Equifax Equifax Is Finally Getting Kicked in the Money Bags Due to Its Disastrous 2017 HackGizmodo - Patrick Howell O'Neill Two years ago exactly, someone began hacking Equifax. Today, it’s starting to feel some pain. The breach was made possible by a software vulnerability …
William Barr Trump orders intel agencies to assist Barr with review of Russia probeCNN - By Laura Jarrett, Evan Perez and Steve Brusk, CNN(CNN) — President Donald Trump has ordered all major US intelligence agencies to assist Attorney General William Barr in his review of surveillance issues surrounding Trump's 2016 presidential campaign,
Facebook Facebook Removed 2.2 Billion Fake Accounts This Year. It Only Has 2.38 Billion Active UsersFortune - Lisa Marie Segarra Facebook released its community standards enforcement report Thursday morning, offering a much more in-depth look at the inner workings of the …
William BarrTrump orders intelligence agencies to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr's investigation into origins of MuellerCNBC - Tucker Higgins U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the U.S. intelligence community to "quickly and fully cooperate" with Attorney General William …
China China Raises Threat of Rare-Earths Cutoff to U.S.foreignpolicy.com - Keith Johnson With a simple visit to an obscure factory on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping has raised the specter that China could potentially cut off …
U.S. Politics How the baby boomers wrecked the economy for millennialsVox - Sean IllingDid the baby boomer generation destroy the economy for millennials? Joseph Sternberg, a columnist at the Wall Street Journal and himself a millennial, argues that they did in his new book, The Theft of
Electoral College Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral CollegeUSA TODAY - Trent EnglandIf the National Popular Vote drive kills the Electoral College, rural and small town Americans who supply our food and energy will lose their voice. Should rural and small-town Americans be reduced to
Huawei Secretary of State Pompeo: Huawei saying that it does not work with the Chinese government is falseCNBC - Jessica Bursztynsky Last week, the White House effectively blacklisted Huawei, making it harder to continue to do business with American companies. The Trump …
China In the midst of Trump's trade war, Mexico has replaced China as the top U.S. trading partnerAxios - Dion Rabouin Data has consistently shown that trade between the U.S. and China is slowing down significantly, so much so that Mexico recently supplanted China …
Josh Hawley Republican Senator Says Facebook and Instagram Need to ‘Disappear’ - VICEVICE - Jason KoeblerJosh Hawley, who works on antitrust, says social media companies don't need to be broken up, they need to be eradicated altogether. A Republican senator who works on antitrust says that social media, Facebook,
Quote Symbol I agree with @reckless 100% here. Read this. https://t.co/EpHOzzZrAZWalt Mossberg on Twitter
Cybersecurity New Bill Would Require Agents to Actually Have Probable Cause to Search Electronic Devices at the BorderGizmodo - Melanie Ehrenkranz Customs officials at the border don’t need a warrant or probable cause to search your electronic devices, an invasive practice that has only spiked …
Nevada Nevada Poised To Become 15th State To Sidestep Traditional Electoral College OutcomeNPR - Matthew S. SchwartzThat might have been the result of the 2016 presidential election — if the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact were in effect. With a state Senate vote Tuesday, Nevada is close to becoming the latest
University of Maryland The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United Statescsis.org Right-wing extremism in the United States appears to be growing. The number of terrorist attacks by far-right perpetrators rose over the past decade, …
Technology U.S. politicians warn Silicon Valley about doing business with ChinaNBC News - Dylan ByersA bipartisan group of senators have held classified briefings with intelligence officials and American businesses to warn them about the dangers China presents. The U.S. intelligence community wants Silicon
Politics After Pelosi says he's 'engaged in a cover-up,' Trump says angrily, 'I don't do cover-ups'ABC News - John Parkinson and Benjamin Siegel President Donald Trump responded angrily on Wednesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim earlier in the day that he's 'engaged in a cover-up." "I …
India In 10 years, Indians will be richer than the British and GermansQuartz - Kuwar SinghIndians are getting richer faster than residents of any other major economy. By 2028, the total private wealth held by Indians will be around $23 trillion (Rs1,590 lakh crore), according to a recent report
Social Work Middle-Class Americans Are Sick of Elite PrivilegeThe Atlantic - Rahm EmanuelIf Democrats want to address simmering middle-class anger, they need to deliver justice. Normally, a scandal centered on how rich parents used bribes to win their children’s admittance into elite colleges
Technology Andrew Yang: The U.S. government is 24 years behind on techVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersOf the 20-some-odd public figures gunning for the Democratic presidential nomination this U.S. election cycle, Andrew Yang stands left of center for his decidedly progressive views. The New York native’s
Labor Party What the Bloody Hell Just Happened in Australia?slate.com - By Rachel Withers A shocking election upset has confused Australians searching for answers. The polls were wrong. The pundits were wrong. The party insiders were wrong. …
News Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to CongressCNN - By Katelyn Polantz, CNNWashington (CNN) — A federal district judge has told the accounting firm Mazars it will need to turn over Donald Trump's accounting records from before he was President to the Democratic-controlled House
Science The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racismsmithsonianmag.com - Ramin Skibba Scientists, including those who study race, like to see themselves as objectively exploring the world, above the political fray. But such views of …
Verizon US carriers say they've stopped selling location dataEngadget - Jon FingasThe FCC still has to determine if they broke the law. You might not have to worry quite so much about carriers selling your phone location data to less-than-diligent third parties. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile
Google Maps Gmail's log of all of your purchases pops up in the privacy debateEngadget - Richard LawlerAs we become ever more aware about the data companies are tracking about us, we're even more concerned about how they're using it. During I/O 2019, Google highlighted efforts to streamline the way people
Success This 1 powerful tool improves your mental game and helps you learn from mistakesLadders - Sami Rusani via Minutes Magazine Adopting this mindset is all about how you view your situation. And visualization is what helps you see it in the proper light. A confession: I used …
Tom Cotton This Is Not Equal To That: How False Equivalence Clouds Our JudgmentForbes - Stephanie SarkisFalse equivalence is a type of cognitive bias or flawed reasoning style. False equivalency means that you think (or are told) two things should have equal weight in your decision-making. If one opinion
Privacy Facial Recognition Technology Ban: A Victory for PrivacyThe New York TimesRe “Tech-Savvy City Bans a Crime-Fighting Tool: Facial Recognition” (front page, May 15): San Francisco’s decision to ban the use of facial recognition technology, or F.R.T., is a victory for civil rights,
Justin Amash Rep. Justin Amash becomes the first Republican in Congress to call Trump’s conduct impeachableVox - Tara GolshanMichigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash thinks President Donald Trump’s conduct in office is impeachable, that Attorney General Bill Barr knowingly misled the public about the conclusions in special counsel
Christopher Steele The Steele Dossier and the ‘VERIFIED APPLICATION’ That Wasn’tNational Review - Andrew C. McCarthy Here’s what you need to know: In rushing out their assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, Obama-administration officials chose not …
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