T-Mobile’s $26 billion acquisition of Sprint is basically a done deal, as a federal judge today ruled that the merger can go forward. T-Mobile said in response that “the companies are now taking final steps to complete their merger,” and that they will try to finalize the deal by April 1. Attorneys general from thirteen […]
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Netanyahu’s Likud Leaks Names, Addresses & Other Private Info of Nearly 7 Million Israeli Voters…
Israel’s Likud just made the Democratic Party look almost competent by comparison. According to Haaretz, Likud, the party of embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accidentally uploaded a complete register of Israelis registered to vote (a massive chunk of the population), including their full names, identity numbers, addresses as well as other revealing information like […]
iPhone App Makers Questioned in Apple Antitrust Probe…
App developers for Apple, one of the four major multinational technology companies facing antitrust probes, are being questioned by the Justice Department, according to a new report. The chief executive of the app developer Mobicip told Reuters he was interviewed by a U.S. investigator in November. Suren Ramasubbu said he was asked about the company’s […]
A New Space Race? U.S., China, Russia, and Europe All Plan for Moon Bases…
One year ago in January, a Chinese robot landed on the dark side of the moon. Since then, the Chang’e 4 probe and the Yutu-2 rover it carried onboard have been busy photographing and scanning minerals, growing yeast, hatching fruit-fly eggs, and cultivating cotton, potato, and rapeseeds in the moon’s low gravity, according to the […]
“Far and away the most disorganized place I’ve ever been a part of”: Inside Acronym’s Disastrous Foray into the Iowa Caucuses…
Acronym, as the group’s founder and CEO Tara McGowan has told seemingly any reporter who would listen in the last year, was supposed to shake up Democratic politics. Faced with Republican opponents that now actually know how to campaign on social media, the non-profit digital strategy organization intended to offer an effective Democratic countermeasure, guided […]
New Details Show How Deeply Iowa Caucus App Developer was Embedded in Democratic Establishment…
emocratic operative Tara McGowan is denying that her high-profile liberal firm ACRONYM played a role in the Monday evening caucus debacle, claiming that her firm was merely an investor in the company Shadow Inc., which developed the app at the center of the controversy. But internal company documents, a source close to the firms, and […]
The Rise of Smart Camera Networks, and Why We Should Ban Them…
There’s widespread concern that video cameras will use facial recognition software to track our every public move. Far less remarked upon — but every bit as alarming — is the exponential expansion of “smart” video surveillance networks. Private businesses and homes are starting to plug their cameras into police networks, and rapid advances in artificial […]
Peak Facebook, Peak Soros, Or Just Peak Globalism?…
In late 2018 I asked the question, “Have we reached peak Soros?” Because back then I realized that Soros was losing. And every issue I touched on in that article has come to pass. For more than ten years Soros and his cohort Tom Steyer, (who is now somehow presidential material?) have worked diligently to […]
It Turns Out That 5G Might Cause Cancer After All…
The 5G technology roll out is not without controversy. All across the globe people—including consumers, parents, scientists, and engineers—are demanding answers about and educating others of the risks of 5G. In fact, nearly 200,000 people from 204 countries have signed an appeal to “stop the deployment of millions of 5G antennas on Earth and 50,000 […]
40 Privacy Groups Warn That Facial Recognition Is Threatening Democracy…
On Monday, forty organizations signed a letter calling on an independent government watchdog to recommend a ban on U.S. government use of facial recognition technology. The letter was drafted by the digital privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and signed by organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Color of Change, Fight for the […]
Mark Zuckerberg Declares Facebook Is Going to ‘Stand up for free expression’ and Allow People to Post What They Want…
Mark Zuckerberg has declared that Facebook is ‘going to stand up for free expression’ in spite of the fact it will ‘piss off a lot of people’. The controversial CEO, 35, made the claim during a fiery appearance at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Utah on Friday. Zuckerberg told the audience that Facebook had […]
Soros Goes All in Against Mark Zuckerberg with Trump-Facebook Conspiracy Theory…
Billionaire George Soros is blaming Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for helping President Trump win the 2016 election – completely ignoring that Trump’s 2016 digital director (and 2020 campaign manager) Brad Parscale simply outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton’s team when it came to social media. “Facebook helped Trump to get elected and I am afraid that it will […]
FBI Probes Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Group for ‘Hacking Americans and Government Agencies’ After Jeff Bezos and Facebook Both Accused the Company of Malicious Attacks…
The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments, according to four people familiar with the inquiry. Earlier this month, a security firm contracted by Jeff Bezos implicated NSO in hacking the Amazon CEO’s nude […]
Your Smart Vehicle is Recording Your Every Move…
Recent reports indicate that data gathered by automakers and tech companies could be the next front in the battle over digital privacy. In early January, companies at the CES 2020 displayed their plans for making use of the surprising amounts of data gathered by newer model vehicles. Amazon, Intel, Qualcomm, and Blackberry were among the […]
A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears to Be Shadowing an American Spy Satellite…
Publicly available data suggests that a Russian inspector satellite has shifted its position in orbit to bring it relatively close to a U.S. KH-11 spy satellite. Russia has a number of what it calls “space apparatus inspectors” in orbit, which the U.S. government and others warn the Kremlin could use to gather intelligence on other […]
Compromised 5G: U.S. Intelligence Presented Germany with Huawei Dossier “Smoking Gun”…
Germany’s leading business daily Handelsblatt dropped a Huawei bombshell Wednesday morning which resulted in an immediate vehement denial from the Chinese telecoms giant. “Huawei Technologies has never, and will never, do anything to compromise the security of networks and data of its customers,” the Chinese company insisted in response. The German newspaper claims to have […]
FBI Lied to a Federal Court Regarding Seth Rich by Larry C Johnson…
Thanks to Judicial Watch, a new batch of emails have surfaced that put the FBI in a whole lot of trouble with at least two Federal Judges. Attorney Ty Clevenger made repeated FOIA requests to the FBI for all emails and communications dealing with Seth Rich and his murder. The FBI denied they had any […]
Schools Took Away Students’ Phones, Now They’re Treating Separation Anxiety…
Before class each day, a high-school teacher in Indianapolis grabs a clear plastic bag and fastens it to her waist with a ribbon. The homemade pouch is a repository for phones that are either confiscated or handed over voluntarily by students who don’t want to be tempted to tap or swipe during class. She calls […]
Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks…
The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and stolen payment card details of their online shoppers. Dubbed ‘Operation Night Fury,’ the investigation was led by Interpol’s ASEAN Cyber Capability […]
Russian Pleads Guilty to Running ‘CardPlanet’ to Sell Stolen Credit Cards…
Aleksei Burkov, a 29-year-old Russian hacker, on Thursday pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges for running two illegal websites that helped cyber criminals commit more than $20 million in credit card fraud. The first website Burkov operated was an online marketplace for buying and selling stolen credit card and debit card numbers—called Cardplanet—which roughly hosted […]
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