Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin
Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin.....»»
SolarWinds hackers are back with a new mass campaign, Microsoft says
Kremlin-backed group uses hacked account to impersonate US aid agency in malicious emails. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Kremlin-backed hackers who targeted SolarWinds customers in a supply chain attack have been caught conducting a malic.....»»
Russia tried to spread dangerous lies about Pfizer vaccine, France suspects
French officials likened the lies to campaigns run by Russia's Internet Research Agency. Enlarge / The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) French authorities are investigating whether the Russian g.....»»
Russia Raises Heat on Twitter, Google and Facebook in Online Crackdown
Russia is increasingly pressuring Google, Twitter and Facebook to fall in line with Kremlin internet crackdown orders or risk restrictions inside the country, as more governments around the world challenge the companies' principles on online freedom......»»
US removes Xiaomi’s designation as a Communist Chinese Military Company
Xiaomi, one of China’s high-profile tech firms that fell in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, has been removed from a U.S. government blacklist that designated it as a Communist Chinese Military Company. The U.S. District Court for th.....»»
ByteDance: TikTok"s co-founder to step down as chief executive
The hugely popular short-video app was regularly criticised by former President Donald Trump......»»
Trump Justice Dept. Tried To Use Grand Jury To Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter
The Justice Department under President Trump secretly obtained a grand-jury subpoena last year in an attempt to identify the person behind a Twitter account dedicated to mocking Representative Devin Nunes of California, according to a newly unsealed.....»»
EPA revokes Trump-era policy that loosened clean-air rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants, a move the Biden administration says will make it easier to enact limits on dangerous and climate-changing emissions......»»
Xiaomi and the US government bury the hatchet, settle investment ban
Trump's DOD called Xiaomi a "Communist Chinese military company" in mid-January. Enlarge (credit: Pavlo Gonchar / Getty Images) Xiaomi is no longer on the government's blocklist, according to a new court filing spotted by Reuters. On its way.....»»
Biden administration walks back Trump’s Xiaomi investment ban
Trump's DOD called Xiaomi a "Communist Chinese military company" in mid-January. Enlarge (credit: Pavlo Gonchar / Getty Images) Xiaomi is no longer on the government's blocklist, according to a new court filing spotted by Reuters. On its way.....»»
US agrees not to blacklist Xiaomi, undoing one of Trump"s final orders
In one of the final acts by the Trump administration, Xiaomi joined nine other Chinese companies on the Pentagon blacklist on January 15, just days before Joe Biden's inauguration. Firms on the list are subject to an executive order from November 202.....»»
US Agrees To Remove Xiaomi From Blacklist After Lawsuit
Xiaomi and the U.S. government have text to set aside a Trump administration blacklisting that could have restricted American investment in the Chinese smartphone maker. From a report: The Chinese smartphone giant had sued the government earlier this.....»»
US agrees to lift Trump-era ban on China"s Xiaomi
The US government will no longer blacklist Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, lifting a short and contentious ban on Americans investing in the company that was introduced by the Trump administration......»»
Co-chair of Facebook Oversight Board defends decision to uphold Trump ban
Michael McConnell, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, defended the board's recommendation to continue the suspension of former President Donald Trump's Facebook account over statements he made in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th insu.....»»
Facebook Criticized For "Arbitrary" Suspension of Trump -- by Its Own Oversight Board
"It never occurred to me that a Facebook-appointed panel could avoid a clear decision about Donald Trump's heinous online behavior," writes a New York Times technology reporter. "But that is what it's done..." They call the board's decision "kind o.....»»
Ajit Pai Promised Cheaper Internet -- Real Prices Rose 19% Instead
The average US home-Internet bill increased 19 percent during the first three years of the Trump administration, disproving former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's claim that deregulation lowered prices, according to a new report.....»»
Ajit Pai promised cheaper Internet—real prices rose 19 percent instead
Home-Internet prices rose four times faster than inflation in Trump era. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | MirageC) The average US home-Internet bill increased 19 percent during the first three years of the Trump administration, disproving forme.....»»
WhatsApp, growing despite backlash, relaxes May 15 policy update deadline
It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded notification about a planned poli.....»»
WhatsApp, growing despite backlash, clarifies May 15 policy update deadline
It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded notification about a planned poli.....»»
Months-long Twitter Backlash Had Zero Impact on WhatsApp"s User Base
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's safe to say WhatsApp didn't have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded.....»»
WhatsApp is growing despite months-long backlash over policy update
It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded notification about a planned poli.....»»