CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a … Read More
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, … Read More
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Israel, only to see their weapons intercepted and destroyed by the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 … Read More
The U.S. Steel Corporation, once America’s largest steelmaker and most valuable company, is set to be acquired by Japanese company Nippon Steel for $14.9 billion. Nippon Steel — the world’s fourth-largest steel producer — clinched the deal with an all-cash offer, … Read More
Unidentified foreign governments are surveilling mobile phone users through push notifications, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said. Wyden, a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence member, sent a letter to the Department of Justice on Wednesday inquiring about how foreign officials sought … Read More
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – FBI Director Christopher Wray will press a Senate committee on Tuesday to renew the authority of the U.S. government to conduct warrantless surveillance outside the United States, arguing that failing to do so would be … Read More
Nov. 30 (UPI) — Meta reported Thursday that it has disrupted Chinese and Russian covert influence operations designed to influence politics in the United States through deceptive social media practices. Meta warned that “foreign threat actors are attempting to reach … Read More
A US military aircraft with six people on board has crashed off Yakushima Island in south-western Japan. Japan’s Coast Guard said one person had been found dead near the crash site. Japan’s NHK broadcaster said the CV-22 Osprey hybrid plane … Read More
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced the terms of a $2 billion environmental and climate justice grant program, part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s massive green spending allocation aimed at helping poorer towns and people harmed by pollution. EPA officials … Read More
The text of an inflammatory “letter to America” from 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden has gone viral on TikTok and drawn praise from young users — and US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are blasting the China-owned app … Read More