Facebook ignores government manipulation
Whistleblower spills the beans
Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News.
TSCM to build 5nm Fab in Arizona
Conditio sine qua non
After weeks of speculation, TSMC has officially confirmed that Taiwan based TSMC announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, United States.
UK calls the cops after Huawei leak
It is the Wright thing to do
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said he could not rule out a criminal investigation over the “unacceptable” disclosure of confidential discussions on the role of China’s Huawei Technologies in 5G network supply chains.
European governments using mobile metadata to deport immigrants
Would chuck away that phone if I were you
European leaders appeasing the rise of anti-immigration parties are using metadata on smartphones to start sending migrants back.
US government makes it harder to sue companies over poor IT security
So much for cleaning out the swamp
Rather than sorting out the corrupt relationship between the US government and big corporations, it appears that the Senate wants to make it hard for consumers to sue financial companies who could not be bothered installing good IT security.
Most US techies use a VPN
Pirate without fear
An international cybersecurity awareness survey found that 65 percent of US tech sector workers now use a virtual private network (VPN) on either work or personal devices.
Taiwan invests in AI research
$32.73 million a year to support local industry
Taiwan is to spend $32.73 million every year over a period of five years to develop artificial intelligence research centres.
UK Tories pledge to censor social media
When you are going to win you might as well be honest
The UK conservatives are so confident that they will win the coming election they are actually openly telling voters about some of their more unpopular plans so that they can claim they have a mandate.
UK government set to define proper sex
Think of the children
The UK government has decided that it will ban all web sites which depict “unconventional sex”.
US government furious over EU Apple fine
Not paying tax is the American way
The US government is furious that the EU is starting to get hacked off with US companies not paying tax.