IBM CEO Ginni Rometty recently sent an email to her employees detailing her involvement with, and counseling of, the Trump administration. In it, Rometty claimed that her meetings with the Trump administration as part of the president’s business advisory are purely an opportunity to promote IBM’s values and technological expertise. “IBM does not espouse a partisan or political point of view,” the letter states. “Alone […]
Excerpted from today’s Blain’s Morning Porridge by Bill Blain of Mint Partners Over weekend drinks, dinners, very good lunches and rugby banter I was repeatedly told by my chums with real jobs in Industry, Services and Government how terrible this Trump fellow is turning out. It’s terribly liberal of us all to be illiberal about him. A couple of times I tried to respond in rational terms […]
Love may be in the air on Saint Valentine’s Day but authorities in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore warned on Monday of a growth in online scams cheating lonely people out of their savings. Romance scammers are getting increasingly manipulative … If you meet someone who seems too good to be true, do some research to see if they’re the real deal Delia Rickard of the Australian Competition […]
Paraphrasing Garrison Keillor, it’s been a quiet week in the Apache Spark community – at least compared to last year, where the definitive Spark 2.0 was unveiled. Last week, Spark Summit pulled into Boston, and so did one of those nor’easters that make Boston so alluring in February. And so the Spark project, for now, is engaging in the blocking and tackling chores of cleaning up or […]
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are not official yet, but Samsung India has already launched what looks like a support page for the larger smartphone. Samsung had a bit of a mixed year in 2016, tasting both success and failure with its flagships. While the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge proved popular and raised plenty of interest, the Galaxy Note 7 was […]
For a long time TruePublica has consistently reported that Britain is the centre of the global money laundering business with its London Headquarters and network of off-shore tax havens. We have challenged reports and studies that have protected ‘The City’ and its army of suited mobsters that openly defy both domestic and international financial legislation whilst it administers the global looting machine. (Read our piece: Enemies of the State: […]
Markets have started this week feeling much relieved, notes Bloomberg’s Richard Breslow, as the understandable fears that U.S.-Asia strategy might continue their lurch toward direct economic confrontation were given a respite. The phone call with Chinese President Xi went better than feared. And once the picture of the Japanese Prime Minister and American President high-fiving on the golf course was passed around, the sighs of relief were […]
‘Governor Moonbeam’ In the 1970s, Jerry Brown cemented his place in the national imagination as “Governor Moonbeam,” a liberal dreamer who embodied California cool — or California kook, depending on where one stood. He drove a Plymouth Satellite, spurned the governor’s mansion for a mattress on an apartment floor and dated singer Linda Ronstadt. But beneath that caricature lay a policy wonk who embraced the environmental movement […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement that he was cancelling 86% of the country’s cash overnight triggered weeks of panic and long lines of people trying to exchange or deposit their old notes. The meandering lines have disappeared but India’s cash-driven emerging market is still suffering as the new bills haven’t reached every corner of the economy and consumers and companies are still struggling to shift more of their transactions […]
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It’s old news by now that way more than half of digital traffic comes through the side doors of social media and search rather than a reader selecting from a home page menu. That’s OK, the theory goes, because at least readers are exposed to the content and will take note of the source. But that brand-building effect may be much weaker than supposed, a new Pew […]
Submitted by Nick Kaman of Letters from Norway Introduction: Norwegians are just now starting to grapple with the effects of their “single cylinder” economy, mostly dependent on oil and gas (ca. 60% of exports). Despite optimism about $50-$70/barrel oil, American crude output is surging, on track to be the highest ever, since 1970, while cracks start to form in OPEC’s latest agreement. In addition to the oil […]
A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra was asked to direct the CBI to lodge FIRs and conduct probe into the alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act. (PTI) The Supreme Court today will hear the plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Panama papers expose case, in which many Indian industrialists and celebrities have been […]
Top White House aide and policy adviser, Stephen Miller, sidestepped repeated chances during Sunday news shows to publicly defend embattled National Security Adviser Michael Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with Russian diplomat(s) about U.S. sanctions before Trump’s inauguration. The uncertainty came as Trump was dealing with North Korea’s apparent first missile launch of the year and his presidency, along with visits this week from […]
ANZ has announced the appointment Lynwen Connick as its new chief information security officer, who will leave her role as the first assistant secretary information sharing and intelligence at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in March to take up her new position. Connick, who replaces former CISO Steve Glynn, was previously responsible for advising Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on cyber policy, intelligence, and secure […]
Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta Airport Third Runway Project to Start in AprilState-owned operator PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) plans to break ground on the third runway of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in April. Angkasa Pura II president director Muhammad Awaluddin said that the runway of 3,000 m in length and 60 m in width will start operations in […]
A period of consumer spending, retail sales and housing weakness may be imminent, after federal tax refunds tumbled by 78% in the early part of February compared to 2016, the result of a new law which requires the IRS to delay the printing of checks to households claiming specific tax credits. The reason for the slowdown is that in late 2015 Congress passed a law forcing the […]
Yahoo News Two arrested at Panama Papers firmYahoo NewsIf you want to pay for skylights, marble floors, a not so small army of underpaid employees, and at least one bogus fee that’s named after the owner’s dog, buy your next not-so-cheap used car at a new car dealership. New car dealer prices are sky high … and more » (via Google News)
The latest retailer to join the “anti-Trump resistance“, is also the one which despite being closest to death managed to crush short sellers on Friday after its stock soared on the announcement of yet another hail ymary restructuring: according to Reuters, Sears and Kmart are discontinuing online sales of 31 Trump Home items. An obvious publicity stunt meant to distract the public’s attention from the company’s chronic […]
While federal regulation has stagnated, local activism in the wake of the 2015 accident spurred Southern California regulators to revive a 27-year-old effort to ban HF. “Let’s see if we can phase this out to provide an extra level of protection for the public,” Philip Fine, a deputy executive director of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, said in an interview. Separately, California officials have been […]
An update to Cortana — Microsoft’s digital assistant infused with artificial intelligence—enables it to recognize and make note when people promise in messages to tend to tasks Microsoft virtual assistant Cortana began holding people to their promises on Thursday. At least, to commitments made in email messages. “Now, Cortana can help you remember things you’ve said you would do in your emails—without you even having to […]
Published February 12, 2017, 10:01 PM By Mike U. Crismundo Camp Bancasi, Butuan City – A barangay chairman and his wife, and a father and his son were abducted in separate incidents allegedly by members of New people’s Army (NPA) in Agusan del Sur and Compostela Valley (ComVal), Capt. Rhyan B. Batchar, spokesperson of the Army’s 10th Infantry (Agila) Division (10th ID) yesterday said. In a […]
Though steep print ad revenue losses persisted in the fourth quarter of 2016, Gannett and McClatchy both reported today slightly improved financial performance heading into the new year. Gannett’s USA Today Network posted a revenue gain compared to the same period in 2015, even though print ads declined at about the same rate as in the third quarter — 15.4 percent. But most of the added revenue […]
Kevin and I spent about half of the time on MobileTechRoundup show #390 talking about wearables with the new Android Wear and more. Image: ZDNet Google announces LG Watches and Android Wear 2.0 Strava and RunKeeper get standalone AW 2.0 apps! LG continues to tease the LG G6 Nougat rolling out for Honor 8 Google Assistant on Pixel gains some smart home smarts $1000 iPhone? May have […]
