Leaks from Twitter’s staff meeting to discuss the takeover by Elon Musk show executives getting emotional and trying to cope with the coming changes. On Tuesday, Project Veritas published leaked audio of two executives, while Politico reported that a third one teared up during the Monday meeting. “Elon made it …
Read More »Methane leaks at US petroleum operations far worse than previously estimated – study
Oil and gas wells and pipelines in the state of New Mexico are emitting significantly larger amounts of methane than previous data had indicated, researchers from Stanford University have revealed. Methane is known to be one of the main contributors to global warming, many times more potent than carbon dioxide. …
Read More »‘Spy world’ worried about Biden’s intel leaks on Russia – reports
US national security and intelligence veterans have expressed concern over President Joe Biden’s strategy in dealing with Russia, saying that regular leaks to the public over a predicted invasion of Ukraine could hurt Washington’s credibility in the long run and turn out to be entirely wrong. “I am concerned about …
Read More »Facebook leaks: Network knew it radicalized users, was too slow to root out QAnon and anti-vaxxers, critics say
The Silicon Valley giant doesn’t do enough to protect society from various ills, its critics, including some employees, believe. Meanwhile, Facebook is working on new ways to curb the growth of certain groups through manipulation rather than blanket bans. ‘Carol Smith’, a self-identified politically conservative mother from Wilmington, North Carolina …
Read More »‘Pandora papers’: New leaks reveal how world leaders use offshore companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes
Obtained from 14 offshore banking institutions and analyzed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the ‘Pandora Papers’ reveal the financial chicanery of more than 100 billionaires, 35 current and former world leaders, and 300 public officials. The first round of information, handed to a select list of international …
Read More »Oil leaks into sea as freighter splits in two after running aground in northern Japan (PHOTOS)
On Wednesday, the Panamanian-flagged freighter Crimson Polaris ran aground at the Port of Hachinohe in the Aomori Prefecture, located on the northern tip of Japan’s main island, Honshu. © Reuters / 2nd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters The crew managed to free the 39,910-ton ship, which was transporting wood chips from …
Read More »Accuracy at any cost? Gamer leaks British military secrets to Russia-born company to prove its tank model is wrong
A funny and potentially criminal episode unfolded this week on the forums of ‘War Thunder’, a popular competitive video game in which players take control of various real-life military vehicles. Projects like this one attract the attention of accuracy nerds, who push designers to get every little detail right. It …
Read More »‘It’s May Day, baby! Let’s kill some cops!’: Trump supporter reportedly leaks audio recordings after infiltrating Antifa group
The mole told a local ABC affiliate that he felt compelled to “do something” after reading the manifesto of SoCo (Sonoma County) Radical Action, which appears to encourage vandalism. Identified by the media as a “Trump supporter,” the man reportedly contacted the group and told his “comrades” that he wanted …
Read More »‘Pretty-much everything on Gab’: Leaks publisher offers private data of ‘alt-tech Twitter’ users to researchers of ‘neo-Nazis’
A 70-gigabyte trove of data dubbed “Gableaks” includes public posts on the platform, but also “private posts, user profiles, hashed passwords for users, DMs, and plaintext passwords for groups,”according to an entity called DDoSecrets. The information was allegedly stolen by a third party and leaked to the group, which operates …
Read More »‘A bit too transparent’? Pfizer fumes as Belgian official leaks all VACCINE PRICES for EU in ‘unintended’ Twitter post
Brussels has for months been insisting it is legally restricted from revealing any details on the price of the coronavirus vaccines, but that didn’t stop the senior official from blowing the lid late on Thursday. De Bleeker, who is Belgium’s State Secretary for Budget and Consumer Protection, quickly realized her …
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