Washington has been on a mission to discourage its allies from using Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm earlier slammed the US for using politics for unfair competition. Read more Washington has been up in arms over Huawei’s worldwide expansion, “having initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign” to press its European and […]
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You can’t win: Ex-top astronaut apologizes to Twitter for citing Churchill, sparks more fuss
Quoting Winston Churchill seems harmless enough, but a former NASA astronaut found out the hard way that it’s impossible to please everyone on Twitter, after apologizing for citing the revered British leader. Scott Kelly, who has made multiple trips into space, issued an apology on Sunday after being hounded by furious netizens about a tweet […]
Apple declines to attend EU hearing on tax evasion, citing appeal
(Reuters) — iPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation to an EU lawmakers’ hearing, saying it does not want to prejudice its challenge to an EU order to pay up to 13 billion euros ($ 15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland. A European Parliament committee is holding the hearing on tax evasion on June […]
Trump Scraps Plan to Hire Two Lawyers, Citing Conflicts
President Trump won’t hire two previously announced lawyers to the team representing him in the special counsel’s Russia probe, citing conflicts of interest, a member of the team said Sunday.
President Trump halts Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm, citing “national security”
Enlarge / U.S. President Donald Trump hugs Broadcom CEO Hock Tan as Tan announces the repatriation of his company’s headquarters to the United States from Singapore during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. (credit: Martin H. Simon – Pool/Getty Images) On Monday evening, President […]
Reds slam FFA citing of Gulum after send off
ADELAIDE United chairman Greg Griffin has slammed Football Federation Australia for citing Ersan Gulum after the independent match review panel handed the defender a mandatory one-match ban for a red card on Saturday. Gulum was controversially sent off in the 17th minute of Adelaide’s 2-2 draw with Central Coast at Hindmarsh on Saturday. The MRP […]
US Senator demands review of loot box policies, citing potential harm
Enlarge / Sen. Hassan urged the ESRB to review “the board’s ratings process and policies as they relate to loot boxes.” (credit: US Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire) Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) sent an open letter to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today urging the industry’s self-regulatory body to “review the completeness of […]
Cities sue Pentagon over failure to report crimes to FBI gun database, citing Texas church shooting
Three major US cities led by Democrats are suing the Pentagon over failing to report military personnel convictions that would have disqualified them from gun ownership, which they blame for the recent Texas church shooting. The mayors of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco filed a federal lawsuit in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday, demanding that […]
Steam drops Bitcoin payment option, citing fees and volatility
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) When Valve first started accepting Bitcoin as an option for Steam purchases last April, the cryptocurrency was trading around $ 450. Today, with Bitcoin surging past $ 12,000 per coin, Valve has announced that “Steam will no longer support Bitcoin as a payment method on our platform due to […]
Citing N. Korean threat, Pentagon scouts West Coast missile defense locations
Published time: 4 Dec, 2017 20:19 The Pentagon is scouting locations on the US West Coast for deploying missile defense systems, in a bid to counter the threat of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile attack, according to two Congressmen. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is currently looking for the right place to install missile […]