How exactly could Russia be deterred from invading Ukraine? The U.S. government is now “threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace,” according to Stars and Stripes (an editorially-independent newspaper for the American military). The administration may Read more…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange scored a small win in court in London on Monday, when a judge granted him the right to appeal to the UK’s Supreme Court over his extradition to the US. The High Court ruled that Assange has points that Supreme Court justices may want to consider Read more…
A little-known Chinese technology company that took over a WeChat social media account set up for Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday it wanted to buy an account with a large fanbase in Australia, and was unaware it was his. Australian politicians said Morrison’s office lost access to Read more…
The cryptocurrency market had around $130 billion wiped off its value over the last 24 hours as major digital coins continued their multi-day sell-off. Bitcoin was last down around 4% at $33,755.57, according to Coin Metrics, while Ether plunged 7% to $2,239.08. Earlier in the morning both fell to their Read more…
Friday the results of several large studies showed that getting a third Covid vaccine “booster shot” dramatically decreased infections from the Omicron variant. And now the Times of Israel reports that the country’s Health Ministry “said on Sunday that the fourth vaccine dose for those aged 60 and up offers Read more…
In 2015 the San Francisco Arts Commission surveyed nearly 600 local artists. “More than 70% of them had either already left San Francisco or were about to be displaced from their work, home or both,” reports SFGate.com, adding “The pandemic has only intensified these problems. A report by Americans for Read more…
“The traditional idea of going to the office five days a week or working 9 to 5 may be dying,” Zoom, which many workplaces and workers relied on during the pandemic, is starting to allow its more than 6,000 workers to choose whether to work in the office, work remotely, Read more…