The Financial Times reports China’s decision to discontinue the use of Intel and Amd processors – as well as the Windows operating system and implicitly the software that needs it to work – from its civil services: China react to the technological ban with a blow to the solidity of US Big Tech. The analysis by Andrea Monti, Professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian on Formiche.net Continue reading “US-China war over processors goes beyond technological autonomy”
What are the consequences the possible banning of TikTok in the US?
In a scenario of hybrid, unconventional and low-intensity warfare, platform services play an important role, not only for their potential in psyops by Andrea Monti – Professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “What are the consequences the possible banning of TikTok in the US?”
Italy: Journalistic sources, Does ‘national security’ warrant formal legal recognition to protect media professional secrecy?
In order to protect the confidentiality of journalists’ sources it is arguable that the concept of national security ought to be accorded a full legal status. This question has been reignited by the debate concerning EU regulation on the future measure on press freedom which pits those who want journalists to have absolute ‘freedom to investigate’ against those who believe that this freedom cannot be absolute or, in any case, cannot be exercised to the point of endangering national security by Andrea Monti – Initially published in English by INFORRM and in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech. Continue reading “Italy: Journalistic sources, Does ‘national security’ warrant formal legal recognition to protect media professional secrecy? “
What is the geopolitical significance of Huawei’s chip that cannot exist, but is there What is the geopolitical significance of Huawei’s chip that cannot exist, but is there
The arrival of the Huawei P60 prom on the smartphone market it is not the next part of the run to secure a profitable share of these high-end gadgets. It also has a geopolitical implications not to be underestimated: the Kirin 9000s, the processor that powers the device, is based upon a 7-nanometre chip, currently considered impossible to manufacture because of the US-imposed restrictions against China on the sale of the necessary machinery by Andrea Monti – Initialli published in Italian on Strategikon – a La Repubblica – Italian Tech blog Continue reading “What is the geopolitical significance of Huawei’s chip that cannot exist, but is there What is the geopolitical significance of Huawei’s chip that cannot exist, but is there”
The geopolitical implications of the US AI executive order
Technological superiority, brain poaching and the protection of American values are the three pillars on which the US AI strategy is built by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net
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