Brad Smith says lessons from the fictions of Wargames and the realities of the recent SolarWinds cyberattack serve as an important wakeup call that must be heeded.
GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to stay safe from Nazis
Roughly 200 employees have signed an open letter asking for answers
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GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee after he posted a message in Slack that said “stay safe homies, Nazis are about” the day of the attack on the US Capitol, according to
The message sparked controversy inside the company, with one colleague criticizing him for using divisive language. GitHub’s HR team chastised the employee for using the word “Nazi” in a company Slack channel. Two days later, GitHub allegedly fired him, citing vague patterns of behavior. The employee asked
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The new study built on previous state-sponsored studies that asserted there is sufficient demand for trains running at up to 250 mph between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
A new government report on high speed rail in the Pacific Northwest recommends that Oregon, Washington and British Columbia formalize their interest in a
Cascadia bullet train by creating an independent body to plan and eventually build it.
But a critic with a conservative think tank said the region should take heed of California s high speed rail woes and end the Cascadia bullet train ambitions, the Northwest News Network reported.
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While CEOs across America decry the rampage in Washington, Jeff Bezos is silent and Elon Musk is posting memes
While CEOs across America decry the rampage in Washington, Jeff Bezos is silent and Elon Musk is posting memes
Avery HartmansJan 8, 2021, 02:50 IST
Jeff Bezos (left) and Elon Musk.REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Following Wednesday s attack on the US Capitol, business leaders from a range of industries, including finance, tech, and automotive, have condemned the rampage.
But two of the world s most powerful CEOs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have yet to issue a statement denouncing the insurrection.
While Bezos has been silent on social media, Musk has tweeted multiple memes, one of which was a Burning Man joke. He also seemed to partially blame Facebook for the riots in tweets posted Wednesday night.
Days after mob overruns U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently suspends account of President Trump
January 8, 2021 at 4:14 pm
The @realDonaldTrump Twitter profile on Friday after the account was taken down by Twitter. (Twitter screenshot)
Update, Friday, 4:10 p.m.: Twitter announced Friday that it was permanently suspending the account of President Trump, citing what it called “the risk of further incitement of violence” days after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The account @realDonaldTrump turned blank on Friday afternoon and the social media company tweeted from its @TwitterSafety account the reasoning behind its decision.
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y