Shortly after my colleague Sara Carter and I began reporting in 2017 on the possibility that the FBI was abusing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on Americans during the Russia investigation, I received a call. It was an intermediary for someone high up in the intelligence […]
Month: May 2020
The thief who bought Bitcoin with 5 million dollars stolen from the bank, followed
The thief, who managed to steal $ 5 million from a company account in Santander, was trapped by the police while using this money to buy Bitcoin. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Liberata Silvia Romano, soddisfazione bipartisan. Zingaretti “Una grande gioia”
La notizia, improvvisa, della liberazione di Silvia Romano è stata accolta con un plauso dagli esponenti dei vari partiti.Grande soddisfazione da parte del Presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella. “La notizia della liberazione di Silvia Romano- scrive in una nota – è motivo di grande gioia […]
Commentary: Sorry, Illinois, but Florida is doing this reopening thing right
Commentary: Sorry, Illinois, but Florida is doing this reopening thing right. By Dennis Byrne. Chicago Tribune |. May 08, 2020 | 5:00 PM. Richie Sobel …
Zoom Security Gets a Boost With Keybase Acquisition
Well, it finally happened: Defcon is canceled. Except, for real this time. The popular hacking conference and its sister event, Black Hat, have both been called off over Covid-19 concerns, meaning a longstanding meme has become reality. Don’t worry; organizers have promised online sessions to […]
Tesla sues Alameda County to force California factory reopening
Tesla filed a lawsuit Saturday against Alameda County in an effort to invalidate orders that have prevented the automaker from reopening its factory in Fremont, California. The lawsuit, which seeks injunctive and declaratory relief against Alameda County, was first reported by CNBC. The lawsuit was […]
Best Assassin’s Creed games: every AC entry ranked for PS4, Xbox One, and PC
In the past decade of Assassin’s Creed games, from the franchise’s humble beginnings back in 2009, Ubisoft has certainly got to work. We’ve had 11 mainline Assassin’s Creed games so far, jumping through so many centuries and settings that it’s hard to keep track of […]
Startups Weekly: SEC temporarily loosens crowdfunding regulations on small companies
Editor’s note: Get this weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use every Saturday morning by email (7am PT). Subscribe here. A specific type of small startup has a window to raise crowdfunding in a somewhat less regulated way than normally required in […]
Facebook and the Folly of Self-Regulation
My late colleague, Neil Postman, used to ask about any new proposal or technology, “What problem does it propose to solve?” When it comes to Facebook, that problem was maintaining relationships over vast time and space. And the company has solved it, spectacularly. Along the […]
Chinese Court Rules Bitcoin Is Asset Protected by Law
Several other Chinese courts have made a similar ruling on cryptocurrency. For example, the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration recognized … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit