On December 2, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce once again issued a document, adding 140 companies (136 of which are Chinese entities) to the “Entity List” and adding export restrictions on 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, 3 software tools and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), attempting to…
A Boeing plea deal intended to resolve a case related to two fatal crashes of its planes has been rejected by a US judge. The plane maker agreed with the US government in July to plead guilty to one count of criminal fraud, face independent monitoring, and pay a $243m (£191m) fine. However, Judge Reed…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram is failing to remove explicit self-harm images and is even encouraging vulnerable teens to connect with each other, enabling the concerning content to proliferate on the platform, according to an alarming new study. The Guardian reports that the research, conducted by Danish organization Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), set up a private Instagram network including fake…
Former NCAA swimming champion and women’s sports activist Riley Gaines held a rally for the Stone Ridge Christian High School girls’ volleyball team in California after the school forfeited a playoff game rather than play against a transgender opponent. Stone Ridge Christian High School, from Merced, California, forfeited a Northern California Division 6 tournament against San Francisco…
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) questioned the effectiveness of the Department of Government Efficiency and stated that Elon Musk “basically has made his fortune off of government subsidies” and Democrats should “come after the insurance companies, the big defense companies that are all reaping huge amounts of money…
