SoftBank-backed face-scan firm rebrands US unit to add distance after blacklisting -sources Reuters 12/21/2020 Popular Searches * Selling cloud-connected face-scanning tech via T-Mobile US * CloudMinds bailed out by China-backed fund -sources By Sam Nussey TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of SoftBank-backed robotics startup CloudMinds has changed its name to distance itself from the blacklisted China-based firm, two people with knowledge of the matter said, and is selling face-scanning temperature monitors through T-Mobile US. The unit is selling its cloud-connected products under the new name at a time of heightened concern in the United States about the national security risk of Chinese firms collecting and using the personal data of U.S. citizens.