India and Israel are cementing bilateral cooperation in technology with the launch of a $40 million joint research fund.
The ‘Israel-India Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund’, or I4F as the project is formally known, was kicked off at a ceremony in India’s capital New Delhi last week.
Axios obtained a memo written by the office of Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, that plans for the government to takeover the internet and regulate digital platforms. From Reason:
To save American trust in “our institutions, democracy, free press, and markets,” it suggests, we need...
Remember when the FCC repealed net neutrality last December? Net neutrality supporters went into hyperbole-overload. Some even spewed racial slurs at FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and stalked his house. You would’ve thought the world, or at the least, the internet would end.
The FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order went into effect today,...
Since 2015, Swedes have embraced microchip technology and have been volunteering by the thousands to have a tiny microchip injected into their hand.
It’s...
France is not happy with the way that Apple and Google are allegedly treating its smaller software developers and has filed a complaint asking that the two tech giants stop “abusive commercial practices.”
The Wall Street Journal reports:
France wants to fine Apple Inc. AAPL -0.01% and Google for allegedly taking advantage...
After having my car keyed during the Bush era for a pro-president bumper sticker, I have avoided those with political slogans.
As I live in California, in a veritable sea of soccer mom mobiles, having a distinguishing feature on my Honda is critical. So I chose “Star Trek Valedictorian”.
Amazingly, we all didn’t die when the FCC voted to rollback the net neutrality rules implemented during President Barack Obama’s administration. Those who desperately want those regulations in place have not stopped fighting. Now they have chosen to place pressure on the states to save net neutrality.
The FCC has voted 3-2 along party lines to repeal the 2015 Net Neutrality rules enacted during former President Barack Obama’s administration.
You know what’s going to happen? NOTHING.
No, this isn’t an Onion article. Facebook has a new pilot program aimed at protecting users from having their nude bodies plastered all over Facebook . . . by requiring that you upload a photo of your nude body to Facebook.
They will then “hash” your nakedness (turn it into a unique...
Astronomers have witnessed the collision of neutron stars for the first time and discovered that it created gold. They have concluded that gold, platinum, and uranium are the result of these collisions. From The Wall Street Journal:
“Gold is forged in the nuclear furnace of neutron star collisions,” said astrophysicist Duncan Brown,...
Russian hackers for the Kremlin have allegedly stolen the U.S.’s cyber defense details after an NSA contractor took home classified documents and uploaded them on his home computer.
These documents provide details on how our government agencies get into “foreign computer networks” and how we defend ourselves “against cyberattacks.”
Experts believe th...
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) admitted that hackers accessed its network in 2016, but assured everyone that no one anyone’s personal information.
It turns out the hackers did access at least two people’s information: names, Social Security numbers, birthdays.
Who’s up for a Walmart delivery person in your home, putting away your groceries, when you’re not there?
That’s the latest project Walmart is working on to better compete with Amazon: “in-fridge delivery.”
You gotta love government agencies. They lash out when private businesses hurt consumers and yet evidence always seems to surface that they do the exact same thing, sometimes even worse.
Take the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency not many know about. Dodd-Frank birthed this agency as a way to protect...
An initiative sponsored by the Embassy of Israel in India seeks to connect Jerusalem’s startup ecosystem with India’s technology scene. Contrary to the popular perception, Jerusalem is fast catching up with Tel Aviv as a leading technology center in the world. In 2015, TIME magazine named Jerusalem as one of the world’s...
Equifax CEO Richard Smith has resigned a few weeks after the company disclosed a massive data breach that exposed private information of almost 150 Americans. From The Wall Street Journal:
Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., who most recently served as president of Equifax’s Asia-Pacific business, has been named interim CEO. Board member...
In July, major national credit-reporting company Equifax was hit by a cyberattack that exposed personal information of about 143 million U.S. consumers. Three executives at the company sold shares that totaled $1.8 million only a few days after the company learned of the breach.
However, Equifax didn’t reveal details about the breach...
