Les deux géants chinois des télécoms Huawei et ZTE menacent la sécurité américaine et doivent être empêchés de conclure des contrats et acquisitions aux Etats-Unis, estime une commission du Congrès à l’issue d’une année d’enquête.
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In the smartphone industry alone, according to a Stanford University analysis, as much as $20 billion was spent on patent litigation and patent purchases in the last two years — an amount equal to eight Mars rover missions. Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on patent lawsuits and unusually big-dollar patent purchases exceeded spending on research and development of new products, according to public filings.
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« As part of a test starting today, people in the U.S. can promote personal posts to their friends on Facebook ». (via Testing Promoted Posts for People in the U.S. – Facebook Newsroom)
Keyless entry using your phone.
« The US Naval Surface Warfare Center has created an Android app that secretly records your environment and reconstructs it as a 3D virtual model for a malicious user to browse » (via PlaceRaider: The Military Smartphone Malware Designed to Steal Your Life – Technology Review)
Les super-ordinateurs des plus grands acteurs du “cloud”, comme Amazon ou Google, sont tous situés à l’étranger. Notamment aux Etats-Unis, où ils tombent sous le coup du “Patriot Act”, une loi qui permet au gouvernement américain de consulter n’importe quelle donnée s’il l’estime sensible. Alors que seulement 10 % des entreprises nationales auraient recours à l’informatique en nuage pour l’instant, un “cloud français” pourrait, selon un observateur du secteur, les rassurer et faire décoller le marché.
« The Chinese are as worried about digital Trojan horses as the Americans are. As a statement that came out of a recent meeting convened by CSIS, the American think-tank, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, an influential Chinese counterpart, put it: “Both [countries] believe that the other will seek to exploit the supply chain to introduce vulnerabilities into networks and infrastructures.” » (via Huawei: The company that spooked the world | The Economist)
« The result of our original concept—NETWORK _LA Transit—is certainly bigger than L.A. It’s mass customization for mass transit: a user-influenced, on-demand system that responds to the needs of individuals rather than forcing them through an odyssey of fixed routes and disconnected systems. More than that, it’s a concept that raises the question: “What might cities do with all their BIG data that currently sits unconnected and underused?” » (via Remaking L.A. With A Groundbreaking New Idea For Public Transportation | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation)


