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Jamal Khashoggi

Uber CEO Called the Gruesome Murder of a Journalist a Forgivable “Mistake”

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, gave a bizarre defense of Saudi Arabia in an interview with Axios on HBO. During the conversation, Axios host Dan Primack asked about Khosrowshahi's decision not to attend a Saudi-led summit after the murder of Washington P…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Success Of Google’s Fitbit Acquisition Hinges On Its Ability To Counter Privacy Concerns

Fitbit wearables. Fitbit Googles announcement last week that it would acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion was not particularly surprising for many observers who follow the smart home, wearable and IoT category. After all, Google has demonstrated on several occa…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Migrants Find Different Fates at Texas, Arizona Borders…

TUCSON, Ariz.Across most of the southern U.S. border, hundreds of immigrant families are being ushered out of the country every day as part of the Trump administration program known as Remain in Mexico. But in Arizona, many families are finding the policy is …

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Hrant Dink

Liz Cheney urges Pompeo to ‘immediately expel’ Erdoğan guards who beat Americans – Washington Examiner

The third-ranking House Republican is calling for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan's security men to be denied entry to the United States or expelled for beating U.S. citizens after his last visit to the White House. Fifteen of Erdoan's guards were crim…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

BUK-Missile

Putin announces plan to ‘replace’ Wikipedia

On November 5, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened the countrys language council to discuss, as he put it in his opening speech, the war on the Russian language. While much of the conversation concerned language norms at home, Putin also underscor…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Virtual Reality

15 gift ideas for your extremely online friend

Your Extremely Online friend may be glued the internet, but they're always there when you need them. They're your go-to for the latest in pop culture and political news. They're on top all the latest trends. They're the meme queens of the friend group (an ext…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

NSA

If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is: Nobody can decrypt the Dharma ransomware

A data recovery company is dubiously claiming it has cracked decryption of Dharma ransomware despite there being no known method of unscrambling its files. Infosec researcher Brett Callow of Emsisoft had a little fun trying to replicate Emsisoft's exposure o…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Venezuela

Bolivia crisis: Power vacuum follows Morales’ resignation – BBC News

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Opposition supporters celebrated the resignation of Mr Morales Tension is high in Bolivia following the resignation of the president, Evo Morales, after weeks of protest over a disputed election. Mr Morales stepped down aft…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Will drug prices rise following a UK-US trade deal?

h It doesn’t matter who’s in the White House or what they ask for, there is no way in any deal that we will see drug prices rise or put the NHS anywhere near the table. Michael Gove, Conservative politician, November 5 2019 Michael Gove’s denials that the NHS…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

UBER CEO comment about murdered journalist sparks backlash…

Uber (UBER) and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi are coming under heavy criticism on social media. The hashtag #BoycottUber began trending on Twitter (TWTR) Monday morning after Khosrowshahi called the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a serious mistake during a…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Uber CEO Called the Gruesome Murder of a Journalist a Forgivable “Mistake”

Success Of Google’s Fitbit Acquisition Hinges On Its Ability To Counter Privacy Concerns

Migrants Find Different Fates at Texas, Arizona Borders…

Liz Cheney urges Pompeo to ‘immediately expel’ Erdoğan guards who beat Americans – Washington Examiner

Putin announces plan to ‘replace’ Wikipedia

15 gift ideas for your extremely online friend

If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is: Nobody can decrypt the Dharma ransomware

Bolivia crisis: Power vacuum follows Morales’ resignation – BBC News

Will drug prices rise following a UK-US trade deal?

UBER CEO comment about murdered journalist sparks backlash…

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