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Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

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Mar

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Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

By: Edward Ding December 18, 2020 was a particularly bad day for SMIC, China’s largest semiconductor manufacturer. The U.S. government blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies, including SMIC, and effectively restricted their purchase of advanced U.S. technology. SMIC, already behind foreign competitors in terms of chip technology, found its plans for…

Zero-Days: The Billion-Dollar Arms Market You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

26

Feb

By Geneva Bass

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Zero-Days: The Billion-Dollar Arms Market You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

By: Geneva Bass The market for zero-days began with $10 and a pair of crocodile cowboy boots. In 2002, a Texan named John P. Watters bought the cybersecurity company iDefence for an Alexander Hamilton and the determination to restore profitability after months of hemorrhaging millions. A zero-day is a computer-software…

30

Jan

By Geneva Bass

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Pandemic Paints New Era for Art Market

By: Geneva Bass The advent of the novel coronavirus initially paralyzed the global art market. The first half of 2020 saw fine-art auction sales crumble over 50% and the contemporary art market lose 36%, both scraping record lows. However, the global art market and the auction scene’s swift market orientation…

Avoiding Surveillance Capitalism: Corporate Social Responsibility in Tech Companies

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Dec

By Eric Wang

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Avoiding Surveillance Capitalism: Corporate Social Responsibility in Tech Companies

By: Eric Wang With advancements in internet technology, mass distribution of information has become accessible to people worldwide. Accompanying these improvements, information technology corporations also developed marketing and promotion tools to attract more growth in user rates and page views. However, customers are impacted dramatically due to their disadvantages in…

31

Oct

By Ke Tang

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Can Lucid Be the Next Tesla?

By: Ke Tang Competitions in the electric vehicle industry are intense. Multiple electric vehicle startups are making promises to transform the automobile industry and beat Tesla, but only a few of themare performing well. Lucid Motors, a startup founded in Newark, California, is one of the playersin the EV industry…

24

Oct

By Mi Nguyen

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Tesla Relocating to Texas

By: Mi Nguyen Tesla, the multimillion automotive giant, is moving to Austin, Texas. The announcement was made by Elon Musk at a shareholder meeting on October 7th, after months of speculation and clashing between Elon Musk and California government officials. So, what is the motive behind this transfer - the…

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Oct

By Lexi Blakes

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The Reboot of Nintendo

By: Lexi Blakes If you were on TikTok during the first month of quarantine, then you were probably an onlooker to the peak of the Nintendo Switch craze. Although the console was released 3 years ago in 2017, quarantine proved to be advantageous for Nintendo, as the $300 devices were…

A Chinese Company Who Appears to Be the Winner of World’s Micromobility

02

May

By Iris An

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A Chinese Company Who Appears to Be the Winner of World’s Micromobility

By: Iris An It is quite common in Nashville to see people on scooters everywhere, a lot of whom are Vandy students riding to their classes, parties, or a movie. In front of Stevenson, Kissam, and the Central Library, white BIRD and black LYFT are parked together, waiting for someone’s…

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Apr

By Anton Kozyrev

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The Return of Mercedes-Benz

By: Anton Kozyrev Throughout the 20th century, Mercedes-Benz established itself as a principal leader in the automotive industry -- excelling in various developments and innovations. It began, of course, with Carl Benz’s Patent No. 37435 for a “three-wheeled, self-propelled vehicle with a rear-mounted single-cylinder engine.” This patent from 1886 serves…