NSA

Gilead makes a drug called Truvada -- AKA Prep -- that was developed at US taxpayer expense, whose patents are held by the US government; Truvada is on track to eliminating the spread of HIV forever (people who are HIV positive but take Truvada are seemingly …

Ari Mahairas, a special cybersecurity agent at the FBI's New York office, and Peter Beshar, the general counsel of $50 billion professional services firm Marsh & McLennan, have an unusual relationship. Over the years they have forged an unlikely public…

From housing economist Tom Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in April Based on publicly-available local realtor/MLS reports released across the country through today, I project that existing home sales as estimated by the National Association of Real…

Spl envoy Mohammad Umer Daudzai with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on Friday. Twitter Afghanistans High Peace Council Secretary and President Ashraf Ghanis Special Envoy Mohammad Umer Daudzai on Friday said that National Security Advis…

We've already seen the Huawei Mate 20 X (5G) in a leaked hands-on video and press renders last month, and even its retail packaging got outed. So today the Chinese company decided enough is enough and made the phone official. As its name implies, the Mate 20…

Earlier: Housing Starts Increased to 1.235 Million Annual Rate in April Total housing starts in April were above expectations, and starts for February and March were revised up. The housing starts report showed starts were up 5.7% in April compared to March…

Ransomware has been around since the late 1980s, but it got a massive shot in the arm when leaked NSA cyberweapons were merged with existing strains of ransomware, with new payment mechanisms that used cryptocurrencies, leading to multiple ransomware epidemic…

Guccis new $800 Indy Full Turban was not a good idea. As a Sikh, I see this as a huge sign of disrespect and disregard toward Sikhism, an observer tweeted about images of a thin white guy model strutting down the catwalk with the Gucci Indy Turban on. The …

Huawei may be facing an executive order this week that lays the groundwork for US companies being barred from working with the Chinese telecom company. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as early…

A weird paper was posted on the Cryptology ePrint Archive (working link is via the Wayback Machine), claiming an attack against the NSA-designed cipher SIMON. You can read some commentary about it here. Basically, the authors claimed an attack so devastating …