Below Gotham Labs

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France's Ex-President Charged - (2020-10-16)"Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged over claims he used Libyan cash for his 2007 election campaign"Robinhood: A Sign of Things to Come - (2020-10-16)"The attacks unleashed a torrent of complaints on social media, where investors recounted futile attempts to call the brokerage, which doesn’t have a customer service phone number. Robinhood, which has more than 13 million customer accounts, is now considering whether to add a phone number""An investment app that's handling people's livelihoods, people's money, has the audacity to make people wait several weeks to hear back anything"Everything is automated to minimize costs. No one to contact by design. Your life savings, controlled by a distant broken machine. Convoy Carnage in Pakistan - (2020-10-15)"Unidentified gunmen killed at least 14 people in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Thursday after ambushing a convoy of vehicles travelling on a major highway towards the country’s largest city Karachi."President Resigns in Kyrgyzstan - (2020-10-15)"Jeenbekov became the third president of the small Central Asian nation since 2005 to be toppled in a popular uprising."Protests in Thailand - (2020-10-15)"Thailand's prime minister declared a 'severe' state of emergency in the capital overnight, as police arrested more than 20 people, including prominent student leaders who have called for monarchy reform"The Coming Water Wars - (2020-10-15)"Mexico has fallen far behind on its obligations to the United States and is now facing a deadline to deliver the water this month...Mr. Abbott, the state’s governor, has pointed out that the United States sends Mexico about four times as much water as it receives from its neighbor."COVID-19 Darwin Awards - (2020-10-15)"A spin studio that public health officials say followed all Covid-19 protocols is now reporting 61 positive cases of Covid-19, and as many as 100 staff, clients and family members may have been exposed."The Middle Cannot Hold - (2020-10-15)"The median yearly wage was just $34,248.45 last year. In other words, half of all American workers made less than $34,248.45 in 2019, and half of all American workers made more than $34,248.45. "War in The Southern Caucasus Region - (2020-10-14)"More than 500 Armenian soldiers have died, along with scores of civilians and an unknown number of Azerbaijanis. A cease-fire brokered in Moscow over the weekend has failed to hold, and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has threatened a further escalation of his offensive."Israeli Commandos Hit Syrian Outposts - (2020-10-14)"In a secret operation that took place last week and was made known to the public on Tuesday, IDF Special Forces crossed the border into the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria and destroyed two outposts belonging to the Syrian army."5th Case of COVID-19 Re-Infection - (2020-10-13)"The resident of Washoe County, Nevada, who had no known immune disorders or history of significant underlying conditions, required hospital treatment on testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time"Worse the second time around? Uh-oh... U.S. Preparing Taiwan - (2020-10-13)"The informal notifications were for a truck-based rocket launcher made by Lockheed Martin Corp called a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), long-range air-to-ground missiles made by Boeing Co called SLAM-ER, and external sensor pods for F-16 jets that allow the real-time transmission of imagery and data from the aircraft back to ground stations."China is not happy.Biden's Ohio Push - (2020-10-13)Hoping that voters will have amnesia regarding how he played no small part in sending their jobs offshore. "Mr. Biden, leading his first overseas trip as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was also there in Beidaihe in 2001 to help usher in an important era in America's relationship with China — the building of a commercial link that would allow the Communist nation entry into the World Trade Organization."China Runs Spy Dragnet - (2020-10-12)"Security personnel solved more than 100 spying cases part of an initiative dubbed Operation Thunder 2020, China Central Television reported."China Propaganda Targets Taiwan - (2020-10-12)"featuring stirring music and quick cuts, warning that the military could attack if Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not recognize a diplomatic formulation that regards China and Taiwan as part of a single country, or if Taipei deepened its relationship with its military and diplomatic backer, the United States."Better production value than North Korea. COVID-19 Climbs the Curve - (2020-10-11)"More than 37 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,068,953? have died"2020 Dueling Banjos - (2020-10-11)Biden: "The only way we lose this is by the chicanery going on relative to polling places"Then there's Trump:"The only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged"Oh Lordie. Russia Brokers Armenia-Azerbaijan Truce - (2020-10-10)Cross your fingers, things are looking shaky."The Moscow talks were the first diplomatic contact between the two since fighting over the mountainous enclave erupted on Sept. 27, killing hundreds of people."Clamp Down in Kyrgyzstan - (2020-10-10)"Authorities in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday arrested a former president, banned rallies and imposed a curfew in the Central Asian nation's capital, seeking to end a week of turmoil sparked by a disputed parliamentary election."IBM to Shed Infrastructure for Cloud and AI - (2020-10-10)"The new company — which has the placeholder name 'NewCo' in official documents — will have roughly 90,000 employees and $19 billion in revenue. (IBM as it current stands has roughly 352,000 workers). When the spin-off is completed, which IBM says will take place before the end of 2021, NewCo will automatically become the world’s 'leading managed infrastructure services provider,' with a client list of some 4,600 customers that covers more than 75 percent of the Fortune 100."This is a big deal. Server administrators of the world beware, the execs no longer viewyou as mission critical. Now they want to move all your in-house hardware to the cloudand outsource your job functions to AI. In other words: you are now considered pricey overhead... White House Blocked Mask Rule - (2020-10-10)"The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment, said the order would have required face coverings on airplanes, trains, buses and subways, and in transit hubs such as airports, train stations and bus depots."GAO Report on Airline CyberSEC - (2020-10-10)"Airplane manufacturers have cybersecurity controls in place and there haven't been reports of successful cyberattacks on commercial airplane IT systems to date. But evolving cyber threats and increasing connectivity between airplanes and other systems could put future flight safety at risk if the FAA doesn't prioritize oversight."Treat Your Smartphone Like Hannibal Lecter - (2020-10-10)"The utility of smartphones is a lure. Just like Hannibal Lecter, these blobs of metal and plastic find novel ways to make themselves useful while they silently steal our autonomy and pursue ulterior motives. Honestly, one can only marvel at the sheer cunning of a sales pitch which convinces iPhone 'zombies' to literally pay for their own surveillance and indoctrination"Chaos Grows in Kyrgyzstan - (2020-10-09)"Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov declared a state of emergency in the capital Bishkek on Friday and ordered the military to end days of unrest, as supporters of rival political groups fought on the streets"UK: Huawei in Bed with CCP - (2020-10-09)"It is clearly strongly linked to the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party, despite its statements to the contrary, as evidenced by its ownership model and the subsidies"Elliot: The Tragic Fall of a D.C. Fixer - (2020-10-09)"Mr. Broidy accepted $6 million from a foreign client to lobby administration officials to end a federal investigation related to the looting of the 1MalaysiaDevelopment Berhad fund, known as 1MDB"Cisco Nailed with $2 Billion Fine - (2020-10-08)"Although the actual damages in the case were $755.8 million (£584 million), the judge multiplied this by a factor of 2.5 in order to reflect what he called Cisco's willful and egregious conduct"No shame. All greed. Unaoil Exec Sentenced in London - (2020-10-08)"A British former executive at Monaco-based oil and gas consultancy Unaoil has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch $1.7bn worth of oil projects in post-occupation Iraq."COVID-10 Climbs the Curve - (2020-10-08)"Global billionaire wealth climbed to $10.2 trillion between April and July this year, up from $8 trillion at the start of April.""To date, almost 36 million people have contracted the coronavirus worldwide, with 1.05 million related deaths"Militia Members Plotted Governor Kidnap - (2020-10-08)"The FBI revealed Thursday that it thwarted a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, unsealing charges against six people who it said contemplated a violent overthrow of the government as state authorities charged seven more who they said wanted to attack police and ignite a civil war."Postal Worker Charged with Dumping Ballots - (2020-10-08)"Nicholas Beauchene, 26, of Kearny, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of delay, secretion, or detention of mail and one count of obstruction of mail."House Judiciary Committee Report on Tech Monopolies - (2020-10-07)"After outlining the challenges presented due to the market domination of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook, the report walks through a series of possible remedies to (1) restore competition in the digital economy, (2) strengthen the antitrust laws, and (3) reinvigorate antitrust enforcement."Big Tech Loves Foreign Labor - (2020-10-07)"Google, Apple and Facebook last year together received approvals for more than 5,500 new H-1B workers"Facebook Bans QAnon - (2020-10-07)"Starting today, we will remove any Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing QAnon, even if they contain no violent content"No Country for Old Men - (2020-10-06)"A suicide car bomber has targeted the convoy of a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight people, including four civilians"If something like this happened in the United States, the New York Times would give itfront page coverage for weeks. Then Hollywood would martyr the deceasedwith a docudrama starring Mark Wahlberg. Instead the graveyard of empiresis reclaiming its own and establishment editors don't want to remind people of their complicity in starting another pointless war. No Country for Retired Politicians - (2020-10-06)"A Pakistani court has formally charged former President Asif Ali Zardari in two corruption cases, while a provincial government has admitted a case of sedition against three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and 40 others, including the premier of Pakistan-administered Kashmir"UK Loses COVID-19 Cases via Excel - (2020-10-06)"The badly thought-out use of Microsoft's Excel software was the reason nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England"Full Blown War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan - (2020-10-05)"Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, has been shelled by Armenian forces...More than 220 people have died since clashes began a week ago"Exxon Plans Leak - (2020-10-05)"Exxon's own assessment of its $210 billion investment strategy shows yearly emissions rising 17% by 2025, according to the internal documents."Employment Fuzzy Numbers - (2020-10-03)"The unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent, down from a record high of nearly 15 percent in April. But even that good news carried a caveat: Nearly 700,000 people left the labor force, meaning they no longer counted as unemployed"Interesting how they selectively acknowledge this. No Country for Old Men - (2020-10-03)"At least 15 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a government building in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar"Turkey Sends Proxies to Fight Armenia - (2020-10-02)"He said he belonged to a faction of the rebel Syrian National Army, which is backed by Turkey. Its leader had asked those prepared to go to Azerbaijan to register. 'I voluntarily did that and 90% of my unit signed up,' he told CNN via WhatsApp. 'They told us that they will give us $1,500 a month.'"COVID-19 Climbs the Curve - (2020-10-02)"The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 worldwide rose above 34 million on Thursday, with the U.S. accounting for about a fifth of that total"POTUS Has COVID-19 - (2020-10-02)"The development comes after Hope Hicks, one of Mr Trump's closest aides, tested positive...America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a person must self-isolate for 10 days after a positive test"Pay no attention to the historic level of corporate consolidation as mulitnationals tip the power balance. UK Govt Pans Huawei Tech - (2020-10-02)"UK security experts found a flaw of 'national significance' while analysing technology from Chinese networking company Huawei, according to a government report."Those bugs are like cockroaches. See one... Wages of Secrecy and Denial - (2020-10-02)"Its finances had become depleted after compensating about 320 survivors of clergy sexual abuse since 2017"Armenia and Azerbaijan: Tale of Tape - (2020-10-01)"A side-by-side comparison of the defence budgets and military capabilities of Armenia and Azerbaijan."Internet Down in Greece - (2020-10-01)"An underwater fiber optic cable from Bulgaria owned by Vodafone was accidentally severed around noon Wednesday, leaving most of the country without internet service."Tokyo Stock Exchange Down - (2020-10-01)"The TSE said the glitch was the result of a hardware problem at its 'Arrowhead' trading system, and a subsequent failure to switch to a back-up. It caused the first full-day suspension since the exchange switched to all-electronic trading in 1999."Huawei Offers Tech Inspection - (2020-10-01)Hardware backdoors are damn near impossible to identify. Good luck with that. Don't ask "is this technology secure?" Rather, ask "which faction of spies have access?" CIA Plot Against Assange - (2020-10-01)"Morales saying that his American contacts had suggested that 'more extreme measures' should be deployed against visitors to Assange. 'There was a suggestion that the door of the embassy would be left open allowing people to enter from the outside and kidnap or poison Assange'"

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