2018 was the year that started the U.S.-China tech cold war. 2019 might be the year that splinters the global technology system into distinct spheres of influence. 

With the perils of heedless innovation all too apparent, and with a new and potentially more transformative wave of technical advances in the pipeline, global movements to govern the next technologic…

The president's push to "build the wall" fails to grasp the role of modern technology in policing U.S. borders.

On December 13, Ambassador John Bolton, President Donald J. Trump’s national security advisor, delivered the administration’s long-awaited encyclical on Africa before an overflow audience at the Heritage Foundation. In a typically blunt manner, Ambassador Bolton characterized China’s policies toward Africa as rapacious and neo-colonial, expressing concern that China would use its leverage over states heavily indebted to it in return for a monopolistic hold on the continent’s natural resource bounty.

This week: The U.S. embraces quantum; China considers banning forced technology transfer; India's government expands surveillance; and the Huawei saga continues

This week: Germany's political establishment is hit by data leak; Iran bans Instagram; internet shutdown in the DRC; the U.S. Congress opens federal data sets to AI companies. 

This week: the Justice Department charges Chinese hackers, Huawei faces international scrutiny, two Senate reports investigate Russian disinformation, and someone hacked the European Union's diplomat…

This week: Huawei has another bad week, Australia wants your encrypted communications, Republican campaign officials had their email accounts owned, and Marriott suffers a massive breach. 

2018 was the year that a handful of countries got serious about protecting users' data.