Ninestar Makes Chips Used in Counterfiet Cartridges And It's Your Fault

We inside the industry have known this for decades:  China does not believe in IP.  

China believes once an idea is out in the world, it is anyone's to use and profit from.  China believes that the only way they can compete on the world stage is to steal other people's work - which is bad enough.  What makes this more egregious is they market it as their own.

China cannot innovate.

There, I said it.  You know this.  You know what I say is true.  For me, it is and has been, crystal clear.  Take a look at the Chinese fighter jets - they look like ours. Check out the Red Chinese aircraft carriers.  They look like Great Britain's.

Why has nobody called these communists out?  For a good reason: Money

Our small niche in the Universe is impacted by China.

It doesn't matter if you're an HP fanboy, or believe HP's latest dealer agreements 'steal my data and my accounts'; it doesn't even matter if, like me, you don't hold the 'reman and third party toner heads' in the highest regard.  Dumpster Diving went corporate.  

Hazahhh!

But here's my dilemma:  How different is taking one company's patent, manufacturing identical chips, and falsely marketing those chips 'original' and selling them different from running an author's content through AI with the prompt, "Rewrite this in the style of me."

https://www.action-intell.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AI-Report-Testing-Finds-Ninestar-Source-for-Chips-on-Counterfeits.pdf

My inner struggles aside, I do not like the fact that these chips report themselves as "HP Original" when they are not.  I do not like the fact that it took a rather involved study to bring these details to light.  True, I am torn as to know HP paid for the project, but after careful review of said study, 19 pages on the primary and another 22 from a supporting study, it is apparent the funding source is irrelevant.

Bottom line, as of today, 

1. Ninestar made fake chips that could be programmed to report as "genuine hp".
2. Marketed by Ninestar or its subsidiaries, these chips were installed on counterfeit toner cartridges and sold as HP toner.
3. The chips were programmed to falsely report 'genuine' and US consumers purchased the cartridges in good faith.

The following is a ChatGPT-assisted summary of the report can be found here.

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Amazon employees face possible pay cuts due to company's falling share prices

If you work for Amazon, you might be feeling a little anxious about your paycheck. According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, corporate staff at the online giant could see their pay packets sink by anywhere between 15% and 50% below compensation targets. 

This drop comes after CEO Andy Jassy issued a rallying cry to his remaining workforce following the January announcement of 18,000 layoffs. 

Why? 

Because Amazon's share prices have slumped by around 35% in the past year. 

The Return to the Office: Is it Really the Solution to the Productivity Problem?

The return to the office could be the real reason for the slump in productivity. This is not just an opinion, but a fact that is supported by data. After a brief increase in office occupancy to over 50% in January, it plummeted to 45.6% by February and then only slightly recovered to 48.6%. Despite this, many business leaders are still insisting on their employees returning to the office to prevent what they call "quiet quitting."

Optimal engagement occurs when employees spend 60% to 80% of their time working off-site, as reported by Gallup

Article Summary: 

• The return to the office may be the reason for the drop in productivity and increase in "quiet quitting".
• Forcing employees to come to the office under the threat of discipline leads to disengagement, fear, and distrust, exacerbating the problem.
• A flexible team-led approach that emphasizes collaboration, training, and employee well-being is the best approach for the future of work.