The Defense Department has triumphed in the eight-month-long U.S. Court of Federal Claims lawsuit filed by Oracle over its $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract. On Friday, Senior Judge Eric Bruggink ruled in favor the Defense Department—and Amazon Web Services, which joined the lawsuit as an intervener—stating that Oracle could not meet certain gate […]
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How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State…
AN AMERICAN ORGANIZATION founded by tech giants Google and IBM is working with a company that is helping China’s authoritarian government conduct mass surveillance against its citizens, The Intercept can reveal. The OpenPower Foundation — a nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives with the aim of trying to “drive innovation” — has set up […]
The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know…
Silicon Valley. Nestled in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, the Valley is not just a geographical location. It’s an idea. It’s an expression of the urge to digitize all of the information in the world, and to database, track and store that information. And as we are now beginning to learn, […]
Facebook Issues New Policy Saying It’s Acceptable to Post Death Threats Against Me…Yes, Really…
Facebook has issued a new policy update saying it’s acceptable to post death threats and incite violence against me, despite this being a crime in the United Kingdom. No, I’m not joking. A Community Standards update published by Facebook states (emphasis mine); “Do not post: Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of […]
Mass Exodus from Tesla’s Autopilot Team…
Definitely see, Automakers Are Rethinking the Timetable for Fully Autonomous Cars. A friend of mine, who happens to be involved with AI research, completely dismissed Musk’s claims that Tesla is anywhere near to having a full self driving capability. And now…Several key members of Tesla’s Autopilot team have left the company together after CEO Elon […]
Google’s ‘Respectful Code’ Policy to Edit Politically Incorrect Terms from Software, Including ‘Trumpssh’…
Google has undertaken a substantial program to ensure its code adheres to standards of political correctness. The “respectful code” policy, a copy of which was obtained by the Daily Caller, applies both to new code, and also includes an initiative to go back and edit old code that may include phrasing or words deemed problematic […]
Google’s Onetime Hired Gun Could Now Be Its Antitrust Nightmare…
When Google needed government sign-off on a 2007 acquisition that would tighten its grip on the digital advertising market, the company turned to antitrust attorney and lobbyist Makan Delrahim to help get the job done. Now, as the Justice Department’s top antitrust enforcer, Delrahim could be the one to undo it all. As U.S. competition […]
Yet Another Clinton Email Drop in FBI Vault…
Yet another Clinton email drop in FBI Vault. Unclear who’s 302 this is but on May 3, 2016 they freely talk about how often they use Bleach Bit and casually mention Cheryl Mills requested a secure delete of laptops. Unreal. cc: @GOPPollAnalyst…
The Sinkhole That Saved the Internet…
It was late afternoon on May 12, 2017. Two exhausted security researchers could barely unpack the events of what had just happened. Marcus Hutchins and Jamie Hankins, who were working from their homes in the U.K. for Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company Kryptos Logic, had just stopped a global cyberattack dead in its tracks. Hours earlier, […]
Is This The Huawei & Chinese Intelligence Smoking Gun?…
Some reports are already calling it the ‘smoking gun’ in the ongoing conflict between Washington and Beijing centered on Chinese telecom giant Huawei, and accusations that it’s tied closely to Chinese military and intelligence, as a way for Beijing to infiltrate and spy on western governments and US companies. Now, a “massive trove” of newly […]
WSJ Exposes Conflicts of Interest Involving Amazon, Pentagon Over $10B JEDI Contract…
Amazon’s surging profits over the past few years have had little to do with the company’s core business of selling stuff – or allowing third parties to sell stuff – on its online marketplace. Instead, Jeff Bezos has built Amazon Web Services into a cloud computing behemoth, allowing tens of thousands of companies to outsource […]
CONFIRMED: Amazon Alexa Keeps Your Data with No Expiration Date, and Shares It Too…
If you have hangups about Amazon and privacy on its smart assistant, Alexa, you’re not alone. Even after Amazon sent answers to a US senator who had questions about how the tech giant retains voice data and transcripts, the lawmaker remains concerned about Alexa’s privacy practices. Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, sent a […]
Firefox’s Hilarious New Tool Trolls Advertisers to Protect Your Privacy…
Advertisers have me pegged as a millennial woman who cares about art, goes to cultural events in New York City, and definitely wants to buy underwear from a bra startup. It’s (mostly) true, and they’ve inferred all of this from my browsing habits. But it doesn’t have to be this way. A new tool released […]
3D Printed Prosthetic Hand Can Guess How You Play Rock, Paper, Scissors…
Losing a limb, either through illness or accident, can present emotional and physical challenges for an amputee, damaging their quality of life. Prosthetic limbs can be very useful but are often expensive and difficult to use. The Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University has developed a new 3D printed prosthetic hand combined with a […]
No, You Don’t Say: Corporate Media Intentionally Mislead Americans on Trump’s Huawei Position…
With President Donald Trump making massive strides toward peace and stability surrounding North Korea, the media cannot accept -nor allow- the common sense solutions to succeed. President Trump is clearly perceived as a risk because his success highlights just how useless and manipulative a professional political class of consultants, advisors and DC think-tanks really are. […]
FACEBOOK OFFICES EVACUATED AFTER MAIL TESTS POSITIVE FOR SARIN…
Facebook buildings in San Francisco, Calif., were evacuated Monday after a suspicious package tested positive for sarin in the Facebook mailing facility. All mail sent to the facility is pre-screened by machines to detect hazardous substances and employees were alerted before the package was handled internally, according to NBC San Francisco. Four buildings were initially […]
The Pentagon Has Laser That Can Identify People from a Distance by Their Heartbeat…
Vimeo Bans Project Veritas, Natural News on the Same Day…
The video platform Vimeo has banned Project Veritas and Natural News on the same day, taking part in the criminal collusion among tech giants who are systematically silencing independent journalism that keeps exposing the criminality of the tech giants themselves. Two days ago, Project Veritas released a bombshell video showing a Google executive named Gen […]
Twitter Confirms New Policy to ‘Hide Tweets’ but Claims It’s “In the Public Interest”…
Twitter said in a statement Thursday that they are introducing a “new notice” on Tweets that they feel violate their rules making them less prominent, basically invisible to Twitter followers. Here’s What Twitter’s Notice Says: When a Tweet has this notice placed on it, it will feature less prominently on Twitter, and not appear in…
White House to Hold Social Media Summit Amid Trump Attacks…
The White House will host “digital leaders” for a meeting next month amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Google, Facebook and Twitter. The Social Media Summit set for July 11 will focus on the “opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment,” White House spokesperson Judd Deere said. Deere did not answer questions about who […]
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