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Biden will review tech supply chains to reduce dependence on China The US is still heavily dependent on other countries for technology manufacturing (among other products), and President Biden is looking for ways to reduce that dependence. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/president-biden-to-review-tech-supply-chains-154540582.html

Go read this Motherboard report on what some people did with the ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’ To say 2020 is a wild year is an understatement — aside from the obvious thing that’s defined 2020, in July, some people across the US received an unsolicited parcel from China containing seeds. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/10/21431606/go-read-this-motherboard-report-chinese-mystery-seeds

The US Department of the Interior said today it would continue to keep its entire drone fleet grounded, except when used for emergencies like firefighting, as the department reviews if the drones are a threat to national security. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/21113533/us-interior-department-chinese-drone-ban-grounding-security-dji https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66214578/phantom_4_front_on.0.0.png