Day: December 10, 2020

EU agency in charge of COVID-19 vaccine approval hacked, vaccine documents stolen

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the EU regulatory body in charge of approving COVID-19 vaccines, said today it was the victim of a cyber-attack. In a short two-paragraph statement posted on its website today, the agency discloses the security breach but said it couldn’t disclose any details about the intrusion due to an ongoing investigation. EMA is Read more about EU agency in charge of COVID-19 vaccine approval hacked, vaccine documents stolen[…]

Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Facebook illegally crushed its competition and continues to do so to this day to maintain its monopoly, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the attorneys general of no fewer than 46 US states plus Guam and DC. The lawsuit alleges that the social media giant “illegally acquired competitors in a predatory manner and Read more about Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face[…]

Proposed U.S. Law Could Slap Twitch Streamers With Felonies For Broadcasting Copyrighted Material

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According to Politico offshoot Protocol, the felony streaming proposal is the work of Republican senator Thom Tillis, who has backed similar proposals previously. It is more or less exactly what it sounds like: A proposal to turn unauthorized commercial streaming of copyrighted material—progressive policy publication The American Prospect specifically points to examples like “an album Read more about Proposed U.S. Law Could Slap Twitch Streamers With Felonies For Broadcasting Copyrighted Material[…]

SpaceX Starship blows up on landing, but Elon Musk says it’s the data that matters and that landed just fine

Posted on by Robin Edgar

SpaceX has conducted a test of the Starship it plans to use for flights to Mars, and while the experiment ended badly the flight was judged a success. Wednesday’s flight used just the Starship – the second stage of SpaceX’s planned heavy lifter. Previous flights had seen the craft ascend to around 500 feet. This Read more about SpaceX Starship blows up on landing, but Elon Musk says it’s the data that matters and that landed just fine[…]

Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity

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Wall Street has begun trading water as a commodity, like gold or oil. The country’s first water market launched on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this week with $1.1 billion in contracts tied to water prices in California, Bloomberg News reported. The market allows farmers, hedge funds, and municipalities to hedge bets on the future price Read more about Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity[…]