” or backdoors, amidst ongoing legislative pressures in the US for increased control and security measures over…

  • The Register: US charges 2 Chinese nationals with illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/ai_chips_to_china_charges/ Source: The Register Title: US charges 2 Chinese nationals with illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China Feedly Summary: Feds claim suspects talked about rerouting kit through Malaysia Federal authorities in the US have charged two Chinese nationals with secretly exporting advanced AI chips to China.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • The Register: Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/us_ai_chip_tracking/ Source: The Register Title: Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China Feedly Summary: Plan would embed location verification in advanced semiconductors to combat black market exports The Trump administration wants better ways to track the location of chips, as part of attempts to prevent advanced AI accelerator…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/1429251/microsoft-used-china-based-engineers-to-support-product-recently-hacked-by-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a security breach involving Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities, impacting numerous organizations, including U.S. government agencies. Notably, it mentions that this software, maintained by China-based…