The Biden administration is privately asking top Ukrainian officials to show openness to peace talks with Russia, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Kiev’s public refusal to negotiate with Moscow unless President Vladimir Putin is removed from power in Russia must be abandoned, people familiar with the discussions told the …
Read More »WATCH: Djokovic team send signal to cameras as star trains in Australia
Serbian ace Novak Djokovic continued to make up for lost time as he hit the courts for a practice session at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday, with the world number one’s team seemingly having a message for cameras circling overhead. Serbian ace Novak Djokovic continued to make up for lost …
Read More »WhatsApp, Signal & Telegram banned by Swiss Army
Swiss soldiers are required to stop using WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and use a domestic messenger instead, Swiss media reported this week. Data protection was cited as the reason. Commanders and chiefs of staff received an instruction in late December informing them of the new rules, according to Swiss media. …
Read More »Slowdown in China’s exports may signal further decline for industrial sector
Last month, Chinese exports recorded year-over-year growth of 19.3% following a 32.2% gain in June. The increase was expected to total 20.8%, according to analysts polled by Reuters. Meanwhile, imports rose by a more modest 28.1% from a year ago, falling short of a 33% increase forecast in the poll, …
Read More »Britannia fools the waves: UK sent clear signal to Moscow with warship in Crimean waters… just probably not the one it intended
This was the dynamic on show on Wednesday in the Black Sea. A British warship, the HMS Defender, transited through what Russia says are its territorial waters, near Crimea, sailing within 12 nautical miles of the peninsula’s coast. This provoked a tough response from the Russian military. According to the …
Read More »Europeans can now take a beach holiday. But does their summer relaxation signal a new wave of Covid contagion’s on the horizon?
With the summer approaching, the list of southern EU countries ready to invite foreign visitors is growing. And the number of people who want – at last – to book their trip to a coastal resort in Italy, Greece, or Spain, is growing accordingly too. But is now the right …
Read More »Boom Bust looks at to how Facebook’s abuse of user data created market opportunities for Signal
Earlier this week, Signal tried to use Facebook’s own tools against it when it attempted to launch ads on the platform that showed viewers some of the information collected about them to demonstrate how much personal data the tech giant collects and sells access to. However, the campaign was blocked, …
Read More »Signal messenger takes aim at Instagram’s ‘hazy’ user data policies with SUPER-SPECIFIC ad campaign, gets its ad account blocked
In a blog post published on Tuesday, Signal, which brands itself as privacy-positive, called out the user privacy policies of both Instagram and its parent company Facebook, both of which use the same adtech tools and platform. As a result, both have access to all the data users create when …
Read More »Why Biden’s pick of Neera Tanden for budget chief might signal a good thing (for the rest of the world)
But her nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget indirectly signals a good thing: that the new administration will be so focused on dealing with mounting domestic economic problems that US foreign military adventurism will be sidelined. With Democrats controlling the Senate, there is a strong chance that …
Read More »Signal, the ‘encrypted messenger of the future,’ has shady links to US national security interests
On January 4, WhatsApp announced sweeping changes to its privacy policies, affecting the vast bulk of its approximately two billion users globally. The poorly explained rules were interpreted by many as proof that the messaging service was about to commence sharing users’ private data, including their conversations, with parent company Facebook, …
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