Category: obama

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end DACA

Post author By Randall
Post date June 18, 2020
Categories In daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals, dreamers, immigrant, immigration, News, obama, protections, ruling, supreme court, Tech, tomorrow, Trump

[ad_1] Hundreds of CEOs signed a letter urging Trump to keep DACA. Those included Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Warren Buffett. Leaders from Airbnb, Dropbox, eBay, Fitbit, Foursquare, GoFundMe, LinkedIn, Lyft, Netflix, Netgear, Pandora, Tesla, Tumblr and Uber also […]

Senate: Obama Admin. wasn’t prepared to handle Russian interference

Post author By Randall
Post date February 6, 2020
Categories In 2016 election, Election, election interference, gear, interference, mark warner, obama, obama administration, Politics, report, richard burr, Russia, Security, select committee on intelligence, senate, Tech

[ad_1] Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said the Obama administration “struggled to determine the appropriate response” and “debated courses of action without truly taking one.” The administration worried about alarming the American people and that a statement could be perceived as political, given that then-President Obama was actively campaigning for Hillary Clinton. “There were many […]

Spotify’s podcast power play | Engadget

Post author By Randall
Post date December 23, 2019
Categories In anchor, audio, Entertainment, gimlet, gimlet media, higher ground, Internet, last podcast on the left, obama, obamas, paracast, podcast, Podcasts, soundtrap, soundtrap for storytellers, spotify, streaming, streaming service, Tech, the case of adirondack rose, the obamas, yir2019

[ad_1] Spotify’s podcast push actually began in 2017. During a test in Germany, the company noticed a music publisher had posted audiobooks and other content on the service. Over time, it became popular, and Spotify realized it might be on to something. “We realized that [for] people who were already in love with Spotify for […]

Russia reportedly breached encrypted FBI comms in 2010

Post author By Randall
Post date September 16, 2019
Categories In data, fbi, gear, Internet, obama, Politics, president obama, Russia, Security, spying, surveillance, Tech

[ad_1] The Russians could reportedly only crack “moderately encrypted” radio systems like those the FBI used, and not the strongest protections, but that was still worrying — and it wasn’t certain just how Russia compromised the systems. Some officials worried Russia might have a mole, but that wasn’t clear. An anonymous CIA officer speaking to […]