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Incidents, rule changes and field notes
Real cases of hacked systems, stopped fleets and changed rules, what each one means for makers, and what to do about it. We add new items as they appear.
“Charging pile”: what bad translation costs Chinese brands
Buyers judge a product in its first minute: the box, the app, the first message on the screen. Word-for-word translation loses them there.
ReadThe US data rule every Chinese software and IoT maker should know
Since April 2025, giving China-based companies access to bulk US personal data is restricted. Robot fleets, smart devices and apps are in scope.
ReadThe US robot rule of July 28, 2026: what makers from abroad can still sell
New foreign-made mobile robots can no longer get FCC authorization. Previously authorized models, fixed robots, Canada and Mexico are a different story.
ReadWhy Canada is the fastest first market
A company in days, no resident-director rule in British Columbia, a port facing Asia and a market that buys from all three countries.
ReadMexico in 2026: higher duties, bigger opportunity
New duties on goods from countries without a trade agreement changed the math on January 1, 2026. The factories and buyers are still there.
ReadNew robot and inverter models shut out of the US
Since Jul 28, mobile robots and connected inverters built outside the US get no FCC authorization for new models. A launch plan built on the US alone stops at the next model.
ReadA medtech maker's devices wiped in one night
Attackers used the company's own device-management system to wipe laptops and phones. Some sites went back to paper, and the company filed a report with US regulators.
ReadWind and solar sites cut off
Attackers damaged controller firmware and wiped operator screens at more than 30 wind and solar sites in Poland. Some sites lost their link to the grid operator.
ReadAn AI chat agent opened customers' CRM data
Stolen access tokens from a sales chat agent let attackers pull data, including cloud keys, from many companies' Salesforce accounts.
ReadA camera fleet lost its vendor overnight
Canada ordered a major camera maker's Canadian business to close on national security grounds, and federal sites had to remove its products. Owners of installed cameras lost their local vendor.
ReadThe cloud closed, and every device stopped
When the maker of an AI wearable sold its assets, the cloud service ended ten days later and every device in customers' hands stopped working.
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