DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Security & Risk, ByteDance
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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TikTok experiences issues at US data center, but avoids full outage
After major power outage earlier this year
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TikTok says outage is resolved, confirms it was an Oracle data center
Issues were caused by the harsh winter storm
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ByteDance could spend $7bn to access Nvidia Blackwell chips outside China – report
Would make TikTok’s parent company one of Nvidia’s biggest customers
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US DoJ alleges TikTok has been storing sensitive US customer data on China-based servers
Claims made in response to legal challenge against forced sale of the app
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Chinese companies exploiting sanctions loophole by accessing GPUs in the US - report
Chinese cloud providers have also attempted to establish data centers in the US to avoid sanctions
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TikTok's Virginia data centers allowed unescorted visitors, unmarked flash drives in servers, and unattended boxes of hard drives
Short-term thinking for short-form video site
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FCC Commissioner calls for ban on TikTok in US
Over concerns on how Beijing-based TikTok handles US user data
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TikTok’s chief security officer steps down, as US data is moved to Oracle
Amid claims the company sent user data to China
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US Commerce Department decides not to enforce TikTok ban
Putting the forced sale of Tiktok's US arm in doubt
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TikTok CSO says app's services are separate from ByteDance's Chinese operations
He also took the time to clarify some of the big concerns about its security
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New Chinese export policy threatens forced sale of TikTok US
So... checkmate?
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Walmart joins Microsoft in joint bid to buy TikTok
Big retail joins big tech
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer steps down amid political battle with US government
Authorities are forcing TikTok to sell up its US division or be blocked out of the US markets entirely
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TikTok sues US government over ban and forced sale
Trump's executive order ignores due process and violates Fifth Amendment, says TikTok
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Trump calls Oracle "a great company," promotes donor Ellison in TikTok bid
And he still thinks the US should get a cut
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China: "The US is not qualified to build a coalition of 'clean countries' because itself is dirty all over"
Effort to build an Internet without Chinese companies labelled "bullying"
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TikTok announces $500m data center in Ireland
Aiming to address privacy concerns
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Report: Google Cloud sold $800m in cloud services to TikTok in 2019
TikTok seems to be under the sword of Damocles