Laid-Off State Department Workers Could Find Bright Future in Coding
Washington, D.C. – In a wave of recent layoffs at the U.S. State Department, thousands of workers find themselves navigating an uncertain job market. The reductions, attributed to budget reallocations and a…
Taiwan’s Foxconn raises full-year outlook on strong tech demand
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, raised its full-year business outlook on Monday thanks to strong sales of smartphones and servers despite concerns of slowing demand due to…
Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Illegally Fork Over Tech To Iranian Government
Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Illegally Fork Over Tech To Iranian Government Gabe Kaminsky on June 29, 2022 A man who is a dual-citizen of Iran and the U.S. pleaded guilty…
Chinese tech giants vow to stop NFT secondary trading -state media
By Josh Ye HONG KONG – Chinese tech giants including Tencent Holdings and Ant Group have signed a pact to stop the secondary trading of digital collectibles and “self-regulate” their activities in…
Australian Tech Entrepreneur Sentenced To More Than 8 Years For Multimillion Dollar Consumer Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EUGENI TSVETNENKO, a/k/a “Zhenya,” a dual citizen of Australia and Russia, was sentenced to 98 months…
Big Tech bill advocates and critics keep pressure on U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON – Supporters of a U.S. bill aimed at reining in Big Tech platforms like Amazon.com and Alphabet’s Google have flooded lawmakers with nearly 4,000 phone calls, while critics of the legislation…
Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech, limits face recognition
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. – Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone’s emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered access…
Chinese splash out on tech goods, camping gear in shopping fest
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING – High-end home appliances and camping gear were among Chinese shoppers’ most sought after buys during the “618” shopping festival, according to e-commerce platforms, in…
Former Seattle tech worker convicted of wire fraud and computer intrusions
Seattle – A 36-year-old former Seattle tech worker was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of seven federal crimes connected to her scheme to hack into cloud computer data storage…
Macron aims for surge in number of French tech unicorns by 2030
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron, who sees growth in the country’s tech sector as crucial to his plans to boost the overall economy, said on Friday he was…
Owner of Tech Services Company Sentenced to More than Three Years in Prison for $13 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Winchester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $13 million in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small…
Biden Climate Czar Urges Big Tech To Censor Energy Debate
Biden Climate Czar Urges Big Tech To Censor Energy Debate Harold Hutchison on June 9, 2022 President Joe Biden’s top adviser on environmental issues called on technology companies to censor debates on…
CANDEUB: We Can Stick It To Big Tech And Save Conservative Talk Radio — Here’s How
CANDEUB: We Can Stick It To Big Tech And Save Conservative Talk Radio — Here’s How Adam Candeub on June 8, 2022 How did Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook become…
U.S. Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms’ favoring themselves in searches
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said on Wednesday they had the Senate votes needed to pass legislation aimed at reining in the four…
Tech firms request inclusion on Russia’s domestic software list -RBC
(Reuters) – Russian online lender Tinkoff and e-commerce firm Ozon are among a handful of companies with some foreign ownership seeking government approval to participate in state tenders and access preferential tax…
Chinese tech ADRs rise as end of Didi probe raises hope of easing crackdowns
(Reuters) – U.S.-listed Chinese technology stocks rose on Monday after a report that regulators in China are concluding a probe into ride-hailing giant Didi Global raised expectations of easing crackdowns on the…
McLean Man Sentenced for Role in Call Center Tech Support Fraud Scam
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A McLean man was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud more than 1,300 victims out of $1.6 million in connection…
McLean Man Sentenced for Role in Call Center Tech Support Fraud Scam
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A McLean man was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud more than 1,300 victims out of $1.6 million in connection…
Tech firms say India cyber rules risk creating ‘environment of fear’
By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI – Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an “environment of fear rather than trust”, a body representing top tech companies…
U.S. tech sector sees highest job cuts in May since Dec. 2020 – report
(Reuters) – U.S. employers in the technology sector cut nearly nine times more jobs in May than in the first four months of the year as rising inflation and slowing demand force…
GTA Online: Submarine Life With Pavel
If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto V Online for a while, chances are you’ve been everywhere and have done everything in-game. One of the aspects of the game most players overlook is…
Utica Sex Offender out of Prison Charged by Parole Board for Having Snapchat Account
UTICA, NY – A convicted and registered sex offender out of prison on parole has been charged by the Utica Police Department and New York State Parole Board after it was learned…
So, There’s A GTA Online Casino Heist Hack and I Feel Stupid for Not Knowing About It, Sort Of
Let’s start this first by saying I’ve played Grand Theft Auto Online for quite a long time, off and on since launch. There’s a certain level of pride in not cheating in…
How Broadcom CEO Tan shaped a tech giant through acquisitions
By Krystal Hu and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Once a poor “skinny kid” from Malaysia, Hock Tan was going head-to-head with a legendary U.S. technology mogul for a transformative acquisition. Tan…
Big tech ad revenue growth to taper as pandemic bubble pops -analyst
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – After unprecedented revenue growth last year, digital platforms including Alphabet Inc, Meta Platforms Inc, Snap Inc and Twitter Inc now face a sobering reality as pandemic-driven advertising…
New York City’s Last Public Payphone Removed
NEW YORK, NY – The first outdoor public payphone in New York City was installed in 1905. Twenty years later, the city had 25,000. By 1965, there were one million public payphones.…
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