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Plucky TSA Spokesperson With a TikTok Account Draws Stern Warning from Chuck Schumer TikTok

Plucky TSA Spokesperson With a TikTok Account Draws Stern Warning from Chuck Schumer

Image: GettySenator Chuck Schumer, America’s dean who swears to god this is the last warning about the phones, has asked the TSA to get off TikTok. In a missive addressed to TSA Administrator David Pekoske on Saturday, Schumer noted that a previous string of warnings resulted in TikTok bans for…
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February 24, 2020
Managing China: Competitive engagement, with Indian characteristics China's Strategy

Managing China: Competitive engagement, with Indian characteristics

Executive Summary This paper explores India’s ties with China, outlining how they have evolved over the course of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s years in office. It lays out the elements of cooperation, competition, and potentially conflict in the Sino-Indian relationship, as well as the leverage the two countries potentially hold…
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February 24, 2020
Global China: Great powers China's Strategy

Global China: Great powers

In the wake of China’s increased assertiveness abroad and Russia’s interventions in Ukraine, Syria, and U.S. elections, great power competition has captured the attention of Washington’s policymakers and analysts. For many in the strategic community, great power politics is primarily understood as a shorthand for the bilateral competition between the…
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February 24, 2020
Amazon’s New Al Pacino-Starring ‘Hunters’ Accused of Sensationalizing Nazis Holocaust

Amazon’s New Al Pacino-Starring ‘Hunters’ Accused of Sensationalizing Nazis

The creator of Amazon’s new Hunters series, David Weil, has responded to criticism from the official Auschwitz Memorial, who have dubbed the Al Pacino-starring Nazi-hunting show disrespectful, “dangerous, and foolish.” The backlash specifically revolves around a “chess match” scene in which a Jewish chess champion is held captive and forced to…
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February 24, 2020
Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in ‘top 3’ app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory Trade War

Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in ‘top 3’ app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory

The re-badged progressive web apps should help fill it out a bit Huawei is boasting of some encouraging stats for its Google Play replacement after the Trump administration stopped the Mountain View giant doing business with the Chinese comms bogeyman. Last year, Huawei's worldwide handset business took a body blow…
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February 24, 2020
The stock market’s fear gauge spikes to its highest since August as the coronavirus outbreak rages NASDAQ

The stock market’s fear gauge spikes to its highest since August as the coronavirus outbreak rages

Xinhua/Wang Ying/Getty ImagesThe Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, spiked as much as 40% on Monday, the highest since August.  The VIX is a measure of volatility in the markets and is often referred to as a "fear gauge." Investors are worried about the impact of the coronavirus on global markets…
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February 24, 2020