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Pentagon’s $96M Wearable Contract Sparks Protest, Accusations of Vendor PreferenceA contract to provide the Defense Health Agency (DHA) with millions of dollars of biometric trackers has been hit with a second protest, with accusations that the agency is se...
By Sam Howell
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The Quantum PanicIn October, researchers at Shanghai University published a paper in the Chinese Journal of Computers that triggered a tsunami of panic across the Pacific. Using a quantum comp...
By Sam Howell
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Is This the Biggest Industrial Espionage Campaign in History?The FBI is now investigating more instances of Chinese espionage than ever before. Since 2014, there’s been a 1300% increase in counterintelligence cases involving China. US l...
By Sam Howell
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Alibaba and Baidu Cash Out on Quantum Computing Stakes“There are so few private sector players involved in China’s quantum ecosystem, and those were two of the biggest.” —Sam Howell, Center for a New American Security. ... Trying...
By Sam Howell
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CNAS Responds: Outbound Investment Executive Order
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Today, the White House this week released an executive order (EO) detailing a ban on U.S. private-equity and venture-capital investments in some Chinese technology companies w...
By Emily Kilcrease, J Travis Mosier, Thomas Krueger, John Hughes, Jacob Stokes, Tim Fist, Hannah Kelley & Sam Howell
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Are federal agencies’ post-quantum cryptography preparations on track?“The consequences associated with the Snowden leaks or the recent Discord leaks would pale in comparison to the consequences associated with agencies’ failure to comply with t...
By Sam Howell
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US Federal Agents Arrest National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, Over Leaked Intelligence Documents Revealing Ukraine War Secrets“It’s too soon to tell how much damage this will cause with US allies,” said Sam Howell, a researcher with the Centre for a New American Security. “At this point there’s signi...
By Sam Howell
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America’s Commercial Sanctions on China Could Get Much WorseSuch advances may prompt America to modify its sanctions on chips, says Bill Drexel of the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), a think-tank in Washington. It might choo...
By Sam Howell & Bill Drexel
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What the ChatGPT Moment Means for U.S.-China Tech CompetitionIronically, Baidu’s chatbot Ernie was trained on English-language information from Wikipedia and Reddit, which are both blocked in China. “It’s going to be a difficult balanci...
By Paul Scharre & Sam Howell
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US, Japan, South Korea Launch Forum to Cut Off Chips to ChinaMuch work still needs to be done in getting Japanese and South Korean industries to buy into Biden's strategy of cutting off chips to China, said Samantha Howell, a research a...
By Sam Howell
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US-China Tensions Over Alleged Spy Balloon, Ukraine Threaten TradeSamantha Howell, research assistant at the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said investors should expect more technology exp...
By Sam Howell
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Huawei Latest Target of US Crackdown on China TechSince taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden has taken an even more aggressive stance than his predecessor, Donald Trump. Now the Biden administration appears to be headin...
By Sam Howell
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Batteries Are the BattlefieldIt’s not just in battery supply chains where China plays a commanding role either. Across a spate of clean energy technologies—including wind power and solar panels—Beijing’s ...
By Sam Howell
