Fri. 12/18 – Chinese Drone Maker DJI Blacklisted By The US

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

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Drone maker DJI is blacklisted by the commerce department. Group video comes to Echo devices. Twitter launches Spaces. Sony offers refunds for Cyberpunk 2077. Coinbase files to go public. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Masterworks.io, promocode RIDE to skip the waitlist Calderalab.com use code TECHMEME (all one word, all caps) at checkout Links: US government adds DJI to Commerce blacklist over ties to Chinese government (The Verge) Amazon launches group video and audio calling for Echo devices (The Verge) Twitter launches its voice-based ‘Spaces’ social networking feature into beta testing (TechCrunch) Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and offering full refunds (The Verge) Source Code newsletter A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response (Microsoft Blog) Coinbase announces IPO in a milestone for the crypto industry (Fortune) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Where Tech Workers Are Moving: New LinkedIn Data vs. the Narrative (Big Technology Newsletter) Why I Decided to Leave Substack (A Media Operator Newsletter) New WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar is moving to shake up Hollywood. Insiders are questioning if he has what it takes to turn around the entertainment giant without destroying it. (Business Insider) Can’t get a PlayStation 5? Meet the Grinch bots snapping up the holidays’ hottest gift. (Washington Post) How AltaVista, our first good search engine, fell into the digital abyss (Tedium) My $200,000 Sushi Dinner (NYTimes) Link to today's easter egg on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, December 18th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.4	Today, DroneMaker DJI is blacklisted by the Commerce Department. Group video comes to echo devices.
0:15.6	Twitter launches spaces.
0:17.2	Sony offers refunds for Cyberpunk 2077. Coinbase, files to go public. And of course, the weekend long read suggestions.
0:25.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:27.0	The US is reportedly going to add around 80 more Chinese companies to its trade
0:38.3	blacklist and that includes shockingly China-based drone maker, DJI, quoting the verge.
0:46.3	The ban was put in place through the same mechanism as the U.S. government's ongoing ban on
0:50.3	Huawei products and is primarily focused on blocking the export of U.S. technology
0:54.7	to the drone maker. However, the ban will make it difficult for U.S. businesses to provide
0:59.1	parts or components for DJI to use in its drones, which is likely to disrupt the company's supply chain.
1:05.0	Depending on China's response to the action,
1:07.0	it may also make it difficult for U.S. stores to directly sell D.J.I.
1:10.0	products.
1:11.0	The ban is set to go into effect when the list is officially updated at
1:14.4	1115 a.m. Eastern time. The new additions to the entity list come alongside a
1:19.9	more specific action against China's semiconductor manufacturing
1:22.9	international corporation or SMIC, which was listed in response to purported ties
1:27.7	between the company and the Chinese military. Less explanation was given for
1:31.6	DJI's addition to the list,
1:33.0	although commerce said other companies were added, quote,
1:36.0	for actions deemed contrary to the national security or foreign policy interest
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