As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…
The executive order bases itself on the findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which saw instances of critical government machinery using legacy systems. In a significant development, U.S President Donald Trump has announced, he has signed an executive order to create a new technology council which will oversee the transfer and modernisation of…
While downward revising the number of government surveillance requests it received, Microsoft’s transparency report makes for an interesting read. Microsoft Corp stated it had wrongly reported a sharp increase in U.S. government surveillance requests during the first half of 2016, and has revised its figures to show that the level of requests have remained at…
Japan and the U.S. are coordinating to prevent the Chinese from acquiring it. The Japanese government and the Trump administration are coordinating to ensure that Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse Electric Co bankruptcy does not lead to U.S. technology secrets and infrastructure falling into the hands of Chinese. Last month, Toshiba’s Westinghouse had filed a bankruptcy having…
FCC’s proposal will result in prices shooting up. The Republican head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to lower regulatory requirements in the $45 billion business of data services. Companies such as CenturyLink Inc, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications and others have since long been clamouring for easing of norms. However the proposal…
In the race for more wealth and power, the very core of the systems that support our existence as a species on this planet are being chipped away. We sit on top of the animal kingdom’s food chain. Carving out the bottom only hurts are interests. Of what use is oil and money if the…
With airborne carbon dioxide being continuously absorbed by our oceans, their acidity levels are on the rise. The unique ecosystem in the Artic is now threatened. This isn’t just about polar bears and seals, unless this trend is stopped and reversed, this is going to bite us back. Climate change isn’t just affecting polar bears…
Trump’s EPA nominee Scott Pruitt, has made it clear that the Obama-era standards will remain. Not wanting to meet stringent fuel efficiency standards set in the U.S., car manufacturing companies in the country have shot off a letter to President Donald Trump in the hope that he loosens things up. Car manufacturers in the U.S.,…
Keybase chat works seamlessly across your existing handles, including, email, Twitter and Reddit. It can also combine all of these handles into a single profile. When Keybase had released its first simplified solution of encrypted file sharing, users could send data to one another without the need for a third party software. In its second…
While the Democrats and the Republicans slug it out on the merits and demerits of the project, time is running out since contracts for the project have already been signed. Delays will attract penalties which could make the project void ab initio. 14 lawmakers from the California GOP have sent a letter to the newly-installed Transportation Secretary,…
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