One of the world’s largest technology conglomerates has amassed significant power and billions of dollars from its deals in China, a country often firmly opposed to the values the company’s leadership regularly espouses domestically. Apple Inc. made headlines recently for capitulating to the Chinese government while its CEO argues against…
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Former U.K. Amb Craig Murray Confirms WikiLeaks DNC Emails Were a Leak NOT a Hack…
Well, through my association with WikiLeaks, I know for sure that it was a leak and not a hack. As Bill Binney, former technical director of the NSA, has pointed out, were it actually a hack the NSA would be able to pinpoint it. In fact, there is no such evidence. This is not something […]
MUST READ: A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack…
It is now a year since the Democratic National Committee’s mail system was compromised—a year since events in the spring and early summer of 2016 were identified as remote hacks and, in short order, attributed to Russians acting in behalf of Donald Trump. A great edifice has been erected during this time. President Trump, members […]
Is Technology Outpacing Human Development? We Need to Talk…
This hardly ever means something good. And that won’t be the case here either. We seriously need to talk. Technology is going faster and faster and ethical and moral debates aren’t occurring at the same rhythm. We need to be ready for a speed of innovation that we can’t control. I’m concerned, and you should […]
March on Google.com…August 19, 2017…
Today, the March on Google was announced by Jack Posobiec and a coaltion of free speech activists around the United States…
Google Censors Block Access to CounterPunch and Other Progressive Sites…
The U.S. government, and the information technology companies which collaborate with it, is moving fully into the camp of governments which relentlessly utilize the internet to collect users online data, monitor their activities, and control what they can see and do. First, there was – and is – the NSA, National Security Agency of the […]
A New Twist in the Seth Rich Case by Joe Lauria…
With U.S.-Russia tensions as dangerously high as they’ve been since the worst days of the Cold War, there is potential new evidence that Russia was not behind a hack of the Democratic National Committee, although Congress and the U.S. mainstream media accept the unproven allegation of Russia’s guilt as indisputable fact. The possible new evidence…
Google’s Chief Search Engineer Legitimizes New Censorship Algorithm…
Between April and June, Google completed a major revision of its search engine that sharply curtails public access to Internet web sites that operate independently of the corporate and state-controlled media. Since the implementation of the changes, many left wing, anti-war and progressive web sites have experienced a sharp fall in traffic…
Former Google Employee James Damore Talks About Politically Correct Diversity Efforts (VIDEO)…
In this video, I talk to James Damore and another employee who wishes to remain anonymous about James’ memo regarding Google’s diversity programs and their overweening ideological basis. He was fired last night. That says everything that needs to be said. This means that the company that is arguably in charge of more of the […]
Should America’s Tech Giants Be Broken Up?…
As a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, Jonathan Taplin isn’t your typical academic. Lately, though, he’s been busy writing somber tomes about market shares, monopolies, and online platforms. His conclusion: Amazon.com, Facebook, and Google have become too big and too powerful and, if not stopped, may need to be broken up…
“I Have A Right To Express My Concerns”: Fired Google Engineer Will Pursue Legal Action; Assange Offers Job…
The computer engineer fired by Google for writing a memo in which he slammed the company’s anti-conservative culture and said women are less suited to certain roles in tech and leadership, is considering taking legal action against the company. As a reminder, now former Google employee James Damore, caused outrage when he circulated a manifesto…
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Grassley Seeks Immigration Files for Pakistani Suspects in House IT Probe…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has requested copies of immigration files for the six Pakistani suspects in the House IT scandal, who allegedly stole equipment from Congress and accessed computers without permission. Grassley is seeking more information on Imran Awan, his wife, his two brothers and two of his close friends in connection…
Google Fires Author of “Outrageous” Memo Slamming Company’s Anti-Conservative Culture…
Yesterday we reported that a 10-page document penned by an unnamed Google engineer titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” which criticized the company’s “left-leaning”, “anti-conservative” culture and called for replacing Google’s diversity initiatives with policies that encourage “ideological diversity” instead, led to angry outrage among fellow Google employees and Silicon Valley liberals. The document, published in […]
HBO Hackers Leak Top Executive’s Emails…
The release of a month’s worth of the executive’s inbox is the first indication that HBO’s emails have been penetrated, at least partially. The hacker or hackers behind the HBO data breach have posted online a publicly accessible link to a cache of internal documents, including a script summary of an upcoming Game of Thrones […]
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iPhone Maker Says It’s Building a Multi-Billion-Dollar Facility in Michigan…
Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s primary iPhone makers, will open a multibillion-dollar research and development plant in Michigan, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday. That makes the second politically critical state to receive such a commitment from the multinational — which is sure to be seen by many as a gargantuan political success…
A ‘Defiant’ Wasserman Schultz Says Laptop She Sought To Keep From Police Was Awan’s, Not Hers…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz never actually saw the computer she fought to block the Capitol Police from examining as evidence in a criminal case against her IT aide by saying it was hers, she told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Thursday. She threatened “consequences” on May 18 for the chief of the Capitol Police unless the […]
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?…
One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatted about her favorite songs and TV shows, and I asked her what she likes to do with her friends. “We […]
Verizon’s Latest Rewards Program Shares Gobs of Your Data…
Verizon has just fired up a new rewards program, but you might want to hold off if you’re concerned about your privacy. Brandon Robbins and other customers have noticed that enlisting in Up requires enrolling in a Verizon Selects personalized advertising program that tracks an extensive range of voluntary and automatic data: it’ll supply…
Rabbit Ears Are Back!!!…
About 70 years after TV antennas were invented, rabbit ears are slowly making their way back into the homes of millennials, many of whom are shocked to find broadcast television is accessible for free. While much is made about ‘cordcutters’ and the growth of online streaming services like Netflix or Hulu, antenna sales in the […]
Google Deliberately Confuses Its Employees, Fed Says
The Department of Labor’s increasingly heated dispute with Google over a gender pay gap began, innocently enough, with a routine audit. As a federal contractor, Google must comply with the US government’s nondiscrimination and affirmative action statutes. In 2015, Google’s number randomly came up for inspection by the Office of Federal Contractor…
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