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Los Angeles Times |
China announces retaliatory tariffs on 128 US products, including California wine and almonds
Los Angeles Times A pork counter in a supermarket in Beijing. China is set to levy tariffs on $3 billion worth of U.S. goods after President Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on some Chinese imports. (How Hwee Young / EPA/Shutterstock). China on Friday announced ... Tariff Battle: Where the US and Chinese Moves May Lead |
Ars Technica |
Cambridge Analytica's London offices raided by British investigators
Ars Technica Enlarge / The offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London. Facebook expressed outrage over the misuse of its data as Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the center of a major scandal rocking the social media giant, suspended its chief ... |
Politico |
US busts 'massive' Iranian hacking scheme
Politico The Justice Department on Friday revealed charges against an Iranian hacking ring that prosecutors say spent years pilfering research and documents from over 100 American universities and government agencies. Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the ... Trump administration hits Iranian hacker network with sanctions, indictments in vast global campaign US Charges 9 Iranians in Huge Theft of Intellectual Property Obama and the Art of the Iran Deal |
Business Insider |
Uber is more vulnerable than ever after its fatal self-driving car crash — but it could end up saving the company
Business Insider A fatal accident involving a self-driving vehicle was inevitable, but Uber is not currently in a position to handle one. Last weekend's fatal, self-driving car crash could make cities less likely to trust the company and undermine Uber's claim that it ... Uber Crash Highlights Growing Safety Concern: Pedestrians What autonomous vehicle companies are doing in the wake of Sunday's fatal Uber crash After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars |
New York Times |
North and South Korea to Hold Preparatory Talks for Summit Meeting
New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — High-ranking officials from North and South Korea will meet on the countries' border next week to prepare for the inter-Korean summit meeting planned for late next month, the South said on Saturday. The officials will discuss the ... South Korea says North Korea agrees to hold high-level talks Koreas to hold high-level talks next week to set up summit If North Korea talks fail, try arbitration |
New York Times |
After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next.
New York Times PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump decamped to his oceanfront estate here on Friday after a head-spinning series of presidential decisions on national security, trade and the budget that left the capital reeling and his advisers nervous about what ... Trump talked out of shoving government into a shutdown Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach Trump signs massive spending bill, backing away from veto threat |
Variety |
Facebook's Cambridge Analytica Debacle: Why This Data-Privacy Storm Is Different, And What's Next
Variety Facebook has been at the center of multiple swirling controversies in recent years. Those include charges that it failed to thwart Russia's social-media gambit to manipulate the 2016 U.S. election; its role in disseminating “fake news”; a spate of ... |
CBS News |
Former water park executive charged in Kansas boy's slide death
CBS News KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former executive for a water park company was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated on a giant waterslide at a Kansas water park. Tyler Austin Miles, 29, a former ... Grand jury indicts Schlitterbahn waterpark operators in boys death on slide Schlitterbahn faces criminal case after Kansas boy decapitated on 17-story waterslide |
HuffPost |
A Eulogy For Craigslist's 'Casual Encounters,' And All The Sex I Found There
HuffPost Farewell Craigslist "Casual Encounters." The sex playground was shut down Thursday after the Senate passed legislation that exposes personal ad operators to legal liability. 280. I don't remember when I first discovered Craigslist, the free, community ... Craigslist Dumps Personal Ads Over New Online Sex-Trafficking Law A sex trafficking bill passed by Congress has forced Craigslist to shut down its personals section Craigslist Removes 'Personals' Section After Congress Passes Sex Trafficking Bill |
Washington Post |
This school district's plan to stop shooters: Arming students with a bucket of rocks
Washington Post One schools superintendent has a novel way to keep his students safe from school shooters: arming them with rocks. David Helsel, superintendent of a school district in northeast Pennsylvania, explained his plan to a legislative education committee last ... Pennsylvania school district to arm students with rocks to combat potential shooters Pennsylvania school district arms teachers with rocks in case of shooter |
New York Times |
After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next.
New York Times PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump decamped to his oceanfront estate here on Friday after a head-spinning series of presidential decisions on national security, trade and the budget that left the capital reeling and his advisers nervous about what ... Trump's impulses put White House credibility on the line Analysis: Scoop-denial-confirmation cycle is the new normal for White House reporters Trump aides are 'at their wits' end' |
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