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Tell Applied Materials and its fine of 252 million

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For years, the call United States Entity List It has been interpreted as a geopolitical tool aimed at slowing Chinese technological advance. However, its scope does not remain symbolic or diplomatic rhetoric: it also has immediate economic consequences for companies that operate in the global chip chain. Applied Materials just proved it with a civil penalty of $252 million linked to exports to SMIC, in an episode that illustrates the extent to which Washington’s controls can translate into tangible costs for the industry. The sanction. The move follows an agreement with the US Department of Commerce to close allegations of irregular exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to subsidiaries of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC). According to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), between November 2020 and July 2022, there were 56 exports or attempted exports valued at around $126 million, carried out even though certain operations were already subject to licensing requirements. The agreed civil fine amounts to double that figure and, according to the Department of Commerce itself, represents the legal maximum applicable in this case. behind the scenes. The regulatory sequence begins with a specific notification sent to Applied Materials on September 25, 2020, which warned that certain operations related to SMIC were subject to licensing control for reasons of possible military end uses. These types of communications, known as “is-informed” letters, informed the receiving company that it needed authorization for certain exports, re-exports or transfers. What exports are in question. The US regulator’s research focuses on ion implantation systems and associated modules, tools used in the early phases of the semiconductor manufacturing process to modify, through doping, the electrical properties of silicon. Although it is not machinery as visible as advanced lithography, its role is essential in multiple technological nodes, both mature and cutting-edge. The logistical scheme under analysis. The case documentation includes a fragmented production and shipping model which involved several jurisdictions before final delivery in China. Part of the equipment originated in the United States, continued its process in South Korea and ended up in SMIC subsidiaries, while certain modules traveled from Singapore independently. BIS presents this journey as a central element to reconstruct the operations examined and evaluate whether the export control framework was respected throughout the chain. Conditions beyond the fine. The agreement reached is not limited to financial payment. The order includes a denial of export privileges suspended for three years, which could be activated if the company fails to comply with established obligations, along with the requirement for periodic external audits and annual certifications of compliance. The message. The resolution not only closes an administrative file, it also offers a broader reading about the moment the global technology industry is going through. The export control policies promoted by Washington are showing their ability to transfer strategic decisions to the operational terrain of companies, with measurable financial and regulatory consequences. Images | Applied Materials | aboodi vesakaran In Xataka | US sanctions are collapsing China’s factories. It’s bad news for the rest of the world

While Europe was razed by black plague, an unexpected state applied epidemiological pioneer measures: Aragon

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The whole history of humanity changed one day of 1346 in front of the doors of the city of Caffa in the Crimean Peninsula. Between that day and the end of 1351, 70 million people died worldwide. That is, between 30% and half of the population disappeared from the surface of the earth. It is very difficult to ponder what the black plague meant. But not everywhere was the same. In the vicinity of Lake Issyk-Kul in the current Kyrguistan, Almost everyone died. In the crown of Aragon, The thing was different. Do not be misunderstood, we talk about a complex and diverse territory, the impact of black plague on the different kingdoms and counties was as terrible as anywhere; But, according to A recent study by Albert Reixach Salahe has just demonstrated that “urban governments began to try pioneer techniques that anticipated” what would later be applied in the rest of Europe. The laboratory of the continent. At first, like all, Aragonese communities resorted to religion. East of the Peninsula processions, public sentences and offerings to the saints were filled. It seems, 1384, the Municipal Council of Manresa tried to placate the “divine anger” prohibiting gambling. From whatever, it did not work. AND, According to Reixach Salathroughout the fifteenth century, the authorities began to add more concrete measures and, to put it in some way, more modern. For example, death registration systems were created (in Barcelona it was active since 1420). At the same time, Terrasa and Cervera began to apply mobility restrictions prohibiting entry to travelers who had been in locations with active cases. A lot of good ideas. Obviously, these answers were partial, clumsy, uncoordinated and reactive. A good example is that in 1458, the city ejected all the Mallorcans from its municipality. No matter that the island was one of the most controlled places in the Mediterranean. In Sóller, without going any further, there were permanent terrestrial controls for decades. However, numerous ideas were clairvoyant. We usually overcome the origin of the ‘quarantine’ to Venice or France, but (always According to Reixach Sala) We know that before that Cervera had already built preventive confinement barracks for anyone who returned to the city. In Valencia it also began to do a few years later. In the same vein, Mallorca had a kind of “Board of Health” since 1476 that introduced prevention measures, administrative regulations and generalized health measures. The grain and the straw. In 2015 Karolinska Institute of Stockholm when granted your youyou The Nobel Prize in Medicine. Many interpreted him as a prize for traditional Chinese medicine, but What they were rewarding It was a huge effort to carefully analyze each and every one of the remedies that the millenary Chinese civilization. Because, between superstition and care, there were good things: bright things. The same as in Aragon. Image | Pierart Dou Tielt, c. 1353. In Xataka | The black plague was a traumatic episode for the human being. But our immune system also improved

The EU moves token and approves its retaliation tariffs to the US: we already know when the counterattack will begin to be applied

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The commercial war between the United States and a good part of the world is no longer a latent threat: it is happening, and Europe is part of the board. In recent times, the Donald Trump administration has launched three direct offensives against the European Union. First imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum; Then he did the same with the cars, And now he has added the so -called “20% reciprocal tariffs”. Brussels has decided to answer. First firm step. The answer has already begun to take shape. The Member States of the Community Block The first commercial countermeasted package against the United States has just approved. The proposal was treated this Wednesday and received a majority support. From the European Commission they have not left doubt: they consider that Washington’s tariffs are “unjustified and harmful” and that “cause economic damage to both parties, as well as the world economy.” {“Videid”: “X8WLH9Q”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “United States vs. China: The chips war”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “1611”} The details, still to be known. The Commission has officially confirmed the approval of these measures, but has not detailed the concrete percentages or the products that will be affected. That information will be announced in the next few days through a formal ad. However, media such as The New York Times, which accessed the documentation related to the voting, They assure that these are 10% and 25% tariffs on a wide range of categories. Appliances, vessels and even dental thread. These percentages coincide with the information published this weekwhere it transpired that the European package would reach consumer and leisure goods, such as appliances, motorcycles, recreation vessels and cards, in addition to food products such as sausages, poultry and other agricultural products. Personal care articles would also be included, such as dental thread. Date indicated in the calendar. Although formal steps are still missing, such as the publication of the act of execution, the European Commission has already advanced the key date: “Rights will begin to be raised as of April 15,” According to the institution itself. That is, the countermeasures will be effective within a few days. The dialogue continues on the table. The movement does not imply a total closure to the dialogue. From Brussels they have stressed that Member States maintain the intention of negotiating with the US administration, although any agreement must be based on “balanced and mutually beneficial” conditions. In that line, the Commission has confirmed that the countermeasures “can be suspended at any time.” In Xataka China has no intention of backing: it will put tariffs of 84% to all US imports Who will really pay these tariffs? The answer is that you possibly impact consumers. “Tariffs function as taxes applied to imports”, Remember the Tax Foundation. “In practice, that additional cost is rarely assumed by companies: it ends up impacting directly on the consumer pocket.” If nothing changes, we will see more expensive American products in the European market. Images | European Parliament | The White House | Alexandre Lallemand In Xataka | The international wine market was already broken, but a single idea has put it against the ropes: 200% tariffs (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news The EU moves token and approves its retaliation tariffs to the US: we already know when the counterattack will begin to be applied It was originally posted in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

On March 19 we wait for you in the great event on generative artificial intelligence applied to the company

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Xatakeros, next day March 19 The event is celebrated in Madrid AI2030which will have as its central theme the real use and application of the generative AI in the business environment and of which Xataka is Mediapartner. If it is an issue that, like us, is passionate about or that you would like to know more to apply it to your professional environment, keep reading because this will interest you. AI2030 is a different event for format and content, and now you will understand why. As for the format, on the one hand there will be a place for people who want to learn and listen to how various leaders in the sector are working with generative artificial intelligence in their business fields, with practical and real cases of generative in action But also with all the challenges (and opportunities) in its implementation, in addition to a review of the trends of what we expect in the coming years. All accompanied with a small huequecito for networking. Here you can consult the full agenda. All these cases will be presented by first level speakers. Among those already confirmed is Jimmy Klein (Diageo Product), María José Barrera (Global Cdo & E -Commerce director of Massimo Dutti), Sofia Benjumea (Head of Google for Startups – EMEA) and Carlos Rivadulla (manager and lawyer in Écija) , among many others. The event organizes it Miraikureference sign in the development of generative, and is sponsored by Google Cloudso we will also have some of its executives. On the other hand, there will also be a more practical session, which will take place on March 20 in Hackaton format. This opportunity is reserved for a few selected startups but you are still in time to present as a candidate for yours if you are interested. Would you like to accompany us? Keep reading and we give you all the details. For all types of professionals and also for startups If you are passionate about the subject or dedicate yourself professionally to this: On March 19, from 10 in the morning until eating, numerous talks will take AI in business environments and various business sectors in particular. You can request your entry as an assistant here. If you have a startup: You can request to join the Hackaton that is organized on March 20. In that session, first -line companies such as Kia, Massimo Dutti, Estrella Damm or Diageo, among others, will raise a challenge to the participating companies and together they will work to give them a solution. You can get more details and register your startup selecting “Join As a startup” here. We are waiting for you! And if you can’t accompany us or you can’t follow streaming that day, don’t worry, because We will tell you the best of the event in Xataka And in our networks. As our friends from AI2030 say, “the future begins here!” More information and inscriptions | AI2030.AI

Elon Musk is applying to the US the same recipe that has applied to all its companies

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Elon Musk did not receive Not a single vote in the elections from the US, neither a dollar from the US government receives. However, many consider him the most powerful person in the country, and has declared war on bureaucracy. Not two weeks ago that Donald Trump was invested as 47th President of the United States, but Elon Musk has had plenty of time to put An army of twenty -year -old engineers Even the kitchen of the US administration. That a private citizen, without an official charge and without obligation to account for anyone, can access classified information has lit all alarms in the country. Elon Musk’s “demon” mode. The “modus operandi” that has shown Doge during its first weeks of operation carries the Elon Musk personal stamp. Just observe minimally what happened when Elon Musk He took Twitter controleliminating functions and dismissing your staff, to find the same pattern in the “control” of Donald Trump that He has executed Doge In the last two weeks. The Millionaire has used this system of harassment and demolition of the structure established in all its companies or projects. Your biographer defined This scenario as “demon mode”, in which Elon Musk orders to stop everything and eliminate all the unnecessary or superfluousregardless of whether some norms or regulations are breached in the process. As he quotes in his biography, Elon Musk considers these operations as “giving things to things and purging all the shit of the interior of the system.” Work in “Extremely Hardcore” mode. When Elon Musk enters that “demon mode” demands a Extreme work commitmentliterally describing it as “Extremely Hardcore”. Again, something we already saw in the landing of Musk on Twitter. Now, Doge’s team is also applying that extreme work discipline and has even mounted sleeping beds in the offices of the Blanca to the White House that became its headquarters, According to sources of The New York Times. As published by Musk, they are working Even weekends. The US is not a company. Elon Musk applied that optimization exercise in Space X when he developed his First Merlin engineswith the Starlink satellites and with the Starship rocket. Tesla also suffered Musk’s “demon mode” when he faced the company bankruptcy If the Production rhythm of your Model 3. Elon Musk even He slept under the table of his office while I found formulas To optimize the assembly line. The millionaire has applied these optimizations in all its companies using a policy of Challenge to regulationswhich left them exposed to sanctions. However, they are private companies and, as such, they must be aware of the risk of incurring these infractions and assuming the consequences. However, what Many wonder in the US It is whether the government of a country can afford that luxury. Doge and officials. One of Doge’s first battles has been against officials, which began when the president He repealed the measures that protected career officials, those who carry out their work in the administration regardless of who governs. Following the same pattern as on Twitter of 2022, it was sent An email more than two million officials under the matter “Fork in the Road” (bifurcation on the road). In that email, They were invited to give up just by responding to the mail in exchange for receiving the equivalent of your salary until September as compensation for dismissal. In 2022, mail trick It did not fullysince the company had to pay compensation to its ex -employed. In this case, it has not been too successful and the measure has been taken before the courts. Some twenty -year -old engineers. Another aspect of Doge’s “control” has been the Young entourage, twenty -year -old They had been doing practices In Elon Musk companies. These “black men” of Doge entered the databases More sensitive from the administration without even showing a government employee credential, since Doge is an external consulting body, not a government agency. In fact, in many cases they refuse reveal their names. To the officials who refused for a group of intruders They had access to the data that the Treasury Department has of millions of citizens, They were withdrawn from service. Treasury Secretary Scott Besent, He had to order To officials that allow access to the Musk team, since, remember, they are not government officials officially. Trump triggered. Doge’s “control” has raised controversy both for its intimidating methods and for the legality of its actions. The recent one Total closure From the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Doge has made alarms jump of those who consider that neither Doge nor Donald Trump have the power of Close government agencies. According to him Article 1 of the Constitution That is a prerogative that It must be given from the Congresssomething that has not occurred. Therefore, not only are they being questioned that “the black men” anonymous of Doge act in an opaque way by accessing the most sensitive databases of the government, but also put on the table if the own Trump would be overreach in their functions passing Above Congress’ competences. Citizen Musk. In the midst of all this storm: Elon Musk. A private citizen who does not pay accounts for his acts and only responds to the president, who has given him free way to access all areas of the federal government. Will it cut the funds of NASA, from the SEC or FAA with the same lightness that you have used with USAID? It is difficult to define where the public service of the millionaire actions begins and where its private interests. SPACE X receives huge amounts of NASA money and the increase in missions with the American space agency points to an upward trend in that financing route. In addition, Elon Musk has in his hand the survival of regulation agencies such as FAA that regulates precisely the spacex scope, so it becomes a judge and part, giving rise to a conflict of interest more than evident. Trump He … Read more

Supreme Court upholds law that bans TikTok in the US unless it changes ownership. How will it be applied?

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Today, the US Supreme Court unanimously confirmed the federal law that bans the social network TikTok starting next Sunday, January 19, unless it is sold by its parent company based in China.. The measure maintains that the risk to national security raised by its ties to China outweighs concerns about limiting the freedom of expression of the application and its 170 million users in the United States. The decision came in the context of a unusual political upheaval by President-elect Donald Trump – who promised he could negotiate a solution – and the outgoing administration of Joe Biden, who has indicated that he will not apply the law starting Sunday, his last full day in office. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued a statement saying that “TikTok should continue to be available to Americans,” but that national security issues should be addressed. “Given the mere fact that it is time, this administration recognizes that actions to implement the law must simply fall to the next administration, which takes office on Monday,” he added. How does this affect current users? The bipartisan law requires that ByteDance, owner of TikTok based in China, will divest the company on Sunday, a day before Trump takes office. If no sales occur, the platform used by millions of Americans will theoretically be banned. A sale does not seem imminent And while experts have said the app won’t disappear from existing users’ phones once the law goes into effect on Jan. 19, new users won’t be able to download it and updates won’t be available. That will eventually render the app inoperative, said the Department of Justice In court documents, he highlighted Associated Press. In a rapidly changing situation, It is unclear what will happen on Sunday with TikTok in the United States, as there are signs that Trump could try to keep the app available. The Biden administration has also signaled that it will not take any enforcement action on Sunday. The Justice Department had raised two key issues in defending the ban: that the Chinese government could exercise control over content that users see to influence public opinion, and that could collect sensitive data over millions of American users. In today’s ruling, the court acknowledged that national security reasons affected its analysis of whether there was a violation of freedom of expression under the First Amendment of the Constitutionand the judges focused on the issue of data collection. The high court concluded that the reasons for enacting the law are “decidedly content-agnostic” and have nothing to do with restricting certain speech. “TikTok’s scale and its susceptibility to control by foreign adversaries, coupled with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government’s national security concerns,” the supreme ruling said. “The challenged provisions promote an important governmental interest unrelated to the suppression of free speech and do not substantially burden free speech more than is necessary to promote that interest,” the court added. “The anti-TikTok sentiment that led Congress to pass the law, driven by concerns about the level of control the Chinese government has over the company, has quickly dissipated in some quarters,” he said. NBC News.

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