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Yellow Vests

France Defies US Threat: Digital Tax On Tech Giants Confirmed – International Business Times

Defying the threat of trade sanctions by President Donald Trump, the French parliament approved levying a digital tax of 3 percent on tech companies from their sales of digital services in France. The affected companies in America will include tech giants Go…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

NSA

First Look at 2020 Cost-Of-Living Adjustments and Maximum Contribution Base

The BLS reported this morning: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 249.747 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to seasonal adj…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Little Italy

Brinker International’s plan to purchase 116 Chili’s restaurants could put share repurchase at risk

Brinker International Inc.'s EAT, -1.15% plan to acquire 116 Chili's Grill & Bar locations could put the company's share repurchase program at risk, according to Quo Vadis Capital. Brinker announced after the closing bell Wednesday that it has executed…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Surprise: People are listening to your Google Assistant queries

While the recordings are not associated with user accounts, people often share personal information like names and addresses that can reveal their identities. And while Google doesn't record until users say phrases like "Hey, Google" or "OK, Google," the devi…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Economic Bubble

US economic bubble bigger than before 2008 crash, Peter Schiff tells RT’s Boom Bust

He told Boom Bust that the US is heading for recession regardless of what the Fed does with rates. “This isn’t even a good economy, it’s a bubble. Powell (the chair of the Federal Reserve) doesn’t seem to understand that. He thinks the economy is doing OK, i…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

The Pentagon’s New Laser-Based Tool Uses Your Heartbeat to Track You

The governments hefty arsenal of surveillance tools just welcomed a powerful new member. Rather than monitoring an external devicea bug or a smartphoneor even the exterior features of your face, the new tech aims straight for your heart. Literally. First rep…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Feudalism

Lorena Gonzalez, State Dems Turn Up Pressure On Gig Economy

Photo by Rich Pedroncelli / AP Above: Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at a rally after her measure to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors was approved by a Senate committee, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, J…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

NSA

After Microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state’s privacy commissioner advises schools not to use Office 365

After the Snowden revelations, US-based Big Tech companies raced to reassure their non-US customers that the NSA wasn't raiding their cloud-based data, moving servers inside their customers' borders and (theoretically) out of reach of the NSA; then came the C…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

BUK-Missile

Ex-chief of AA defense of “Donetsk People’s Republic” considered main witness in MH17 case

Volodymyr Tsemakh, the former high-rank official in the army of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" may become the top witness in the MH17 case. The man is currently in detention in Ukraine.Tsemakh, the ex-chief of AA defense of "Donetsk People's Republ…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

Gundam

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays launches November 28 in Japan

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays will launch for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on November 28 in Japan, Bandai Namco announced. The PlayStation 4 and Switch versions will cost 8,200 yen for the standard edition, and 12,000 yen for the Premium G S…

bubmagJuly 11, 2019

France Defies US Threat: Digital Tax On Tech Giants Confirmed – International Business Times

First Look at 2020 Cost-Of-Living Adjustments and Maximum Contribution Base

Brinker International’s plan to purchase 116 Chili’s restaurants could put share repurchase at risk

Surprise: People are listening to your Google Assistant queries

US economic bubble bigger than before 2008 crash, Peter Schiff tells RT’s Boom Bust

Lorena Gonzalez, State Dems Turn Up Pressure On Gig Economy

After Microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state’s privacy commissioner advises schools not to use Office 365

Ex-chief of AA defense of “Donetsk People’s Republic” considered main witness in MH17 case

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays launches November 28 in Japan

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