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ProtonMail has unveiled its latest initiative to make its encrypted email services available to the masses, as the Swiss startup quietly rolled out a new Professional subscription tier aimed at businesses. ProtonMail was founded out of CERN in 2013, and after a period in beta the company launched its service globally last March, with the promise of client-side encryption […]
Environmental activists say the Department of Homeland Security is violating the Constitution with its move to exempt itself from a number of laws that would impede construction of President Donald Trump’s wall along the US-Mexico border. On Tuesday, the DHS announced it issued a waiver to bypass some environmental laws in order to “ensure the […]
Vadim Ghirda/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is selecting a former U.S. envoy to NATO for the top job dealing with the Ukraine crisis. The State Department says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is appointing Ambassador Kurt Volker as the special representative for Ukraine. Tillerson spokesman R.C. Hammond says he’ll coordinate the State Department’s […]
Today Donald Trump signed an executive order reviving the National Space Council, an organization that existed in two previous iterations, from 1958 – 1973, and more recently from 1989 to 1993. President Obama raised the idea of reviving the council during a speech in 2008, but did not do it. In this version, the council […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that high-level officials under former President George W Bush cannot be held personally liable for the treatment of detainees who were rounded up after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In a 4-2 decision Monday, a depleted bench of Supreme Court justices ruled on a civil-rights lawsuit that […]
Enlarge / Former First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the new, modernized Nutrition Facts Label at the Building a Healthier Future Summit. (credit: Getty | Nurphoto) Following pressure from the food and beverage industry, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it would indefinitely delay the rollout of new nutrition labels that were designed to […]
Three groups are suing the Trump administration for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release records concerning White House visitors and Trump’s residences in Florida and New York. The lawsuit, Doyle v. US Department of Homeland Security, was filed in federal district court in New York on Monday by […]
Governors in four states that have legalized marijuana in some form have written a letter to two Trump administration officials requesting they consult with states before making any changes to regulatory and enforcement systems for the drug. The independent governor of Alaska joined the Democratic governors of Colorado, Oregon and Washington to write a letter […]
Periscope is rolling out new administrative controls for groups in what may be a bid to improve the user experience (and possibly safety). Starting today, closed groups and group invites will be available within the Twitter-owned livestreaming app that restricts who can participate in the respective communities. Groups launched in November as a way for […]
Published time: 27 Feb, 2017 15:14 Former CIA Director John Brennan has denied he is the source of intelligence leaks about the Trump administration, and stressed the importance of a bipartisan investigation into reports of Trump’s ties to Russia. Read more Speaking on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday, Brennan was asked about House intelligence […]
