FEMA chief under scrutiny over government car use as Hurricane Florence approaches U.S.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Etc.,Government/Legal DHS is looking into Brock Long’s travel between D.C. and his N.C. home. Continue reading FEMA chief under scrutiny over government car use as Hurricane Florence approaches U.S. FEMA chief under scrutiny over government car use as Hurricane Florence approaches U.S. originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, […]

Australia’s lauded private-pension system is under scrutiny

High fees down under PAUL KEATING, a former prime minister of Australia, calls the country’s superannuation system “the envy of the developed economies”. In many ways, it is. The “super”, as Aussies call their private-pension provision, was a crowning achievement of Mr Keating’s premiership. In 1992 he made it compulsory for employers to set aside […]

Three stars to face MRO scrutiny

MATCH review officer Michael Christian will be busy after three incidents in Carlton’s upset win over Gold Coast on Saturday night. Suns captain Steven May has been reported for a bump on Ed Curnow while Patrick Cripps and Charlie Curnow will also be looked at. GAME RECAP: HOW THE BLUES BEAT THE SUNS STAT CENTRAL: […]

National Enquirer’s Yearslong Dealings With Trump Lawyer Fall Under Federal Scrutiny

Michael Cohen and the tabloid publisher traded favors over many years, including helping mediate a lawsuit threat by former “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault-Newman and tackling emerging stories potentially unfavorable to the president. Authorities are trying to determine whether the publisher and Mr. Trump’s team violated campaign-finance laws.

Hyperthreading under scrutiny with new TLBleed crypto key leak

Enlarge / A shiny wafer full of Kaby Lake refresh parts. (credit: Intel) Last week, developers on OpenBSD—the open source operating system that prioritizes security—disabled hyperthreading on Intel processors. Project leader Theo de Raadt said that a research paper due to be presented at Black Hat in August prompted the change, but he would not […]

Uber’s merger with Grab is under scrutiny from Singapore’s competition watchdog

(Reuters) — Singapore’s competition watchdog said it had reasonable grounds to suspect competition had been infringed by Uber’s deal to sell its Southeast Asia operations to rival ride-hailing firm Grab. In a rare move, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has commenced an investigation into the deal and proposed interim measures tha…Read More

A senior Trump administration rail safety official stepped down after scrutiny over outside work

The acting administrator of the US Federal Railroad Administration resigned Saturday after being scrutinized over a moonlighting gig. The official, Heath Hall, was reportedly working as a public relations consultant for a Mississippi sheriff’s department. During Hall’s tenure at the Federal Railroad Administration, there were a number of high-profile rail crashes. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A […]

As Billy Mitchell comes under scrutiny, current Donkey Kong champ sets new record

Yesterday, I reported that competitive gamer Billy Mitchell may have misled record keepers with some of his best Donkey Kong scores. But while we were getting details of that scandal, the current Donkey Kong world-record holder Robbie Lakeman was setting a new high score. Lakeman beat his previous best of 1,230,100 points with 1,247,700. The […]