Americans say that cyberterrorism is a more significant “critical threat” to the United States’ vital interests than ten other international matters, including the military power of China and Russia. The most recent Gallup poll showed that “cyberterrorism” (with 84 percent) was the most significant possible threat to the United States’ vital interests in the next […]
A recent report claims that an American citizen working for Facebook was spied on by the Greek national intelligence service for over a year. The New York Times reports that a dual American and Greek citizen who worked on Facebook’s security and trust team was subjected to a year-long wiretap by the Greek national intelligence […]
Reports suggest Russian officials have been told to get rid of their iPhones by the end of March, amid the sanctions war with the West over Ukraine and increasing tensions over competitor states’ using each other’s tech more broadly. Mobile phones manufactured by Apple will no longer be allowed at the Presidential Administration, according to […]
Joe Biden issued his first veto on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan bill that would have reversed his Labor Department rule allowing left-wing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies to be considered in retirement investing. “I just vetoed my first bill,” Biden said in a tweet announcing the move. “This bill would risk your retirement savings […]
Amazon has announced yet another round of layoffs after letting go of 18,000 workers in November. This time the e-commerce giant will lay off 9,000 employees. CNBC reports that Amazon, one of the world’s largest e-commerce retailers, is preparing to lay off 9,000 more employees in the coming weeks. CEO Andy Jassy made the announcement […]
Half of the companies in the U.S. devoted to climate change and biotech banked with the now-failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), leaving many of those companies looking for financial backers willing to take on the risk. As San Francisco Bay Area public radio station KQED reports, many of those companies received funding from SVB because […]
A European Parliament vote for bloc-wide digital IDs is the latest step towards the “Chinafication of Europe”, an MEP has claimed. Cristian Terhes, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Christian Democratic National Peasants’ Party, has described the European Union’s latest push for cross-border digital IDs as another move towards the “Chinafication” of […]
Former President Donald Trump will win reelection in a “landslide victory” if he is handcuffed and arrested next week, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter predicted in a tweet published Saturday. Musk’s tweet was in reply to David Freiheit — also known as Viva Frei, who, similarly, assessed that a Trump arrest will […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday made his first post on Facebook since his account was banned in 2021. “I’M BACK,” Trump posted along with a twelve-second video clip from his 2016 election night victory speech. “Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business,” Trump says in the clip as he is seen standing next to […]
Facebook (now known as Meta) plans to lay off another 10,000 workers in a bid to improve its financial performance. This is Zuckerberg’s second wave of layoffs following November’s cut of 11,000 jobs as part of his “year of efficiency” at the internet giant. Business Insider reports that Facebook has announced another round of layoffs, […]
