Tech

The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse

Enlarge / A man walks by the building entrance of Israeli cyber company NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert on November 11, 2021, in Sapir, Israel. (credit: Amir Levy | Getty Images) In February 2019, an Israeli woman sat across from the son of Uganda’s president, and made an audacious […]

Entertainment

Gigi Hadid Reflects On Feeling ‘Too White To Stand Up For’ Arab Heritage & Raising A Mixed-Race Daughter

This past year has brought a world of change for Gigi Hadid. Most significantly, she became a mother to Khai, her daughter with Zayn Malik. But that wasn’t the only major role she stepped into. While the model has long been interested in activism, she recently became one of the most prominent Palestinian-Americans speaking up […]

Tech

It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers say they’ve uncovered never-before-seen disk-wiping malware that’s disguising itself as ransomware as it unleashes destructive attacks on Israeli targets. Apostle, as researchers at security firm SentinelOne are calling the malware, was initially deployed in an attempt to wipe data but failed to do so, likely because of a logic flaw […]

Business

Israel built the world’s best COVID vaccination program, but that’s unlikely to save it from new lockdown measures

Israel is likely to severely tighten its coronavirus lockdown, despite a relatively successful vaccination program that may soon get a timely boost from drugmaker Moderna. The move, expected to be confirmed Tuesday afternoon, underscores the fact that—at least at this early stage—even the fastest inoculation program cannot stop the pandemic on its own. Israel, which […]

Business COVID 19

France’s vaunted health system fails its greatest test in generations: the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

For decades, France has boasted how its first-rate public health system—for which the French pay heavily in taxes—amply cares for its 67 million people, from birth to the end of life. And Louis Pasteur, the Frenchman who invented the world’s first vaccine in the 1880s, is nationally revered, with streets and a renowned research institute […]

Entertainment

US Made’An Agreement’ With Aliens — And Donald Trump Virtually Heard The World?!

We must tell the truth {} ’re not certain when we must be shaking our minds FREAKING THE EFF OUT HERE! It looks like every few weeks we’ve gotten a different bit of proof of extraterrestrial life which could have felt just like a mind-blowing show a few decades before, however in 2020 merely feels […]