Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.  “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. “When an American…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.  “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. “When an American…

Tech company previously complied with president’s demand to rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America

Donald Trump said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America.

Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday, the president said he had called Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, to ask whether the company could “handle” his proposal.

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© Photograph: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

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Defence secretary says Britain must manufacture at scale as Germany’s Rheinmetall opens Midlands factory

For the last 20 years, Britain was unable to put a barrel on its tanks without buying from abroad. Relying on foreign allies seemed like a reasonable choice during years of relative security (for wealthy countries at least) after the end of the cold war.

But Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has changed the calculation – and prompted a scramble to rearm among European countries, including the UK.

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© Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk, accusing the technology mogul of trying to “buy his own personal” senator through massive campaign donations for Talarico’s opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). “There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator,”…

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk, accusing the technology mogul of trying to “buy his own personal” senator through massive campaign donations for Talarico’s opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). “There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator,”…

Here’s how Bluetooth BMS actually works, and why the real issue is design vulnerabilities, not “hacks”, but systems built without proper authentication or security in mind

One of the film’s stranger aspects is Holmes agreeing to film her and her family before she went to prison.

One of the film’s stranger aspects is Holmes agreeing to film her and her family before she went to prison.

President Trump said Wednesday he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to rename the Atlantic Ocean on the company’s Google Maps application — a request the tech executive denied. “We seriously looked at the Atlantic Ocean,” Trump said during a rally in Clemson, S.C. The president then praised Google Maps for changing the respective names of…

President Trump said Wednesday he asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai to rename the Atlantic Ocean on the company’s Google Maps application — a request the tech executive denied. “We seriously looked at the Atlantic Ocean,” Trump said during a rally in Clemson, S.C. The president then praised Google Maps for changing the respective names of…

The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’

Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use at the US southern border.

The “heat ray”, known as the Active Denial System, is a military-grade weapon that shoots an energy beam causing “a sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin”, according to a 2009 National Defense University case study on the weapon.

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© Photograph: Cpl. Andrew Huff/Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

© Photograph: Cpl. Andrew Huff/Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

Portuguese councils and hospitals are among 29 public bodies identified as using outdated website software, amid an international security alert over flaws that could allow hackers to take control of

The post Portuguese councils and hospitals caught in worldwide website security alert appeared first on Portugal Resident.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk warned Democrats over a possible congressional probe on Wednesday, writing, “live by the sword, die by the sword.” “Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets,” Musk wrote on the social platform…

SpaceX founder Elon Musk warned Democrats over a possible congressional probe on Wednesday, writing, “live by the sword, die by the sword.” “Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets,” Musk wrote on the social platform…

Lenovo has launched the Yoga Pro 9n and Yoga 9n 2-in-1 in India, powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform with OLED displays and up to 128GB of memory. Prices start at Rs 3,19,990.

Microsoft said the Storm-0940 group targeted organisations across defence, finance, energy and technology, with some gaining high-level cloud access.

Our government, rather than acting appropriately, continues to cozy up to Big Tech.  

Our government, rather than acting appropriately, continues to cozy up to Big Tech.  

The repressive leaders of Iran and Russia seek to carve their people off from the global internet to maintain their hold on power.