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CryptoWars: EU vs Verschlüsselung
„Nächste Schlacht in den CryptoWars: EU-Ministerrat plant Anschlag auf Verschlüsselung – Der EU-Ministerrat bereitet mit einer neuen Resolution den nächsten Versuch vor, sichere Ende-zu-Ende–Verschlüsselung, beispielsweise in Messengern, für Normalbürger unerreichbar zu machen. Das Papier ist Teil einer internationalen Strategie, die insbesondere von den Geheimdiensten der Vereinigten Staaten und Großbritanniens vorangetrieben wird. Ziel des Vorgehens ist es, Verschlüsselung für Endanwender zu schwächen. – Anbieter sollen nach dem Willen des EU-Ministerrats Mechanismen in ihre Produkte einbauen, die auf Anordnung durch MITM-Angriffe und Fremdschlüssel die Verschlüsselung unwirksam machen. Im nächsten Schritt sollen die marktbeherrschenden App-Store-Anbieter wie Apple und Google zur Kooperation gedrängt werden, um unkooperative Messenger auszuschließen. – Damit würde für technisch weniger versierte Bürger und Unternehmen der Zugang zu sicherer Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung faktisch unmöglich. Kriminelle und Terroristen hätten mit geringem Mehraufwand jedoch weiterhin keine Probleme, verschlüsselt zu kommunizieren.“
CCC
Wettbewerbsrecht: EU vs Amazon
„Europe charges Amazon with using dominance and data to squeeze rivals – The European Union charged Amazon AMZN.O with damaging retail competition, alleging on Tuesday that the U.S. company uses its size, power and data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller merchants that sell on its online platform. – The move by competition chief Margrethe Vestager, the latest European salvo against U.S. tech giants, comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified Amazon’s role in the global economy, with online sales soaring in lockdowns.“
Reuters
China vs Tech-Monopoltendenzen
„China drafts new antitrust guideline to rein in tech giants, wiping US$102 billion from Alibaba, Tencent and Meituan stocks – Draft guideline ‘targeting tech giants’ in e-commerce, online food delivery and ride hailing, Atta Capital’s Alan Li says – Tech giants plunge broadly in Hong Kong trading on Tuesday, with Meituan and JD.com both down by more than 8 per cent“
SCMP
TikTok fordert Infos von CFIUS
„TikTok hasn’t heard from the Trump administration in weeks, prompting latest CFIUS petition – TikTok hasn’t heard from the Trump administration in weeks as it tries to figure out whether or not to proceed to sell a minority stake in itself to Oracle and Walmart. – TikTok is still interested in pursuing a technology deal with Oracle even if the existing CFIUS order, which demands it sells U.S. assets, is no longer valid. – A technology advisor to President-elect Joe Biden says ‚it’s too early‘ to know the Biden administration’s TikTok policy.“
CNBC
Apple Silicon: der M1 und Big Sur
„Apple Announces The Apple Silicon M1: Ditching x86 – What to Expect, Based on A14 – Today, Apple has unveiled their brand-new MacBook line-up. This isn’t an ordinary release – if anything, the move that Apple is making today is something that hasn’t happened in 15 years: The start of a CPU architecture transition across their whole consumer Mac line-up. – The new processor is called the Apple M1, the company’s first SoC designed with Macs in mind. With four large performance cores, four efficiency cores, and an 8-GPU core GPU, it features 16 billion transistors on a 5nm process node. Apple’s is starting a new SoC naming scheme for this new family of processors, but at least on paper it looks a lot like an A14X.“
AnandTech
„Apple announces 13-inch MacBook Pro with faster performance and longer battery thanks to M1 chip – Apple today unveiled a new 13-inch MacBook Pro featuring the Apple M1 chip, replacing the previous Intel x86 models. Apple retained the same $1299 price point for the notebook. – The 8-core CPU offers up to 2.8x faster performance compared with the previous 13-inch MacBook Pro. Thanks to the efficiency of the M1 chip, the new MacBook Pro offers up to 20 hours of video playback on a single charge, twice the previous quoted figure.“
9to5
„Apple will release macOS Big Sur on November 12th – Featuring big design changes and new app features – Apple says it’ll release macOS 11.0, dubbed Big Sur, on November 12th. The company first announced the new OS at its developer’s conference in June and released it as a public beta in August. This will be the first macOS to support Apple’s new M1 laptop chip. Once you download the new, free update, you’ll most likely immediately note the design and aesthetic changes, many taken from iOS.“
The Verge