| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.10.2024 | U.S. Finally Restricts Sale Of Location Data To Foreign Adversaries, But We’re Still Too Corrupt To Pass A Basic Internet-Era Privacy Law | Back in February, the Biden administration issued an executive order preventing the “large-scale transfer” of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern.” The restrictions cover genomic data, biometric data, personal health data, geo... |
| 22.10.2024 | ExTwitter’s New Terms Focused On Screwing Users, Benefiting Elon, And If You Don’t Like It, Elon’s Favorite Judge Gets To Decide | Often when internet companies change their terms of service, there will be a short freakout from people overreacting and not really understanding the language of what’s in there. We see these stories every so often, frequently around things... |
| 20.10.2024 | DJI подала в суд на Минобороны США за то, что ведомство называет её «китайской военной компанией» | Крупнейшая в мире фирма по производству беспилотников DJI подала в суд на Министерство обороны США за то, что ведомство называет её «китайской военной компанией». Фирма призвала исключить её из списка «китайских военных компаний», утверждая... |
| 18.10.2024 | The Political Tightrope: House and Senate Dynamics Ahead of 2024 Elections | The political landscape in the United States is a complex tapestry, woven with threads of uncertainty and ambition. As the 2024 elections approach, the battle for control of the House and Senate intensifies. With both parties eyeing vulnera... |
| 18.10.2024 | The Shifting Sands of Overdose Deaths and Political Alliances | The landscape of drug overdose deaths in the United States is shifting. Recent data from the CDC reveals a significant drop in overdose fatalities across several states. North Carolina leads the charge with a staggering 48.8 percent decreas... |
| 18.10.2024 | The Political Battlefield: Harris vs. Trump and the Latino Vote | In the ever-shifting landscape of American politics, two narratives are emerging. One centers on Vice President Kamala Harris and her attempt to court moderate Republicans. The other focuses on the Republican Party's strategic outreach to L... |
| 17.10.2024 | National Politics | Republican operatives sense opening with key Democratic bloc | Daniel Garza, president of LIBRE Initiative Action, an arm of Americans for Prosperity, said inflation is a top priority for Latino voters and that Republicans are taking an opportunity to pick up that voting bloc as the cost of living has ... |
| 17.10.2024 | Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’ | The report by a panel of four former law enforcement officials from national and state government follows investigations by members of Congress, the agency’s own investigators and by Homeland Security’s oversight body.
The Secret Service sa... |
| 15.10.2024 | National Politics | Trump’s economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say | “Nonpartisan researchers,” they said, “predict that if Donald Trump successfully enacts his agenda, it will increase inflation.”
Last month, the Peterson Institute for International Economics predicted that Trump’s policies — the deportatio... |
| 06.10.2024 | Как перехватывают зашифрованный HTTS-трафик на мобильном устройстве | Реверс-инжиниринг VPN-сервиса Onavo Protect под Android позволил определить методы, которые можно использовать для перехвата зашифрованного HTTPS-трафика на мобильном устройстве. Если вкратце, злоумышленник должен поставить на телефон собст... |
| 05.10.2024 | The Legal Labyrinth: Trump’s Election Interference Case Unfolds | The courtroom drama surrounding Donald Trump’s alleged election interference is a complex tapestry woven with threads of ambition, deceit, and legal maneuvering. As the case progresses, it reveals not just the actions of a former president ... |
| 04.10.2024 | The Future of Eyewear: From Smart Glasses to E-commerce Giants | In a world where technology evolves at lightning speed, the intersection of augmented reality and e-commerce is reshaping how we perceive and purchase eyewear. Two Harvard students have recently made headlines with their innovative applicat... |
| 04.10.2024 | Двоих граждан Китая приговорили в США к более чем 4 годам тюрьмы за мошенничество с программой замены неисправных iPhone... | В США двух граждан Китая приговорили к 57 и 54 месяцам тюрьмы за мошенничество в отношении Apple на общую сумму более $2,5 млн в результате обмена 6 тыс. поддельных iPhone на подлинные.
С июля 2017 года по декабрь 2019 года Хаотянь Сунь, Пэ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss | Pence is no longer standing beside Trump, and has refused to endorse the Republican nominee’s bid to return to the White House. Trump and his new vice presidential running mate, JD Vance, still refuse to accept the 2020 election results tha... |
| 03.10.2024 | Два студента собрали деанонилку на основе умных очков | Студенты Гарвардского университета Анфу Нгуен и Кейн Ардайфио задействовали видеопоток с умных очков Meta¹ Ray-Ban 2 для автоматического поиска информации о незнакомцах. Приложение I-XRAY по фотографии лица собирает информацию с сайтов брок... |
| 03.10.2024 | National Politics | What’s next in Trump’s 2020 election interference case | Trump committed ‘private crimes,’ prosecutors say
The purpose of the filing is to convince U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington that allegations against Trump can move forward to trial even after the Supreme Court in July ruled t... |
| 02.10.2024 | National Politics | Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’ | The issue surfaced as recently as Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, lamented the violence at the Capitol while a Republican opponent, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, refused to directly answer when asked... |
| 26.09.2024 | National Politics | Hearing on Trump assassination attempts says Pennsylvania failure was with Secret Service | The suspect in the second assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh, was allegedly aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course when he was detected by a Secret Service agent. The agent opened fire and... |
| 23.09.2024 | Education | Religious freedom, LGBTQ rights collide in lawsuit over Colorado’s universal preschool program | “These kids are just kids. They don’t have a political agenda.”Colorado invited religious preschools to join state program
As Colorado leaders prepared to roll out universal preschool in the fall of 2023, they invited public and private pre... |
| 21.09.2024 | The Financial Tightrope: Catholic Hospitals and Community Care in Crisis | In the heart of America, hospitals are the lifelines of communities. Yet, many are struggling. Catholic hospitals, once bastions of charity and care, now face a storm of financial challenges. The mission of healing clashes with the harsh re... |
| 21.09.2024 | В X (Twitter) заявили, что не планировали обход блокировки в Бразилии, переходя на динамические IP-адреса серверов | В соцсети X (Twitter) заявили, что не планировали умышленный обход блокировки в Бразилии, переходя на динамические IP-адреса серверов и использование сервиса Cloudflare. Из-за этого регулятор в стране не может заблокировать соцсеть полность... |
| 20.09.2024 | The Tug of War: Brazil's Battle with X/Twitter and Cloudflare | In the digital age, the clash between regulation and technology often resembles a high-stakes game of chess. Each move is calculated, each counter-move strategic. Brazil's recent struggle with X/Twitter and Cloudflare is a vivid illustratio... |
| 20.09.2024 | Верховный суд Бразилии постановил штрафовать X (Twitter) на $922 250 в сутки за обход блокировки соцсети в стране | 19 сентября 2024 года Верховный суд Бразилии постановил штрафовать X (Twitter) на $922 250 в сутки за попытки обойти блокировку соцсети, которая выполняется провайдерами по указанию регулятора страны.
Судья Верховного суда Бразилии Александ... |
| 20.09.2024 | Health | At Catholic hospitals, a mission of charity runs up against high care costs for patients | “It’s all about the money,” said Staten, who has lived in Bellingham for more than 30 years. “That’s the way they think now at the hospital.”
PeaceHealth spokesperson Victoria Wilson said the hospital offers patients interest-free 12-month ... |
| 19.09.2024 | Соцсеть X (Twitter) смогла обойти блокировку регулятора в Бразилии с помощью Cloudflare | 19 сентября 2024 года администрация соцсети X (Twitter) смогла обойти блокировку регулятора в Бразилии с помощью Cloudflare.
Разработчики мобильного приложения X выпустили обновление, где есть возможность использовать сторонние плагины прот... |
| 10.09.2024 | Credit card info for 1.7 million users leaked in huge breach | Florida-based payment gateway provider Slim CD has confirmed in a notification sent to affected clients (almost 1.7 million) that their full names, credit card info, physical address, and payment card expiration date have been breached, acc... |
| 10.09.2024 | Health | Errors in Deloitte-run Medicaid systems can cost millions and take years to fix | “People will go without care,” Edwards said, and until there’s a fix or a workaround, “you will continue to have the harm over and over again.”
Kenneth Smith, a Deloitte executive who leads its national human services division, previously t... |
| 09.09.2024 | Health | Patients suffer when Indian Health Service doesn’t pay for outside care | Eligible patients aren’t guaranteed funding or timely help, however. Some of the Indian Health Service’s 170 service units exhaust their annual pool of money or reserve it for the most serious medical concerns.
Referred-care programs denied... |
| 06.09.2024 | National Politics | Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election | “The Court is a fair, impartial and apolitical institution,” he added, writing that his decision “should dispel any suggestion” otherwise.
Trump — fresh from watching appellate arguments in a sexual abuse lawsuit against him in a nearby fed... |
| 05.09.2024 | «Архив Интернета» проиграл апелляцию по иску об электронных книгах | «Архив Интернета» проиграл апелляцию, которую ресурс подавал в рамках иска от издателей. Те ранее потребовали удалить около 500 тысяч электронных книг из онлайн-библиотеки организации.
Апелляционный суд постановил, что цифровая библиотека «... |
| 04.09.2024 | Starlink заблокирует доступ к X (Twitter) в Бразилии по решению регулятора | 4 сентября 2024 года компания Starlink сообщила, что заблокирует доступ к X (Twitter) в Бразилии по решению регулятора и указанию Верховного суда страны из-за несоблюдения соцсетью местного законодательства. Ранее спутниковый оператор связи... |
| 03.09.2024 | Коллегия Верховного суда Бразилии поддержала запрет X (Twitter) в стране, Starlink отказывается подчиняться регулятору... | В начале сентября 2024 года Коллегия Верховного суда Бразилии поддержала решение судья Александре ди Мораиса на запрет соцсети X (Twitter) в стране из-за несоблюдения местного законодательства. Примечательно, что оператор спутниковой связи ... |
| 30.08.2024 | The Silent Struggle: Farmworkers and Opioid Settlement Decisions | In the heart of America, two crises unfold. One is the silent struggle of farmworkers facing health risks from bird flu. The other is the opioid epidemic, where settlement funds meant for healing are often decided behind closed doors. Both ... |
| 30.08.2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of Technology: Innovation Meets Intrusion | In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, two narratives are emerging. On one side, we have the promise of innovation, represented by events like the Sandler Partners National Summit. On the other, we face the unsettling reality of surv... |
| 30.08.2024 | OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Deals With U.S. AI Safety Institute, Handing Over Frontier Models For Testing | OpenAI and Anthropic have signed agreements with the U.S. government, offering their frontier AI models for testing and safety research. An announcement from NIST on Thursday revealed that the U.S. AI Safety Institute will gain access to th... |
| 29.08.2024 | Boulder’s Camping Ban: A Legal Tug-of-War | Boulder, Colorado, is caught in a legal storm. The city has long enforced a camping ban, a policy that many critics label a “blanket ban.” This prohibition extends beyond mere overnight camping. It also forbids the use of any shelter, leavi... |
| 29.08.2024 | Health | Public voices often ignored in states’ opioid settlement money decisions | “It’s another moment where folks not connected to this community are making decisions for this community, and I think that’s inappropriate,” said Bill McKinney, a Kensington resident whose nonprofit is involved in some of the city’s settlem... |
| 29.08.2024 | Cox Brags It Spies On Users With Device Microphones To Sell Targeted Ads, But It’s Not Clear They Actually Can | For years, the cable industry has dreamed of a future where they could use your cable box to actively track your every behavior using cameras and microphones and then monetize the data. At one point way back in 2009, Comcast made it clear t... |
| 28.08.2024 | OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe Back California’s AI Watermarking Bill | OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe are publicly supporting the AB-3211 bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content in California.
Watermarks must be added to the metadata of photos, videos, and audio recordings that were ... |
| 26.08.2024 | Politics | Colorado legislature updates: Main property tax cut deal passes first key committee vote in special session | But the groups backing the initiatives, chiefly business advocacy organization Colorado Concern and conservative advocacy organization Advance Colorado, pulled back from that deal and continue to push the initiatives.
RELATED: Tensions simm... |
| 26.08.2024 | Local News | Boulder moves to dismiss ACLU camping ban lawsuit in wake of SCOTUS decision | Boulder has not allowed overnight camping in parks or public spaces for years. But additionally, the city has outlawed the use of shelter, which includes any cover or protection apart from clothing, leading some to refer to the city’s polic... |
| 21.08.2024 | North Korea's Cyber Shadows: The Lazarus Group Strikes Again | In the digital age, vulnerabilities are like open doors. They invite intruders. Recently, a Windows zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193, became a gateway for North Korean hackers. This breach, patched by Microsoft, was exploit... |
| 21.08.2024 | Авторы подали в суд на Anthropic за обучение ИИ с использованием пиратских книг | Группа авторов подала в суд на компанию Anthropic, обвинив её в обучении своих моделей искусственного интеллекта на пиратских книгах. Коллективный иск был подан в суд Калифорнии.
Его авторы утверждают, что Anthropic «построила многомиллиард... |
| 21.08.2024 | National Politics | New lines of attack form against the Affordable Care Act | The enhanced subsidies are set to expire in late 2025. Without them, millions of Americans would likely see their premiums go up.
But the debate will also likely draw in other issues, including Trump-era tax cuts, which also must be address... |
| 20.08.2024 | Ошибка конфигурации FlightAware привела к утечке данных пользователей в течение нескольких лет | Платформа отслеживания полётов FlightAware попросила часть пользователей сбросить пароли для входа в аккаунты из-за инцидента безопасности, который привёл к утечке личных данных. Согласно данным Генпрокуратуры Калифорнии, инцидент произошёл... |
| 20.08.2024 | Disney Agrees to Court Battle on Disney World Death Lawsuit After Citing Disney Plus Terms | By Isaiah Richard
Published Aug 20, 2024 8:22AM EDT
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The infamous bid by Disney against a lawsuit is now seeing a full 180 as it now agre... |
| 13.08.2024 | Surprise: Judge Recuses Himself From Elon Musk’s GARM SLAPP Suit | Elon Musk’s legal team probably thought they had the perfect strategy: file a SLAPP suit in a court with a judge known for partisan rulings, including rulings benefiting Elon himself in the past. But they didn’t count on one thing – the jud... |
| 12.08.2024 | Almost 2.7 Billion Data Records From National Public Data Leaked in Hacking Forum | By Joseph Henry
Published Aug 12, 2024 8:24AM EDT
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In the latest data breach, nearly 2.7 billion records containing personal information ... |
| 06.08.2024 | National Politics | Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity | A jury found Trump guilty in May of falsifying business records to conceal a deal to pay off porn actor Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. At the time, she was considering going public with a story of a sexual encounter with T... |
| 06.08.2024 | Суд в США признал Google монополистом на рынке поисковиков | 5 августа 2024 года федеральный суд США определил (1, 2), что компания Google незаконно злоупотребляет рыночной властью и подавляет конкурентов, нарушая антимонопольное законодательство. Руководство компании выплачивало десятки миллиардов д... |
| 25.07.2024 | The U.S. Men's Soccer Team: A Long-Awaited Olympic Return**
** | ** The U.S. men’s soccer team is back in the Olympic spotlight after a 16-year absence. This is a moment of reckoning. The last time they graced the Olympic stage, they were a shadow of what they could be. Now, they face the host nation, Fr... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Political Circus: Trump’s Return and the GOP’s Stance on Abortion**
** | ** Donald Trump is back in the spotlight. His recent speech at the Republican National Convention was a mix of bravado and bravura. It was a performance, a spectacle, a reminder of the political circus that America has become. Trump’s accep... |
| 24.07.2024 | National Politics | Should doctor-patient confidentiality still apply when the patient is the president? | Biden’s doctors have denied speculation that the president is being treated for Parkinson’s disease or another neurological disorder. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign has released limited information about the former president’s condition after ... |
| 22.07.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion | It’s outrageous that anyone would support laws that take away personhood rights from pregnant women while bestowing that status on their fetuses. As with all anti-abortion statutes, they turn the pregnant person into little more than an inc... |
| 18.07.2024 | Sam Altman's Mansion Was Once the Most Expensive Home Listing in San Francisco. A New Lawsuit Says It's a 'Lemon.' The mansion was marketed with a "Batcave" garage. | In 2020, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bought the then-priciest home listing in San Francisco for $27 million. Four years later, a lawsuit alleges that the 9,500-square-foot property was a poorly constructed "lemon," including mold issues... |
| 17.07.2024 | In deal with DOJ and ACLU, Tennessee agrees to remove sex workers with HIV from sex offender registry | The Tennessee government has agreed to begin scrubbing its sex offender registry of dozens of people who were convicted of prostitution while having HIV, reversing a practice that federal lawsuits have challenged as draconian and discrimina... |
| 09.07.2024 | Nearly 10 Billion Passwords Leaked in Biggest Compilation of All Time | The world’s largest compilation of passwords to be leaked online has been discovered by a research team at Cybernews, containing 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext entries. The credentials were discovered in a file named “rockyou2024.txt” that ... |
| 08.07.2024 | Health | Fake therapist fooled hundreds online until she died, state records say | The alleged ruse has not been previously reported and its details and scope were only recently glimpsed in a few pages of public documents released by the state agencies. The Tennessee settlement, released in May, states that Randolph was s... |
| 02.07.2024 | Fake therapist fooled hundreds online until she died, state records say | Hundreds of Americans may have unknowingly received therapy from an untrained impostor who masqueraded as an online therapist, possibly for as long as two years, and the deception crumbled only when she died, according to state health depar... |
| 02.07.2024 | Nathan Hochman Raises Record $1.3M in L.A. County D.A.’s Race for November 2024 General Election | Fundraising success will allow Hochman to amplify messaging about his plan to restore public safety in region LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, July 2, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nathan Hochman, the former federal prosecutor and defense attorney who ha... |
| 29.06.2024 | Health | Medicaid for millions in America hinges on Deloitte-run systems plagued by errors | Medicaid beneficiaries bear the brunt of system errors, said Steve Catanese, president of Service Employees International Union Local 668 in Pennsylvania. The union chapter represents roughly 19,000 employees — including government casework... |
| 19.06.2024 | Amazon тестировала свои камеры с ИИ на ЖД-вокзалах Великобритании | Amazon протестировала свои камеры с искусственным интеллектом на железнодорожных вокзалах Великобритании. Системы отсканировали лица тысячи людей в течение двух лет. В дальнейшем полученные данные, вероятно, будут использованы в рекламных ц... |
| 13.06.2024 | House votes to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
The House on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Biden's interview with spec... |
| 11.06.2024 | Alternatives to ShotSpotter draw concern | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
While ShotSpotter — a controversial gunshot detection system that's been debated for years — will not be used in Seattle, some of the city's proposed alternative surv... |
| 10.06.2024 | Metro governments forge new alliances in a scramble for cash | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Des Moines city and school governments have vowed to work more closely to tackle upcoming budget pressures.
Why it matters: Cost sharing could help both governments a... |
| 07.06.2024 | Scoop: Cole backed up by House Approps members in GOP primary | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, is getting a financial assist from his panel's members as he faces a well-funded primary challenge from his right fla... |
| 06.06.2024 | Former Meta Engineer Sues Company Over Wrongful Termination Related to 'Fixing' Pro-Palestine Content Suppression | By Inno Flores
Published Jun 6, 2024 4:35AM EDT
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Meta faces allegations of discrimination and bias against Palestinians in a lawsuit file... |
| 05.06.2024 | Trump asks judge to lift gag order in hush money case after guilty verdict | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Former President Trump's legal team asked the judge who presided over the New York hush money trial to lift a gag order following his guilty verdict, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
The ... |
| 05.06.2024 | Иск против Meta* и Activision подали семьи жертв стрельбы в Увальде | Семьи жертв стрельбы в начальной школе Робб в Увалде, штат Техас, подали в суд на компании Activision и Meta* (запрещена на территории Российской Федерации), а также на производителя оружия Daniel Defense, поделились новостью TechCrunch.
Се... |
| 05.06.2024 | Russian Smuggling Network Member Uses Apple AirTags to Stalk Ex-Wife | By Joseph Henry
Published Jun 5, 2024 9:13PM EDT
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An alleged member of a Russian-based human smuggling network, Ibodullo Muhiddinov Numan... |
| 04.06.2024 | First look: Kidney screening recommendation urged | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging HHS and a federal task force to recommend regular screening for people at high risk of chronic kidney disease, in a letter first shared with Axios.
Why it mat... |
| 03.06.2024 | Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears Over Use Of Encrypted Messengers And Tor | In an indictment against Defend the Atlanta Forest activists in Georgia, state prosecutors are citing use of encrypted communications to fearmonger. Alleging the defendants—which include journalists and lawyers, in addition to activists—in ... |
| 02.06.2024 | Режим «инкогнито» в браузере помогает следить за пользователями | Долгие годы ходили слухи, что режим «инкогнито» в браузерах, даже в защищённом Chrome, работает совсем не так, как задумывалось. Якобы всё равно некая информация о пользователе собирается и просачивается в этом режиме. Она доступна и для вл... |
| 01.06.2024 | Gaza ceasefire plan draws rare bipartisan support in Congress | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Members of Congress from pro-Palestinian progressives to staunchly pro-Israel moderates – and even some Republicans – are voicing support for a Gaza ceasefire proposal laid out by President Biden on F... |
| 30.05.2024 | Health | FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men | Puente, a pediatric ophthalmologist with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, said the current patchwork of donor guidelines is nonsensical considering advancements in the ability to test potential... |
| 30.05.2024 | Exclusive: Senators express "serious concern" with Pentagon's Microsoft plan | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the Pentagon Wednesday expressing "serious concern" with a reported plan to invest in Microsoft product upgrades.
Why it ma... |
| 30.05.2024 | Scoop: Pro-Israel group wages fight over Democrats' Gaza stance | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A prominent pro-Israel group is trying to calm the nerves of Democratic elected officials who fear continued support for Israel will lead to disaster in November, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Th... |
| 24.05.2024 | Biden marks 2nd anniversary of Uvalde mass shooting with letter to community | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
President Biden marked the second anniversary of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas with a letter to the community, saying more must be done to prevent gun violence and mass shootings.
The big picture... |
| 21.05.2024 | Scoop: Stefanik files ethics complaint against Judge Merchan | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint Tuesday accusing the judge presiding over former President Trump's New York hush money trial of a conflict of interest, Axios has learned.
Why it... |
| 20.05.2024 | Carlyle's planes are stuck in Russia, and it wants insurers to pay up | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Carlyle Group's aviation fund had 23 commercial planes leased out in Russia when the country invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The latest: The planes, a mix of Boeing and Airbus aircraft valued at... |
| 20.05.2024 | Woman who vandalized patrol cars launches $50K GoFundMe | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A Des Moines woman who admits she last year vandalized 15 law enforcement vehicles recently launched a $50,000 online fundraiser to cover her restitution and legal expenses.
Why it matters: Giada Morr... |
| 17.05.2024 | Pentagon weighs Microsoft licensing upgrades | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Pentagon is looking at expanding its use of Microsoft software across all components starting next month, according to a draft memo obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The tech upgrade is spurring ... |
| 17.05.2024 | Scoop: Fuming pro-Israel Democrats blast "shameless" GOP vote | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A group of pro-Israel House Democrats who opposed restricting President Biden's ability to withhold arms to Israel is blasting the vote as a "shameless" attempt to "use Israel and the A... |
| 16.05.2024 | “Kill The Story,” ExxonMobil Demands | “Kill the story.”
That was the order Alan Jeffers, a media relations manager at ExxonMobil, gave Reuters’ Houston bureau chief.
It was October 2016. The “Exxon Knew” scandal had erupted a year prior, when Inside Climate News, the Los Angele... |
| 16.05.2024 | Scoop: Top Democrats give Rob Menendez an 11th-hour assist | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other top House Democrats are holding a fundraiser on Thursday for Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. (D-N.J.), Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The son of indi... |
| 15.05.2024 | Bob Drach, Certified Accountant, Bids to Restore State Auditor Independence | Bob Drach for State Auditor
The Office of the State Auditor is tainted by recent scandal. Candidate Bob Drach gives voters a strong alternative to business as usual.
Accountants in public practice should be independent in fact and appearanc... |
| 15.05.2024 | Nissan data breach exposed Social Security numbers of thousands of employees | Nissan suffered a data breach last November in a ransomware attack that exposed the Social Security numbers of thousands of former and current employees, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
Nissan's U.S.-based subsidiary, Nissan North Am... |
| 14.05.2024 | Synapse user deposits frozen amid bankruptcy mess | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Evolve Bank & Trust froze end-user deposits, alleging Synapse cut its access to a dashboard that helps it monitor fraud among the companies' shared customers, according to a new court filing.
Why ... |
| 13.05.2024 | New ruling revives Minneapolis' 2040 plan, but the legal drama over housing development isn't over yet | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Minneapolis' "2040 Plan" — which legalized duplexes, triplexes, and more housing density citywide — is back in effect after a new court ruling Monday.
Why it matters: Mayor Jacob Frey has ar... |
| 13.05.2024 | Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Section 230 Defended In Facts-Optional Op-Ed | Section 230, the legal backbone of the internet, is under attack again. This time, it is from a bipartisan pair of legislators who seem to fundamentally misunderstand how the law works and what the consequences of repealing it would be.
We’... |
| 12.05.2024 | Health | Kids living near Colorado airports have slightly elevated levels of lead in their blood, new study finds | Residents of Westminster and other communities around Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, which was one of 12 airports included in the study, have raised concerns about lead pollution and what they say is excessive noise from pilot trainin... |
| 10.05.2024 | Congress pushes Microsoft on cybersecurity | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The House Homeland Security Committee is trying to get Microsoft president Brad Smith to testify this month on the company's recent cyberattacks.
Why it matters: Microsoft has recently come under fire... |
| 10.05.2024 | Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected former Trump White House adviser Steven Bannon's appeal of his conviction for contempt of Congress.
Why it matters: By upholding Bannon's conviction, the thr... |
| 06.05.2024 | Battle of the Bots: Newspapers Take on OpenAI and Microsoft | A legal showdown unfolds as major newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The newspapers claim that the tech giants used their articles without permissi... |
| 06.05.2024 | Scoop: House GOP homes in on Biden as top 2024 punching bag | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
House Republicans are looking to President Biden as their premier target to drag down vulnerable Democrats going into the 2024 general election.
Why it matters: Republicans lost their top bogeyman whe... |
| 06.05.2024 | National Politics | Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day | Wars, trials, the independent candidacy of Robert Kennedy Jr. and deep divisions across America have injected extraordinary uncertainty into a race for the White House in which either man would be the oldest president ever sworn in on Inaug... |
| 03.05.2024 | Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims | Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the masses, and the Alaska, Fisker’s entry i... |
| 03.05.2024 | SVB agrees to sell venture capital arm for $340 million | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The fire sale of Silicon Valley Bank is nearly complete, a scant 14 months after the lender's spectacular collapse.
Why it matters: This concerns the fate of SVB's venture capital business, called SVB... |
| 02.05.2024 | Healthcare Data Breach: A Looming Threat to Americans | The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare has left a gaping wound in the U.S. healthcare system, exposing the personal health information of a substantial portion of Americans. The ransomware gang that infiltrated Change Healthcare's syst... |
| 02.05.2024 | Employer who fired 78-year-old receptionist must now pay her $78,000 | The operator of a retirement facility in Columbus, Georgia, will have to pay $78,000 to a receptionist to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Shirley Noble was 78 when sh... |
