FCC reportedly blocks two unidentified gadgets containing a HiVision chip

Two gadgets containing a HiVision Hi3516CV610 chip were blocked in the FCC’s first use of a new chip-level power, The Verge reports. HiVision is a Huawei subsidiary, and Huawei is on the agency’s Covered List. The Verge says the FCC did not identify the gadgets. The agency calls the component a “foreign surveillance chip,” citing how HiVision markets its features.