In the early 2000s, the CIA’s venture capital arm decided to fund a satellite mapping software operation known as Keyhole, which later became Google Earth.
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US cybersecurity Is “Kindergarten Level” Compared To China–Pentagon Official Resigns
Google stopped working with the Pentagon in 2018 after 12 employees quit because of a project helping them make software improving the accuracy of drone strikes.
Bezos And Musk Vie For Title “World’s Stingiest Billionaire” After Giving Under 1% To Charity
The most prolific giver in the Forbes 400 ranking is George Soros, whose $16.8 billion in giving to Charities has towered over his $8.6 billion net worth.
Yet Another Facebook Whistleblower Feels Like She Has “Blood On Her Hands”
Ms. Zhang says Facebook fails to tackle abuse and stated, “I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform.”
AT&T Executives Helped To Forge Extreme-Right News Platform OAN
Ninety percent of OAN’s revenue comes from a contract with AT&T-owned television platforms raking in tens of millions of dollars, court records show.
Amazon Has Gobbled Up A Record $4.1 Billion In Government Subsidies — Bootstraps!
Amazon claims it’s worthy of subsidies because it created over 400,000 jobs last year, but a study found that they attracted staff from other employers, thus leading to no net job gains.
Tesla Worker Wins $137m In Racism Lawsuit And Puts Elon Musk “On Notice”
“I didn’t sign the arbitration agreement,” Diaz explained. “These companies are using arbitration to effectively turn workers into slaves.”
Nasa Accuses Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Of “Prioritizing Itself Over Every Other Person Alive Today”
The legal dispute with Blue Origin has thwarted collaboration between Nasa and SpaceX, delaying the 2024 deadline for the lunar mission.
Amazon’s AI Cameras Punish Delivery Drivers If They Look At Their Side Mirrors Too Much
“A car cuts me off to move into my lane, and the camera, in this really dystopian dark, robotic voice, shouts at me,” a Los Angeles delivery driver said.
Bitcoin Price Plummets After China Makes Crypto Transactions Illegal
The Chinese central bank said that digital currencies “cannot be used in the market as money” and banned companies from using cryptocurrency exchanges.
