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New York City Wednesday ordered the Chinese-owned TikTok app removed from all government devices. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 17 (UPI) — New York City banned TikTok on city-owned devices finding the app poses a security threat to the city’s technical networks.
New York City bans TikTok on government…
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New York City Wednesday ordered the Chinese-owned TikTok app removed from all government devices. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 17 (UPI) — New York City banned TikTok on city-owned devices finding the app poses a security threat to the city’s technical networks.
New York City bans TikTok on government…
From 4h ago 05.41 EDT Rouble recovers after Russia turns screws on exporters The rouble seems to like it and has strengthened a bit, to 93.8 per dollar. Here’s more from Bloomberg: Russia’s government will hold off on stiffening restrictions on the movement of capital and instead prepare recommendations for exporters to…
A major Chinese photo agency is demanding an astrophotographer pay $12,000 to use his own photos after he posted his work to social media platform Weibo. The photographer says he never licensed his photos to the agency.
Visal China Group (VCG) has accused Jeff Dai of copyright violation after he published 173 photos…
The heightened attacks by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against the Pakistani government following the Taliban’s assumption of power in Afghanistan are in the limelight. Empirical data from the Islamabad Research Center reveals a significant surge of 51 per cent in attacks within Pakistan since the Taliban’s rise to power, thereby underscoring TTP’s mounting…
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.
Prosecutors propose March 2024 trial date in Trump Georgia case
The district attorney prosecuting former U.S. President Donald Trump on election interference charges in Georgia has proposed that his trial start in March of next year, a date that would have Trump in court…
R ishi Sunak will reveal UK plans for AI regulation and development at a summit later this year.
This event was announced in June, but firm details on the plan have effectively been non-existent to date.
According to Bloomberg, Bletchley Park is being considered as the venue for the event.
UK’s AI checks…
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Thousands of employees who work for New York City have 30 days to delete TikTok from their Government-owned devices after security concerns…
Daily roundup of research and analysis from The Globe and Mail’s market strategist Scott Barlow
BMO chief investment strategist Brian Belski offered four major takeaways from the second quarter of Canadian earnings reports so far,
“With 85 per cent of Canadian companies out with their results, second-quarter earnings are posting a solid 3.8-per-cent positive…
Paul Meyer is a fellow in international security and adjunct professor of international studies at Simon Fraser University, and a director of the Canadian Pugwash Group.
Open this photo in gallery: An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S.
‘Putinheimer’ and the spectre of nuclear war comes via…
