Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website) A grand jury in Colorado yesterday indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on 10 charges related to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords and other confidential information that ended up being published by QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley was indicted on six […]
(credit: Getty Images) Amazon lied to Congress about its use associated with third-party seller data, the House Judiciary Committee said today. In a letter to the Department of Justice, the committee chairs asked prosecutors to investigate the company} for criminal obstruction of Congress. “Amazon lied through a senior executive’s sworn testimony that Amazon did not […]
Enlarge / Flag of Ukraine on a computer binary codes falling from the top and fading away. (credit: gwengoat | Getty Images) Months before the Russian invasion, a team of Americans fanned out across Ukraine looking for a very specific kind of threat. Some were soldiers, with the US Army’s Cyber Command. Others were civilian […]
Enlarge / That air compressor can output up to 150 psi. (credit: Rivian) Rivian, the electric vehicle manufacturer, is being sued (PDF) by a shareholder who alleges that the company’s surprise 20 percent price hike tarnished Rivian’s reputation and violated US securities laws. The company made “untrue statements” in its IPO about the pricing of […]
Enlarge / Elon Musk at a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on February 10, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Jim Watson) Tesla CEO Elon Musk today asked a federal judge to terminate a 2018 settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying he’s tired of the SEC using the consent decree to […]
Enlarge / Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince speaks during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Cloudflare is resisting requests to fully shut off its services in Russia, saying that such a move would hurt Russian citizens and likely be “celebrated” by Putin’s government. “[W]e […]
Enlarge President Joe Biden announced today that the US will ban imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. The UK will follow suit, according to a Politico report, phasing out Russian oil and gas purchases over the next several months. The coordinated moves will add further pressure to Putin’s regime after he ordered the […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Christopher Ames) Netflix is suspending its streaming service inside Russia amid the country’s war against Ukraine and a new law that would require it to carry Russian state-owned channels. “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia, ” Netflix told Ars and other […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) With sanctions against Russia starting to bite, the Kremlin is mulling ways to keep businesses and the government running. The latest is a creative twist on state asset seizures, only instead of the government taking over an oil refinery, for example, Russia is considering legalizing software piracy. Russian […]
Enlarge / A sign outside Canada’s embassy in Beijing supporting Ukraine. It was later defaced, and posts about the incident were scrubbed from Chinese social media. (credit: Kevin Strayer | Getty Images) “Artillery fire lights up the sky and breaks my heart. I hope my compatriots in Ukraine are taking care of themselves and their […]