Welcome to the Tech Mean Right Home for Wednesday, December 18th,

2024. I'm Brian McCullough. Today is your home internet router about to be banned. The U.S. has a new

Chinese tech target, an AI dev kit from Nvidia, who actually buys the most chips from

Nvidia. Hollywood has flip-flopped on the whole theatrical release strategy,

and why Instagram is officially King of the Hill at Meta. Here's what you miss today in the world

of tech.

The U.S. has a new tech target. Sources are telling the journal that U.S. officials are investigating Chinese router maker TPLink,

which has an estimated 65% of U.S. market share and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025.

Quote, U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home

internet routers have been linked to cyber attacks poses a national security risk and are considering

banning the devices. The router manufacturer TP link established in China has roughly 65%

of the U.S. market for routers, for homes and small businesses. It is also the top choice

on Amazon and Powers Internet Communications for the Defense Department and other federal

government agencies. Investigators at the Commerce, Defense, and Justice departments

have opened their own probes into the company, and authorities could ban the sale of TPLink

routers in the

U.S. next year, according to people familiar with the matter. An office of the Commerce Department

has subpoenaed TPLink, some of the people said. Action against the company would likely fall

to the incoming Trump administration, which has signaled an aggressive approach to China.

An analysis from Microsoft published in October

found that a Chinese hacking entity maintains a large network of compromised network devices,

mostly comprising thousands of TP-link routers. The network has been used by numerous Chinese

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