It sounds like Sean Penn is willing to say goodbye to his Oscar awards if Ukraine’s president did not receive an invite to this year’s ceremony. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s possible involvement in the 2022 Academy Awards has floated around ever since host Amy Schumer revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that she pitched to […]
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Feds allege destructive Russian hackers targeted US oil refineries
Enlarge / Critical infrastructure sites such as this oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, rely on safety systems. (credit: IIP Photo Archive) For years, the hackers behind the malware known as Triton or Trisis have stood out as a uniquely dangerous threat to critical infrastructure: a group of digital intruders who attempted to sabotage industrial […]
Russians are panic-buying medicines amid Western sanctions, boycotts
Enlarge / A woman wearing a face mask leaves a pharmacy in the town of Podolsk some 40 kilometers outside Moscow on November 12, 2021. (credit: Getty | YURI KADOBNOV ) As Western countries continue to ratchet up sanctions and boycotts against Russia, the country’s citizens are panic-buying medicines, such as antidepressants, sleeping pills, and […]
Why iPhone subscription plans make sense
Consumers may not own their iPhones in the future, but they’d get other perks. Read More
Russia can’t find enough buyers for its oil, considers selling in bitcoin
Enlarge / The sun sets beyond an oil pumping unit, also known as a pumping jack, at a drilling site operated by Tatneft OAO near Almetyevsk, Russia. (credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Russia’s economy is in shambles, and the value of the ruble has plummeted as the country finds itself increasingly isolated from global trade in the […]
How to fight back against inflation’s damaging grip on business
Inflation sits at a 40-year-high, and it’s not going away any time soon. Read More
FBI trolls Russian embassy with geotargeted ads for disgruntled spies
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The FBI’s latest counterintelligence operation against Russia is hardly secretive—you just have to be standing in the right place. In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the F has stepped up its recruiting efforts in the US, hoping to attract Russians who are […]
The last month has shown CEOs who’s really in charge
Numerous CEOs had to back off initial plans for addressing the Russian invasion of Ukraine after coming under intense pressure. Read More
The promise and peril of SEC climate rules
By making disclosure a government mandate, the SEC risks turning a meaningful corporate movement into another polarized political debate. Read More
Tesla stays ahead of the pack with new European plant
As a long-awaited German factory goes online, the electric automaker continues to outpace Volkswagen. Read More