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Cold War

Swiss investigate report that firm helped CIA break codes

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland said on Tuesday it was probing reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the German BND spy service used a Swiss firm's encryption technology to crack other nations' top-secret messages.The company, called Crypto AG, sold code-making equipment to Iran, India, Pakistan, Latin American nations and…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Scotland

Cyber security experts to speak at major conference in Aberdeen

Robert Gordon University Some of the UK’s foremost cyber security experts will gather for a major conference in Aberdeen later this month. Robert Gordon University (RGU) is bringing together cyber security, law and technology experts as part of Cyber Security Scotland Week 2020. The one-day conference will welcome keynote speakers…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations

This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election. We’ve had three years of…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

SpaceX

The Journey to Mars Begins in South Texas

BOCA CHICA, Texas—Mary McConnaughey was watching from her car when the rocket exploded on the beach. The steel-crunching burst sent the top of the spacecraft flying, and a cloud of vapor billowed into the sky and drifted toward the water.McConnaughey and her husband had planned to drive into town that…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Xi Jinping

Chinese citizens are challenging the official narrative about coronavirus, and Beijing is going after them

Citizen journalists in China have been reporting on the ground amid the coronavirus outbreak, challenging Beijing's official narrative.Beijing, in turn, has put those journalists under pressure, and some of them have disappeared as authorities seek to reassert their control over information.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. BEIJING — After…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Berlin Wall

Jurgen Klinsmann leaves Hertha Berlin after less than 10 weeks in charge

John Dorton/ISI Sports Images UPDATE: Thursday, 12 pm ET — Jurgen Klinsmann has been removed from Hertha Berlin's supervisory board after what the club's primary investor described as the "unacceptable" manner of his departure as head coach on Tuesday. "I regret that Jurgen Klinsmann left us abruptly. I talked to him…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Astroturfing

Information Warfare: Astroturf Fail

February 10, 2020: China recently discovered how astroturfing, creating fake “grassroots” support, loses its impact when the deception aspect is revealed. A recent example (late January 2020) occurred outside a western Canada (Vancouver) courthouse as demonstrators assembled to protest efforts to extradite a Chinese telecommunications executive. This was a big…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

EU warns UK not to kid itself on ‘equivalence’ for finance

Brussels’ chief Brexit negotiator on Tuesday brusquely shot down a bid floated by the UK to retain access to the EU market for British financial firms, signalling hardball trade negotiations lie ahead. “There must be no illusion on this issue: there will be no general, global or permanent equivalence on…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Volvo and its Chinese parent company are fully merging into one entity

Volvo and it's Chinese owner Geely plan to fully merge, the companies said Monday. Geely bought Volvo from Ford in 2010.The company plans to list in Hong Kong and possibly Sweden as well. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Geely Automobile and its sister company Volvo Cars are planning to merge…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Brexit

Japan’s MUFG, Mizuho in London rehiring spree despite Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan’s MUFG (8306.T) and Mizuho (8411.T) have hired a total of nearly 100 staff in London in the last 6 months, bolstering their trading and investment banking teams despite industry concerns over Brexit’s impact on financial services in Britain. FILE PHOTO: The full moon is seen rising…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Swiss investigate report that firm helped CIA break codes

Cyber security experts to speak at major conference in Aberdeen

Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations

The Journey to Mars Begins in South Texas

Chinese citizens are challenging the official narrative about coronavirus, and Beijing is going after them

Jurgen Klinsmann leaves Hertha Berlin after less than 10 weeks in charge

Information Warfare: Astroturf Fail

EU warns UK not to kid itself on ‘equivalence’ for finance

Volvo and its Chinese parent company are fully merging into one entity

Japan’s MUFG, Mizuho in London rehiring spree despite Brexit

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