{"id":206779,"date":"2026-01-26T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-firms\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:40:08","slug":"texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bans 26 Chinese Tech Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-and-ai-firms-over-cybersecurity-concerns\/\">Texas Bans 26 Chinese Tech Firms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-and-ai-firms-over-cybersecurity-concerns\/\">https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-and-ai-firms-over-cybersecurity-concerns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-26 17:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"dallasexpress.com\">dallasexpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                            Golden padlock on circuit board; representation of cybersecurity | Image by Canva                        <\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has <strong>expanded the state\u2019s banned technology list, adding 26 Chinese companies and AI platforms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The move blocks state employees from using hardware and software deemed security threats, expanding restrictions as states nationwide grapple with cybersecurity risks from foreign adversaries. Abbott cited concerns about data harvesting and potential exploitation by China\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRogue actors across the globe who wish harm on Texans should not be allowed to infiltrate our state\u2019s network and devices,\u201d<\/strong> Abbott said in a news release. \u201cHostile adversaries harvest user data through AI and other applications and hardware to exploit, manipulate, and violate users and put them at extreme risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newly banned technologies include artificial intelligence companies like <strong>Zhipu<\/strong> and <strong>Baichuan<\/strong>, alongside popular retailers <strong>Temu<\/strong> and <strong>Shein<\/strong>. Hardware manufacturers <strong>Xiaomi<\/strong> and <strong>Hisense<\/strong> also made the list.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Cyber Command, established last June as America\u2019s largest state cybersecurity department, conducted the threat assessment. The agency will lead efforts to identify additional risky technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor and the Legislature gave a clear mission for the Texas Cyber Command \u2013 protect Texans from hostile foreign nations and cyber threat actors,\u201d said TXCC Chief Vice Admiral TJ White. \u201cAs TXCC works to stand up its full arsenal of operational assets, we are pleased to lead this effort to prevent cyber attacks that have the potential to exfiltrate sensitive information to bad actors across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ban affects surveillance technology firms <strong>SenseTime<\/strong> and <strong>Megvii<\/strong>, known for facial recognition systems. Electric vehicle battery makers <strong>CATL<\/strong> and <strong>Gotion High Tech<\/strong> are also subject to restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable additions include search giant <strong>Baidu<\/strong>, e-commerce platform&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-and-ai-firms-over-cybersecurity-concerns\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Bans 26 Chinese Tech Firms https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/texas-bans-26-chinese-tech-and-ai-firms-over-cybersecurity-concerns\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-26 17:27:00 Source Domain: dallasexpress.com Golden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Golden-padlock-on-circuit-board-representation-of-cybersecurity-Image-by-Canva.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,57],"class_list":["post-206779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206781,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206779\/revisions\/206781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}