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Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?…

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Jack Poulson, a Google research scientist, recently became alarmed by reports that the company was developing a search engine for China that would censor content on behalf of the government. While Dr. Poulson works on search technologies, he had no knowledge of the product, which was code-named Dragonfly. So in a meeting last month with […]

Leaked Transcript of Private Meeting Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China…

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“We have to be focused on what we want to enable,” said Ben Gomes, Google’s search engine chief. “And then when the opening happens, we are ready for it.” It was Wednesday, July 18, and Gomes was addressing a team of Google employees who were working on a secretive project to develop a censored search […]

U.S. Trade Deficit with China Hits Record…

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The August trade deficit – a closed watched number in a time of trade wars – came in at $53.2BN, fractionally better than the $53.6BN expected, but 6.4% worse than last month’s revised print of $50.0BN ($46.8BN excluding petroleum), and just shy of a new all time high. The deficit deteriorated as a result of […]

Missing Interpol President Meng Hongwei ‘Under Investigation’ in China…

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The first Chinese head of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, is under investigation in China, a source has told the Post, amid mystery surrounding his disappearance after his wife reported to French police he had gone missing. Meng Hongwei, 64, who is also a vice-minister at China’s Ministry of Public Security, was “taken away” […]

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies…

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In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video. Based in Portland, Ore., Elemental made software for compressing massive video files and formatting them for different devices. Its technology had helped stream […]

Kim Asks for 2nd Summit With Trump, Promises Swift Surrender of Nuclear Arsenal…

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Even though North Korea has reneged on similar promises in the past, Kim Jong Un’s promise to allow international observers into the isolated country to monitor the dismantling of the North’s Yongbyon nuclear reactor and several missile-launching sites has apparently persuaded the US to restart negotiations to drop sanctions against the regime after they stalled […]

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