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TikTok Surges in Vietnam Despite Increased Regulatory Pressures

TikTok, the global social media behemoth under Chinese company ByteDance, has seen a sizable spike in its market performance in Vietnam, particularly within the e-commerce sector.  Despite the app’s complex

Controversial Geoengineering Experiment Launched Quietly in San Francisco to Avoid Public Backlash

On Tuesday, April 2, researchers with the University of Washington quietly conducted a first-of-its-kind experiment in solar radiation modification by launching salt crystals into the atmosphere from an aircraft carrier
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How Noncompete Agreements and Corporate Surveillance Are Crushing China’s Tech Workers
Production Delays, Disarray in Boeing Factory Prior to Door Plug Near Tragedy, WSJ Reports
White House Directs NASA to Create Time Standard for the Moon
US Justice Department Sues Apple for Allegedly Engineering an Illegal Monopoly
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Trump’s Net Worth Surges by Billions Following Acquisition of His Social Media Platform Truth Social
How Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Irks the CCP By Mirroring China’s Political Dynamics
General view of atmosphere at Anti-Defamation League Entertainment Industry Dinner at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 24, 2017. PayPal announced a partnership with the ADL the same day as a Big Tech consortium of 17 of the largest companies in Silicon Valley announced plans with the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism to expand a shared database of content to target “white supremacist violence.”
Big Tech Consortium and PayPal Telegraph Plans to Crack Down on ‘White Supremacy’
A self-proclaimed counter terrorism organization with a membership comprised of the world’s biggest tech...
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US Criticizes China for Cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange, But Falls Short of Action
The Biden administration recently condemned China for waging cyberattacks against America. Washington...
Demonstrators, with a poster on the right reading "internet is our only chance," attend the Free Internet rally in response to a bill making its way through parliament calling for all internet traffic to be routed through servers in Russia— making VPNs (virtual private networks) ineffective, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 10, 2019.
A New Internet for Russia, or Communist State Controls?
Russia recently tested disconnecting from the World Wide Web as part of an exercise to bolster its cybersecurity...
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French Co-Owner of China’s Taishan Nuclear Plant Recommends Shutdown
Electricite de France (EDF), the French company that co-owns China’s Taishan nuclear power plant, has...
In this photo illustration, a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet page, on September 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. A recent investigation by Wall Street Journal found TikTok’s algorithm can learn its users' desires in as little as 40 minutes and will quickly bury the account in a rabbit hole of related content.
TikTok Learns User Desires in 40 Minutes, Curates Rabbitholed Content
Chinese Communist Party controlled video-based social influencing app TikTok learns a user’s desires...
A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 21, 2021. The Pegasus Project scandal revealed world leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, and lawyers have been surveilled without their knowledge or consent by government actors for years.
Israeli Pegasus Spyware Spied on Macron, Dalai Lama, Telegram Founder
An investigation by a Paris-based non-profit and Amnesty International uncovered military-grade spyware...
Russia recently tested its Zircon hypersonic missile successfully once again.
Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile
Russia has successfully tested its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile once again. The Defense Ministry...
Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew—(L-R) Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk, and Mark Bezos—pose for a picture in Van Horn, Texas near the booster after flying into space in the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on July 20, 2021. Mr. Bezos and the crew were the first human spaceflight for the company.
World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos Reaches Space With Youngest and Oldest Crew Members
On July 20, Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world and founder of Amazon, successfully completed...
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China Opens First High Speed Rail Line in Tibet
On June 25, Tibet’s first bullet train became operational, with the 438-kilometer (270 miles) long Nyingchi–Lhasa...